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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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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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The lawsuit played out against the backdrop of a campus-wide discussion on free speech and transgender acceptance.
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"There are legal limitations to free expression on our campus," Seidel writes. "But feeling uncomfortable or offended — and, in many cases, even feeling unsafe — is not, in and of itself, grounds for stopping speech."
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College sororities are free to induct whoever they want, and that includes transgender students, according to a recent ruling from a federal court judge.
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The U.S. District Court of Wyoming granted a preliminary injunction Friday, Aug. 18, allowing Laramie Faith Community Church Elder Todd Schmidt to return to campus while his lawsuit against the university proceeds. The injunction comes less than two weeks before the start of the fall semester.
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The national organization has accused the plaintiffs of being "plainly and profoundly unserious" about raising or answering real legal questions who are instead aiming to "cloak their view of the world in the authority of this Court."
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"Plaintiffs can also resign their membership in the organization if a position of inclusion is too offensive to their personal values," states the motion to dismiss.
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Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority members at the University of Wyoming (UW) have refiled a lawsuit using their real names after a judge denied their request for anonymity.