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Michigan’s first transgender teacher of the year speaks out on bill targeting transgender student athletes
Read full article: Michigan’s first transgender teacher of the year speaks out on bill targeting transgender student athletesThe bill is also opposed by the Michigan High School Athletic Association, which called it unneccessary.
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52 years later: IBM apologizes for firing tech pioneer, former UM professor for coming out as trans
Read full article: 52 years later: IBM apologizes for firing tech pioneer, former UM professor for coming out as transConway was a trailblazer in technology and transgender rights. She was fired from IBM in 1968 before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2020 that transgender people are included in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. “Pretty much immediately fired,” Conway recalled. “Because of what happened, the way it happened, I didn’t see my kids again until they were adults,” Conway said. In 2020, 52 years after Conway was fired, IBM awarded her with a lifetime achievement award and apologized.