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LGBTQ Rights

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks at the National Parent-Teacher Association's 2018 Legislative Conference March 13, 2018, in Arlington, Virginia.
Op-Ed
LGBTQ Rights

Betsy DeVos Is Complicit in Evangelical Right’s Assault on Trans Athletes

The Alliance Defending Freedom, which receives money from DeVos’s family, is suing to keep trans athletes out of sports.
by
Heron Greenesmith,
Truthout
June 5, 2020
Truthout
A woman holds a sign during a protest with red, white and blue barbed wire and the text "NOT FORGOTTEN" written across the bottom
News
LGBTQ Rights

ICE Is Torturing LGBTQ Immigrants by Putting Them in Solitary

The trauma of isolation alongside the stresses of immigration heighten the risk of mental health crises.
by
Benji Hart,
Truthout
February 25, 2020
Truthout
Interview
LGBTQ Rights

South Dakota May Criminalize Lifesaving Health Care for Trans Youth

H.B. 1057 would make it a felony for doctors to provide anyone under the age of 16 transition-related health care.
by
Amy Goodman,
Democracy Now!
January 29, 2020
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Vice President Pence delivers remarks at a church service at Holy City Church of God in Christ.
News
LGBTQ Rights

White House Broadcasts Blatantly Homophobic Sermon Attended by Mike Pence

The White House YouTube page streamed a sermon that claimed homosexuality was caused by demons.
by
Igor Derysh,
Salon
January 23, 2020
Truthout
A woman holds a sign reading "TRANS POWER" during an protest
News
LGBTQ Rights

Florida Won’t Cover Transgender Health Care. Two Trans Women Are Suing.

It’s the latest legal challenge to state health plans that deny coverage for gender-affirming procedures.
by
Casey Quinlan,
Rewire.News
January 15, 2020
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President Trump is greeted by Pastor Robert Jeffress during the Celebrate Freedom Rally at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on July 1, 2017, in Washington, D.C.
News
LGBTQ Rights

Trump Embraces Anti-LGBTQ Pastor Who Pushed “Conversion Therapy”

Evangelical Pastor Robert Jeffress attempted to save a gay teenager from the “clutches of the Enemy.”
by
Mike Ludwig,
Truthout
January 14, 2020
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The trans community and supporters hold a rally on the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots to call attention to the continuation of the struggle for LGBTQ liberation on June 28, 2019, in Washington Square Park in New York City.
Op-Ed
LGBTQ Rights

LGBTQ Activists Took on ICE, the Corporatization of Pride, and More in 2019

2019 was a year of incredible protests and radical responses from LGBTQ communities to injustices around the world.
by
Toshio Meronek,
Truthout
December 31, 2019
Truthout
A woman holds a sign reading "PROTECT TRANS KIDS" during a protest
News Analysis
LGBTQ Rights

Anti-Trans Discrimination Begins in the Classroom

Trans students’ Title IX rights — and the federal definition of “sex” — now hang in the balance.
by
Bethany M. Coston,
Rewire.News
December 11, 2019
Truthout
Two young women hold eachother while looking at the camera
News
LGBTQ Rights

Conservative Christians Are Making Schools Less Safe for LGBTQ Students

Evidence shows gay-straight alliances make schools safer for all kids, but conservatives want to shut them down.
by
Eleanor J. Bader,
Truthout
December 1, 2019
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Image description: illustration of two Black trans people looking into each others eyes and touching hands in a starry sky. Below them are roses behind a city skyline and the text "#BlackTransLivesMatter." Below this are pink, blue and white butterflies flying through a gate into the sky. At the bottom of the image is a Black trans woman, smiling and speaking into a megaphone with her fist in the air. Behind her is a crowd holding a banner that says: "Give Us Our Roses While we're Still Here.
Op-Ed
LGBTQ Rights

Honoring Murdered Trans People Isn’t Enough. We Must End the Killing.

At least 21 trans people were murdered in the U.S. in 2019. We need to change the frameworks that enable this violence.
by
Imara Jones,
Truthout
November 20, 2019
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