| Texas ruling adds to transgender students' back-to-school anxiety Posted: 22 Aug 2016 03:07 PM PDT  By Colleen Jenkins WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) - When Ashley Nurkin's 7-year-old daughter begins second grade in Charlotte, North Carolina, next week, it will be her first time going to school as a girl. "I am dreading having that conversation." The emotional roller-coaster for U.S. transgender students going back to school in the next few weeks hit a new curve when a federal judge in Texas ruled late on Sunday that states did not have to follow Obama administration guidance that public schools should allow students to use bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity. The injunction follows the U.S. Supreme Court's decision earlier in August to halt a lower court ruling that would have permitted a transgender student who was born a girl to use the boys' bathroom at his Virginia high school.
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| Judge in Texas temporarily blocks Obama's transgender rules Posted: 22 Aug 2016 02:21 PM PDT  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas has blocked the Obama administration's order that requires public schools to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their chosen gender identity.
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| U.S. judge blocks Obama transgender school bathroom policy Posted: 22 Aug 2016 02:01 PM PDT  A U.S. judge blocked an Obama administration policy that public schools should allow transgender students to use the bathrooms of their choice, granting a nationwide injunction sought by 13 dissenting states just in time for the new school year. While a setback for transgender advocates, the ruling is only the latest salvo in a larger legal and cultural battle over transgender rights that could be headed toward the U.S. Supreme Court. Following milestone achievements in gay rights including same-sex marriage becoming legal nationwide in 2015, transgender rights have become an increasingly contentious issue in the United States, with advocates saying the law should afford them the same rights extended to racial and religious minorities.
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| Q&A: Judge blocks Obama directive over transgender students Posted: 22 Aug 2016 12:26 PM PDT  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Answers to common questions about a ruling by a federal judge who blocked an Obama administration directive on bathroom rights for transgender students in U.S. public schools:
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| US judge blocks new transgender school bathroom rules Posted: 22 Aug 2016 09:16 AM PDT  A US judge has blocked federal guidelines instructing public schools to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms and other private facilities of their choice. US District Judge Reed O'Connor ruled Sunday in favor of Texas and 12 other states, which have sued the federal government over the new rules, meant to create safer environments for transgender students at public school districts and universities. US authorities had issued written guidelines in May, built on existing laws against sexual discrimination, which asked schools to let youths use the bathrooms matching their gender identity rather than the sex on their birth certificate.
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