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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Students hold signs in support of a new transgender policy at a Monday meeting. The policy, which goes into effect in the fall, will allow transgender students to use the locker room of their choice.

ETHS celebrates ‘civil rights breakthrough’ with new transgender locker room policy

May 3, 2017

Evanston Township High School students, board members and community stakeholders lauded a new policy passed Monday that will allow transgender students to use the locker room of their choice. The policy...

Audience members stand in support of a new transgender policy. The ETHS school board voted Monday 6-1 to pass a policy that will allow transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice.

ETHS passes transgender locker room policy

May 1, 2017

The Evanston Township High School/District 202 board voted six to one at a meeting Monday to pass a policy that will allow transgender students to use the locker room of their choice. The policy, which...

Community members attend a District 202 School Board Policy Committee meeting Thursday. The committee decided at the meeting to draft new language that would allow transgender students to use the locker room that aligns with their gender.

ETHS board to consider allowing students to choose locker room based on gender

March 16, 2017

The District 202 Board will consider a policy next month that would allow transgender students to use locker rooms that align with their gender. On Thursday, the Board Policy Committee addressed the...

Letter to the Editor: Northwestern must reinforce its letter of support for transgender and gender nonconforming students with concrete action

February 24, 2017

The following letter is written in response to the recent letter from Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president of student affairs, to the Northwestern community about support for students who are trans* or...

Norris University Center has an all-gender bathroom on its third floor. An administrator sent an email to students Thursday saying the University would not alter its practices or procedures following the Trump administration’s revocation of Obama’s transgender bathroom bill.

University administrator assures support for transgender, gender nonconforming students following Trump action

February 23, 2017

Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs, affirmed in an email to Thursday continued support for LGBTQ students in response to President Donald Trump’s revocation of a transgender bathroom...

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