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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.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/12/2019_1231-Stonewall-400x300.jpg)
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.
![A woman holds a sign reading "PROTECT TRANS KIDS" during a protest](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/12/2019_1211-trans-rights-400x300.jpg)
Anti-Trans Discrimination Begins in the Classroom
Trans students' Title IX rights — and the federal definition of “sex” — now hang in the balance.
![Two young women hold eachother while looking at the camera](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/11/GettyImages-1130330421-400x300.jpg)
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.
![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.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/11/ethanxparker-breakout-tdor2015-fb2-ed-400x300.jpg)
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.
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On Trans Day of Resilience, Artists Show Us a Future of Liberation
Five poets and five visual artists honor trans lives lost to violence and tell us what resilience means to them.
![Demonstrators rally outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, October 8, 2019, as the Court holds oral arguments in three cases dealing with workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/11/GettyImages-1174516282-400x300.jpg)
Supreme Court Cases on LGBT Discrimination Reflect Wider Assault on Civil Rights
The corporate media has failed to cover what the rollback of legal protections would mean for queer folks in real life.
![People walk beneath a large stretched out rainbow flag](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/10/2019_1030-uganda-pride-400x300.jpg)
Uganda Official Threatens to Try to Resurrect Death Penalty for Homosexuality
The legacy of British imperial rule and American evangelizing have combined to create a climate of rampant homophobia.
![Protesters rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as arguments are heard in a set of cases concerning the rights of transgender and LGBQ people in the workforce on October 8, 2019, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/10/2019_1009-supreme-court-protest-400x300.jpg)
Anti-Trans Lawyers Were Grasping at Straws Before the Supreme Court
Even conservative justices seemed to see how convoluted and weak the case for workplace discrimination is.
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Laverne Cox and Chase Strangio Sound Alarm on Major LGBTQ Supreme Court Cases
The cases mark the first time the Supreme Court will rule on LGBTQ rights since Brett Kavanaugh joined the bench.
![A woman in a blue floral blouse looks into the camera](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/10/ACLU_AimeeStephensEdited_08-400x300.jpg)
Supreme Court Will Decide If Workers Can Be Fired for Being Trans or LGBQ
A ruling against TLGBQ employees would also harm anyone who relies on protections against discrimination.