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Comedian, who died Sept. 14, spent his childhood and youth summers living on a farm between Avonmore and Monkland.

Why are conservatives blaming progressives for changes in trans rights? Last month, the Supreme Court let stand a lower court’s decision to allow trans students to use restrooms that correspond with their gender identities. The case was from Gloucester County, Virginia, where the school board had instead created a small number of single-person restrooms for trans students, while still barring them from facilities that didn’t correspond with their biological sex. The Fourth Circuit Court declared that policy unconstitutional, and the Supreme Court agreed when it voted 7-2 to decline ...

Jun 28, 2021 1:55 PM EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Virginia school board’s appeal to reinstate its transgender bathroom ban. Over two dissenting votes, the justices left in place lower court rulings that found the policy unconstitutional. The case involved former high school student Gavin Grimm, who filed a federal lawsuit after he was told he could not use the boys bathroom at his public high school. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas voted to hear the board’s appeal. The Gloucester County, Virginia, school board’s...

Melany Slaughter on June 9, 2021 Rylan Allcorn is pictured above running in the boys’ 4x800m relay which Gloucester placed in third overall with a time of 8:45.12. Siblings Tanner Baker and Mya Baker each took first place in the boys’ and girls’ 1600m races, respectively, in the 2021 VHSL Class 5A South Region track meet, which took place last Saturday at Gloucester High School. Tanner ran the dash with a time of 4:36.31 and Mya finished the race with a time of 5:40.97. Nicole Pinder also finished the girls’ 1600 with a time of 5:56.08, followed by Emily Shipe (6:25.09) and Layla Ang...

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