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“What’s wrong with you?” she asked, her voice rising to a higher pitch. I slid the money into a jeans pocket and stroked my thigh to calm down.
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NOT long ago, a good friend of mine said something revealing to me: “I don’t think of you as disabled,” she confessed.
I knew exactly what she meant; I didn’t think of myself as disabled until a few decades ago, either, even though my two arms have been pretty significantly asymmetrical and different from most everybody else’s my whole life.
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Target Announces Expansion Of Bathroom Options Amid Transgender Debate
Posted by ADA Sign Depot on Aug 18, 2016
Target, the big-box retailer that allows transgender customers and employees to use the bathroom corresponding to their gender identity, is adding another option. The company announced that it will spend $20 million to build more single-stall bathrooms that can be locked for privacy.
De Blasio Signs Bill Mandating Lactation Rooms in City Offices
Posted by ADA Sign Depot on Aug 16, 2016
For many women like Ms. Valentine, finding a comfortable place to nurse a child is not easy; although they have a right to breast-feed anywhere, many say they resort to closets or bathroom stalls. But a new bill signed by Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday will require certain city offices and service centers to provide a lactation room for nursing mothers to use at their choosing.
Forty years after the Supreme Court refused to hear Paula’s appeal in 1976, the transgender story is still unfolding.