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LGBTQ Rights

Currently, only 20 states and the District of Columbia have laws that explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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LGBTQ Rights

Fired for Being Trans or for Violating Dress Code? Supreme Court Will Decide.

The Trump administration says an employer can fire you for being transgender if they are really enforcing a dress code.
by
Jessica Mason Pieklo,
Rewire.News
August 27, 2019
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Pro-choice activists, politicians and others associated with Planned Parenthood gather for a news conference and demonstration at City Hall against the Trump administrations Title X rule change on February 25, 2019, in New York City.
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LGBTQ Rights

Why the LGBTQ Community Should Be Worried About Trump’s Gag Rule

Title X clinics have filled a critical gap in providing nonjudgmental health care for LGBTQ people.
by
Julianna S. Gonen,
Truthout
August 22, 2019
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Philadelphia's Transgender community rallied in Love Park in Center City Philadelphia before marching through downtown to demand basic human and civil rights in Philadelphia, on October 6, 2018.
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LGBTQ Rights

Trump DOJ Urges Supreme Court to Legalize Firing Workers for Being Transgender

The filing comes days after the Labor Department unveiled a rule allowing LGBTQ discrimination by federal contractors.
by
Jake Johnson,
Common Dreams
August 17, 2019
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Queer activists display anti-trump signs during a march
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LGBTQ Rights

New Trump Rule Allows Federal Contractors to Fire LGBTQ Employees

A stealth campaign to legalize bigotry continues with a new Department of Labor rule.
by
Sophia Tesfaye,
Salon
August 16, 2019
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Guatemalan candidate for the Vamos party, Alejandro Giammattei, votes at a polling station in Guatemala City on June 16, 2019, during general elections.
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LGBTQ Rights

Presidential Candidates in Guatemala’s Election Oppose LGBTIQ+ Rights

Anti-LGBTQ platforms are springing up across the region.
by
Aisling Walsh,
OpenDemocracy
August 11, 2019
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LGBTQ Rights

Queer Liberation March Returns Pride to Radical Roots

Tens of thousands of activists gathered for the anti-corporate march in New York.
by
Amy Goodman,
Democracy Now!
July 1, 2019
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Budweiser employees dance on a float during the Toronto Pride Parade, June 25, 2017.
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LGBTQ Rights

No Rainbow Capitalism: The Five Worst Corporations We Must Kick Out of Pride

These companies drape themselves in rainbow flags while hurting LGBTQ+ people around the world.
by
Violet Glaser,
Left Voice
June 30, 2019
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Members of an LGBT group traveling with the the Central American migrant caravan wait for a ride on November 1, 2018, in Juchitan de Zaragoza, Mexico.
Op-Ed
LGBTQ Rights

It’s Pride. Don’t Forget Trans Women Dying at the Border.

LGBTQ people won’t be free until all of us are, regardless of where we come from.
by
Mike Ludwig,
Truthout
June 29, 2019
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Joe Biden squints into an apparent source of light while speaking into a microphone
Op-Ed
LGBTQ Rights

Joe Biden, Get Out of Stonewall

The Democratic Party is not a true ally in the fight for LGBTQ liberation.
by
Ezra Brain,
Left Voice
June 28, 2019
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A protester holds a sign reading "BAN WAR NOT TRANSGENDER WARRIORS" during a protest
News Analysis
LGBTQ Rights

LGBTQ Activists Demand an End to the Pinkwashing of Militarism

Opposing militarism is central to guaranteeing that trans people can survive and thrive everywhere.
by
Simi Kadirgamar,
Truthout
June 28, 2019
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