(CNN) Students returning to school this fall are likely to face some confusion as school boards struggle with the issue of access to bathrooms for transgender individuals.

(CNN) -- Ted Cruz is condemning the deadly shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic, but is refusing to blame the attack on the anti-abortion rhetoric that has consumed stretches of the Republican primary campaign.

Albany, N.Y. (AP) -- New York's governor says transgender people should be protected from discrimination and says that if elected to a second term he'll push to include gender identity and expression in the state's civil rights law.

The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office is appealing an order by the state Office of Open Records to provide certified copies of dispatch records pertaining to the Nizah Morris incident.

Local community members sat frustrated through a meeting this week with the Northern District of Texas Department of Justice Community Relations Service and a representative of the FBI Dallas field office who maintains hate crime statistics.

In the predominantly red state of Texas, anti-LGBT sentiments run deep. Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas has promised to introduce a federal "religious freedom" bill which would legalize anti-LGBT discrimination on "religious grounds". And the Texas State Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case brought forth by GOP lawmakers in Houston which would limit the protections offered to legally wed same sex couples--the plaintiffs in the case have said that they hope to get SCOTUS to overturn their landmark 2015 ruling which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

One by one they read aloud the names of the fallen, the day they passed and too often their horrible cause of death.

(AP) A federal judge on Monday barred President Donald Trump’s administration from proceeding with plans to exclude transgender people from military service.

(AP) A D.C. man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing a transgender woman in Montgomery County last April.

The possible decriminalization of marijuana in Wilton Manors won’t result in much of a savings in police time. That’s according to a report issued by the Wilton Manors Police Department.

SAN DIEGO — An aide to former California congressional candidate Carl DeMaio was sentenced Monday to five years' probation for lying to federal investigators about a threatening email he wrote but said might have come from DeMaio, one of several allegations that rocked one of last year's most closely watched congressional races.

While the “Don’t Say Gay” bill has gotten the lion's share of media coverage and public scrutiny this legislative season, it’s not the only anti-LGBT bill that threatens to erase the queer community in schools. 

Gov. Ron DeSantis made no effort to hide his anti-LGBT views when he signed a proclamation declaring a ciswoman the “rightful winner” after she lost to a trans swimmer in a championship event.

Director of the Georgia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union Maya Dillard Smith is stepping down from the organization following a disagreement over trans rights.

Charlee Corra, a member of the Disney family, recently came out publicly as transgender.

(WB) Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez said Wednesday the defeat of a Virginia anti-LGBT Republican at the hands of transgender candidate Danica Roem was “justice,” pledging to stand with her on the day she takes office in the state legislature.

After having its ban on transgender military service overturned twice, the Department of Justice is appealing a Jan. 1, 2018 deadline to allow those soldiers to serve.

The Justice Department launched a program Thursday to train local police departments to better respond to transgender individuals, a population authorities say is disproportionately harmed by violence.

(WB) Although North Carolina replaced anti-LGBT House Bill 2 with a law that critics say still enables anti-LGBT discrimination, the U.S. Justice Department has withdrawn the lawsuit against the state filed last year under Obama administration.

Alan Cumming is used to being labeled — Tony- and Emmy-winning actor, author, singer, the list goes on and on — but just don’t accuse him of acting his age.

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Call it either a case of not turning the other cheek or the rats abandoning a sinking ship, but Josh Duggar's in-laws are turning on him -- fast and publicly.

(WB) The Dutch government on Saturday formally apologized to transgender and intersex people who were forced to become sterile in order to legally change their sex.

The survey that revealed nearly half of district leaders support teachers coming out also showed a divide on transgender restroom use among students.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards says he'll issue an executive order when he takes office in January that bans discrimination in state government based on sexual orientation.

(WB) Equality Virginia on Tuesday discussed proposed guidelines for transgender rights in schools during a virtual town hall that guided participants through crafting public comments in support of the guidelines which solidify protections for trans students and school staff.

(WB) The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday ruled the forced sterilization of transgender people who are seeking legal recognition of their gender identity violates their human rights.

Carlton Champion was found guilty in the January 2015 murder of Ty Underwood, a trans woman from Tyler.

(CNN) A transgender ex-Navy surgeon says she will perform free gender-confirming surgery for the service members on her list who have been affected by Donald Trump's new ban on trans people serving in the military.

(WM) A former Wichita band teacher has been elected to serve as the first transgender lawmaker in Kansas.