Outside the Beltway

Another major change for the Boy Scouts.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving Federal law and the rights of transgender students.

A Federal Court has barred the Federal Government from enforcing guidelines on the rights of transgender students in public schools.

Once again, the GOP platform is turning into a surrender to social conservatives on issues such as same-sex marriage and transgender rights.

Mississippi tried to provide special protection to opponents of same-sex marriage and transgender rights. A Federal District Court Judge, properly, finds the law to be unconstitutional.

The Fourth Circuit has declined to rehear a case in which a three judge panel sided with a transgender student seeking to use the bathroom consistent with their gender identity.

A group of states led by Texas has filed a suit in response to new guidelines from the Federal Government regarding the rights of transgender students.

Begun, the bathroom wars have.

The political fight over North Carolina’s so-called “Bathroom Bill” has moved to the Federal Courts.

The passage of a new law in North Carolina has revealed an apparent obsession among some on the right with who gets to use which restroom.

Houston voters rejected a broad anti-discrimination law largely due to a campaign that focused almost exclusively on concerns about transgender rights.

Does an individual’s changed gender identity alter history?

A federal judge has ordered the people of California to foot the $100,000 bill for sexual reassignment surgery for someone serving a life sentence for murder.

“It’s complicated” has long been an option to describe one’s romantic status on Facebook. Now, it applies to one’s sex as well.

Bradley Manning’s announcement that she wishes to begin living life as a woman poses some interesting legal questions.

Last month, a retired Navy SEAL came out as transgender. Those still in uniform, however, must serve in silence.

A Colorado 6-year-old with a penis has successfully sued for the right to use the girls’ restroom.

Chris Beck spent 20 years as a Navy SEAL. Kristen Beck has written a book about her experiences.

If you expose your breasts in rural Georgia but have a penis, jailers are liable to think you’re a dude and make fun of you.

Gabrielle Ludwig played college basketball as a man 25 years ago; now, she’s playing as a woman.

President Obama has issued a Proclamation designating June 2011 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. I call upon the people of the United States to eliminate prejudice everywhere it exists, and to celebrate the great diversity of the American people.”

Christopher Lee abruptly resigned from Congress mere hours after news broke that he was advertising for sex on Craigslist. Apparently, he was looking for trannies.

Mike Penner, the transsexual sportswriter briefly known as “Christine Daniels” is dead.

Veteran LA Times sportswriter Mike Penner is about to undergo sexual reassignment surgery.

According to the Harvard Crimson, apparently a lot of the university’s students are confused about which lavatory to use.