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LGBT Rights

Transphobic Judge denies name change petition

For the second time this year, a Ga. judge has denied a name change for a transgender person. Superior Court Judge J. David Roper — for the second time — told a transgender man that he has to use a name that is, “gender–neutral” and something “I can live with.” As in, something Judge Roper can live with. Because the most important thing about a legal name change is that the judge feels comfortable with the

Education

Transphobia abounds in North Georgia

Students in North Georgia are the targets of the latest transphobic outcry. Parents in Fannin County, organized by school resource officer Anthony Walden, rallied last week against a policy supporting transgender students using bathrooms that align with their gender identity, instead of their sex assigned at birth. Parents packed the Thursday school board meeting to decry the policy, which stems from federal government guidance, with media reports of anywhere from one to three hundred people