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The Fremont County School Board is considering two policies about topics like pronouns and names for transgender students and staff this week. The new policies, “Student Transgender Considerations” and “Staff Transgender Considerations,” will go before the board for a first reading at a meeting on the evening of July 16.
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The Cowboy State is the latest state in the Mountain West to implement such a ban, which restricts medical treatment for minors undergoing gender transition.
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Wind River Pride is hosting a series of events in Lander and Riverton this month to celebrate Pride. Their most recent meetup was a Queers with Quills creative writing night.
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The annual fest launches Friday and will feature a diverse array of events across town throughout the weekend and next week. Some of those events, like the Matthew Shepard Candlelight Vigil, are somber, while others, like Thursday night Karaoke at the Great Untamed, are celebratory.
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Judy Shepard’s son, Matthew, was killed more than 25 years ago in an anti-gay hate crime. Wyoming Public Radio's Chris Clements spoke to Shepard recently about receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her advocacy, and the work Wyoming still needs to do to prevent the kind of violence that led to her son’s death.
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Six University of Wyoming sorority sisters are appealing a federal judge's ruling from August that a transgender student could join their sorority. Oral arguments for the appeal are set for Tuesday.
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In 1998, Judy Shepard’s son, Matthew, was tortured outside Laramie and later died as part of an anti-gay hate crime. After his death, she helped found a nonprofit dedicated to fighting hate and the discrimination of LGBTQ+ people, and worked to usher in federal hate crime legislation.
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Bailar Schulyer, a former Harvard swimmer and the first NCAA transgender athlete, gave a speech in Laramie to local residents and students.
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Freedom Caucus lawmakers single out annual Laramie Drag Queen Bingo fundraiser for HIV, AIDS testingA drag show bingo event in Laramie has been happening annually for years. It raises money for AIDS and HIV testing in Wyoming, and to support those living with the virus. Recently, however, it’s come under fire from ultraconservative state legislators.
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“Chloe’s Law” would ban gender-affirming care for kids in Wyoming. Advocates worry about the resultsCritics say this latest gender-affirming care ban to move through the Legislature represents an unprecedented intrusion by the government on the rights of kids, parents and physicians in Wyoming.