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![Black Trans Lives Matter: Movement Pushes for Justice & Visibility Amid “Epidemic” of Violence](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/06/SEG2-Black-Trans-Lives-1-400x300.jpg)
Black Trans Women Push for Justice and Visibility Amid Police Violence
At least 15,000 people marched through Brooklyn on Sunday to protest violence against Black transgender people.
![Activists stretch the trans flag out on the steps of the supreme court building](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/06/2020_0615-trans-flag-400x300.jpg)
Beyond Workplace Rights, SCOTUS Ruling Defangs Trump Attack on Trans Health Care
It’s clear that the Trump administration has no ground to stand on when it comes to anti-LGBTQ discrimination.
![Protesters rally in front of the Supreme Court as it hears arguments on whether gay and transgender people are covered by a federal law barring employment discrimination on the basis of sex on October 8, 2019.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/06/2020_0615-lgbtq-scotus-b--400x300.jpg)
LGBTQ Activists Celebrate Victory in Supreme Court’s Anti-Discrimination Ruling
While celebrating the ruling, others noted that discrimination would remain an obstacle in the years ahead.
![Members and allies of the LGBTQ community reach Black Lives Matter Plaza across the street from the White House as part of the Pride and Black Lives Matter movements on June 13, 2020, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/06/GettyImages-1219639443-400x300.jpg)
Trump HHS Scraps Protections for Transgender Patients and Those Seeking Abortion
The Trump administration late Friday finalized a health care rule that revokes Obama-era nondiscrimination protections.
![Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks at the National Parent-Teacher Association's 2018 Legislative Conference March 13, 2018, in Arlington, Virginia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/06/2020_0604-betsy-devos-400x300.jpg)
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.
![A woman holds a sign during a protest with red, white and blue barbed wire and the text "NOT FORGOTTEN" written across the bottom](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/02/2020_0225-immigration-protest-400x300.jpg)
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.
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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.
![Vice President Pence delivers remarks at a church service at Holy City Church of God in Christ.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/01/2020_0123-mike-pence-400x300.jpg)
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.
![A woman holds a sign reading "TRANS POWER" during an protest](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/01/2020_0115-trans-protest-400x300.jpg)
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.
![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.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/01/2020_0114-robert-jeffress-trump-400x300.jpg)
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.”