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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks during a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol on February 5, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
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LGBTQ Rights

Marjorie Taylor Greene Targets Dem Lawmaker’s Trans Daughter With Cruel Sign

Greene is pushing back against the Equality Act, which would prohibit discrimination based on gender.
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Chris Walker,
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February 25, 2021
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Hundreds protest outside the Stonewall Inn on February 23, 2017, in New York City.
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LGBTQ Rights

Iowa Bills Would Ban Teachers From Talking About Trans Issues

The bills could be challenged by the Biden administration, following an executive order the president issued last month.
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Chris Walker,
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February 11, 2021
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Biden Reversed Trans Military Ban, But States' Attacks on Trans Rights Continue
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LGBTQ Rights

Biden Reversed Trans Military Ban, But States’ Attacks on Trans Rights Continue

A raft of new legislation on the state level targets trans people in education, health care, and more.
by
Amy Goodman &
Juan González,
Democracy Now!
January 26, 2021
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Flanked by Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, President Joe Biden signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on January 25, 2021 in Washington, D.C.
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LGBTQ Rights

Biden Executive Order Ends Transgender Military Ban Established by Trump

The order will also seek to correct the records of service members who were adversely affected by the previous ban.
by
Chris Walker,
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January 25, 2021
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Protesters hold signs and chant slogans at a march against racism and police brutality organized by leaders of black LGBTQ rights groups and attended by a large LGBTQ+ community and supporters, in West Hollywood, California, on June 14, 2020.
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LGBTQ Rights

The Year of COVID, Elections and Police Brutality Also Saw LGBTQ Activism

This year has reaffirmed that queer and trans liberation is inextricable from the liberation of all marginalized people.
by
Toshio Meronek,
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December 31, 2020
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The online shopping giant has given many anti-LGBT groups a fundraising platform despite its anti-discrimination policy.
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LGBTQ Rights

Amazon Has Allowed Anti-LGBT Groups to Raise Money on Its Donations Platform

The online shopping giant has given many anti-LGBT groups a fundraising platform despite its anti-discrimination policy.
by
Lou Ferreira &
Claire Provost,
openDemocracy
December 27, 2020
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A woman is backlit by a pink and blue circle
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LGBTQ Rights

Black Trans Feminist Thought Can Set Us Free

Writer Che Gossett discusses how deconstructing racialized gender binaries helps us move toward justice and liberation.
by
George Yancy,
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December 9, 2020
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A protester holds a rainbow flag in support of transgender lives during a demonstration in Times Square against the police shooting of Roxanne Moore, a transgender woman.
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LGBTQ Rights

“Better Than Trump” Is Not Enough. We Need More From Biden on LGBTQ Policy.

Biden promises a return to Obama-era policy on LGBTQ issues — but even if he follows through, that is not enough.
by
Gabriel Arkles,
Truthout
November 28, 2020
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At least 37 transgender and gender nonconforming people were violently killed in 2020, according to a Human Rights Campaign report
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LGBTQ Rights

2020 Was the Deadliest Year for Trans and Gender-Nonconforming People on Record

Advocates call for media to counteract — rather than perpetuate — systemic discrimination.
by
Amy Goodman &
Juan González,
Democracy Now!
November 24, 2020
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Thousands fill the streets in support of Black Trans Lives Matter and George Floyd on June 14, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
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LGBTQ Rights

Activists Center the Grief, Joy and Humanity of the Black Trans Community

On Trans Remembrance Day let’s recognize the centrality of the struggle for trans rights for all justice movements.
by
Anne Branigin,
The Root
November 20, 2020
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