Currently, there is no widespread practice of collecting sexual orientation or gender identity data as a part of violent death investigations, which applies to cases of homicide, suicide and the use of deadly force by police.
The Gender Recognition Act allows nonbinary individuals to select “X” for their gender on driver’s licenses and there will be an option on birth certificates to select “parent” instead of mother or father, a press release by the governor states.
The bill also provides protection against discrimination as New Yorkers no longer have to publish their new and former names, current address, place of birth and date of birth in a newspaper after they change their name.
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Nonbinary individuals are now also allowed to petition a court for their preferred gender designation and the petition will be able to be sealed.
The election has drawn a slate of candidates opposed to comprehensive sexuality education.
In October 2019, the Hillsboro school board in Washington County unanimously adopted a comprehensive sexuality education curriculum.
While the vote had no dissenters, the topic was anything but uncontroversial. The curriculum was approved at the conclusion of a more-than-three-hour meeting that drew hundreds of attendees. Some who addressed the board during the meeting expressed strong support for the curriculum. Others implored the school board not to support it, citing explicit and inappropriate course materials and lesson plans.
With the curriculum up for review every two years, Hillsboro Online Academy student Ceph Tronco is worried the next school board will side with the critics next time.
April 19 2021
Jess Guerriero is an OHSU Transgender Health Program social worker. Dr. Kara Connelly is associate professor of pediatrics in the OHSU School of Medicine. Dr. Christina Milano is an associate professor of family medicine in the OHSU School of Medicine.
Imagine yourself as a child or teen. You have repeatedly heard others comment about your access to school bathrooms, your ability to play team sports, your health care and how people like you are being murdered. You breathe a sigh of relief when the president issues an executive order to prevent and combat discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation.