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The Trump administration is investigating the Oregon Department of Education after receiving a complaint from a conservative non-profit group alleging the state was violating civil rights law by allowing transgender girls to compete on girls sports teams. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights opened the investigation based on a complaint saying high-school aged female athletes in the state had lost medals and other competitive opportunities to transgender athletes. The probe is the latest escalation in the Republican administration’s effort to bar transgender athletes from women’s sports teams nationwide.

TransPonder's leaders spoke to KLCC about serving a community in the face of adversity.

The county is accepting applications for the position starting May 16.

Washington State Superintendent Chris Reykdal took a noticeably strong stance, saying they “will not back down.”

Minnesota also joined the lawsuit, which was filed in the Western District of Washington state.

The new document expands the guidance from transgender students specifically to serving all gender expansive students. “Gender expansive” is a term used in the document to describe a range of gender identities, including transgender, nonbinary, intersex, genderqueer and Two Spirit.

Stu Rasmussen, who was elected by residents of Silverton as the nation’s first openly transgender mayor in 2008, has died.

Oregon advocates for LGBTQ and “Two Spirit” individuals are cheering support from the National Congress of American Indians. In July, the NCAI passed a…

It’s Pride month, with many LGBTQ people hoping for more acceptance and support. That includes Eugene’s transgender community. It’s a mixed bag,…

Local transgender advocacy group TransPonder plans a civil rights protest this Saturday in downtown Eugene. The event is designed to acknowledge…

Recorded on: March 15, 2019Air Date: March 18, 2019From the City Club of Eugene:In the fall of 2015, after a varied career path and a home life as a…

Governor Kate Brown is responding to today’s news that the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed restrictions on transgender personnel in the military. The high…