OLYMPIA, Wash. (KING) – The Washington State Department of Health is asking for public commentary on a proposal that would add a gender-neutral option for sex designation on birth certificates. The proposed rule includes changes to the requirements for individuals ...

Salem, Ore. – A history-making rule allowing a third gender option on Oregon state-issued identity documents went into effect July 3. Oregonians now have the option to choose between male, female, and “X,” for non-binary or unspecified on ID cards, ...

Salem, Ore. — A bill making it’s way through Salem could establish new state-wide policies and training for law enforcement. The proposal looks to eliminate profiling by requiring specific training while also keeping track of all police officer interactions; things some ...

Medford, Ore. — The Medford City Council has been lacking in diversity this past year, seating eight white men on council, but that’s all changing after the election. Council President Dick Gordon was reelected from Ward One. However, Medford will ...

Albuquerque, N.M. (KOB) — Teachers at Albuquerque’s Carlos Rey Elementary School are in a tough situation after their assistant principal told them to stop calling their students “boys and girls.” School administrators decided to take the new transgender bathroom policy ...

Iowa City, Iowa (KWWL) — The University Of Iowa is in the process of converting nearly 150 on-campus bathrooms to gender-inclusive. More than 40 volunteers reviewed the hundreds of bathrooms on campus this spring, taking note of number of stalls ...

Portland, Ore. (KATU) — The way he was at birth, plus hormone therapy, left Jamie Shupe gender neutral. Not male, not female. That’s important to Jamie Shupe. “I was someone who was born with mixed-sex characteristics. So to classify me as ...

Washington, D.C. (CNN) — The White House is ordered every public school in the country to let transgender students use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their current gender identity. The Obama Administration has issued the guidance as debate takes ...

St. Paul, Minn. (KARE) — Legislators in Minnesota have introduced their own “bathroom bill” similar to others that have recently come under fire for discriminating against the LGBT community. The bill was met with support and scorn at a hearing ...

Skip to content