The proposed policy would limit the ability of transgender and nonbinary students to use names, pronouns, and school facilities that reflect their gender identity.

The lawsuit seeks to change policy at the D.C. Jail, which assigns transgender people to housing units based on anatomy, not gender identity.

“It used to be a she and now it’s a he. We are trying to figure out who he or she is,” an officer said, according to court documents.

“The real hurt is that she was taken in such a horrible and tragic way – shot multiple times and left on a road there.”

A week after a jury failed to reach a verdict in the case of Deeniquia “Dee Dee” Dodds’ death, the U.S. Attorney’s office says it will refile charges.

“These are not just words on paper—we care about you, we’re thinking about you, and we understand that you feel unsafe.”

It was “not genuinely based on legitimate concerns regarding military effectiveness or budget constraints, but are instead driven by a desire to express disapproval of transgender people generally.”

The state-level breakdown of the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey shows the stark reality even in a city with some of the strongest protections in the country.

“When an unarmed black man can be shot for being suspected of violence, but a Confederate flag wielding driver of a vehicle used as a murder weapon can be read his rights, we must rally together in defense of humanity and civil rights.”

“We hoped that the ill-advised ban would languish on the president’s Twitter feed, but unfortunately, he turned the tweets into a directive banning open transgender service.”