{"id":3324,"date":"2017-10-11T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T13:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/?p=3324"},"modified":"2017-10-09T09:05:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T13:05:26","slug":"lgbtqia-us-news-roundup-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/archives\/3324","title":{"rendered":"LGBTQIA US News Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Tricia Boucher<\/em><\/p>\n

Trans Teen Sues Catholic Health Organization After Being Denied Medical Care<\/a><\/p>\n

The ACLU filed a lawsuit on behalf of a transgender boy who was denied medical care ? not by his mother?s insurance carrier, but by her employer, PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham, WA.<\/p>\n

OutFront: Harvard Swimmer Sets Example for Other Transgender Athletes<\/a><\/p>\n

Schuyler Bailar, the first openly transgender athlete to compete on an NCAA Division 1 men?s team, was recruited by Harvard to swim for the women?s team.? When he realized he was trans, he told the women?s coach, and was invited to swim for the men?s team.<\/p>\n

Texas Church Halts All Weddings Until Clergy Can Officiate Same-Sex Marriages<\/a><\/p>\n

The United Methodist Church defines marriage as ?a union of one man and one woman?.? But in Austin, Texas (yay, Austin!), the First United Methodist Church has taken a stand: they will no longer officiate any weddings until the national leadership changes the rules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Tricia Boucher Trans Teen Sues Catholic Health Organization After Being Denied Medical Care The ACLU filed a lawsuit on behalf of a transgender boy who was denied medical care ? not by his mother?s insurance carrier, but by her employer, PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham, WA. OutFront: Harvard Swimmer Sets Example for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":3325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-glbt-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}