Duke University released its second statement Monday denouncing HB2, a controversial North Carolina law that restricts transgender citizens’ bathroom access and prevents local governments from passing antidiscrimination bills that would offer protections to gay and lesbian people. Read more...

A transgender adjunct professor of English is suing Saginaw Valley State University for sex discrimination for allegedly taking away her administrative position after she began presenting as a woman. Read more...

Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant on Tuesday signed what is being widely called one of the most antigay laws on the books in an American state. The law allows public employees (specifically defined by the statute as including those who work at public colleges) to deny services if they feel that providing the services would violate the employees' belief that same-sex marriage is wrong and that sex outside of heterosexual marriage is wrong. Read more...

The University of Pittsburgh and Seamus Johnston, a transgender ex-student who sued the university, jointly announced a settlement of the suit on Tuesday. Read more...

Par Thibaut Cojean, Orientations. Le nombre de filles en écoles d’ingénieurs continue d’augmenter. Lors de l’année académique 2014-2015, elles étaient 36 857 inscrites, indique une note de la Conférence des directeurs des écoles française d’ingénieurs (Cdefi). C’est 3,2 % de plus que l’effectif 2013-2014. Voir l'article...

La Fondation L’Oréal et l’Unesco ont lancé un manifeste appelant à soutenir les carrières des femmes scientifiques par une série de préconisations comme la parité dans les colloques et les commissions scientifiques. Voir l'article...