February 13, 2017
The federal government on Friday pulled its request for the Fifth Circuit to narrow the scope of a nationwide injunction blocking Obama administration guidance that allows students to use the restroom that matches their gender identity, a move advocacy groups said signals a change in the federal government’s approach toward LGBTQ rights.
February 10, 2017
The Fifth Circuit on Thursday dismissed a transgender professor's appeal of a Texas federal judge's nationwide block on an Obama administration directive allowing students to use restrooms that match their gender identity, finding that she isn't a party to the case and thus isn't allowed to appeal.
February 06, 2017
A transgender professor on Monday defended her right to join a Fifth Circuit appeal in which Texas, Oklahoma and other states are challenging an Obama administration guidance allowing students to use the restrooms that match their gender identity, saying she has a "unique entanglement" in the matter.
January 31, 2017
Texas, Oklahoma and other states challenging an Obama administration guidance that students be allowed to use restrooms matching their gender identity asked the Fifth Circuit on Monday to disallow participation in the case by a transgender college professor involved in a separate discrimination suit against Oklahoma.
January 11, 2017
An Oklahoma LGBT advocacy group told the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday that the state should be exempted from an injunction blocking an Obama administration guidance that students be allowed to use restrooms that match their gender identity, saying the directive conflicted with no Oklahoma law.
January 09, 2017
The U.S. government on Friday asked the Fifth Circuit to overturn an injunction blocking an Obama administration rule incorporating gender identity discrimination as part of sex discrimination under Title IX, calling the injunction overbroad and unnecessary.