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Supreme Court Case Could Set Back Fight for LGBTQ+ Anti-Discrimination Laws
The court's decision is expected to paint a clearer picture for the future of LGBTQ+ issues at the federal level.
For Eid, Let’s Celebrate the Queer and Trans Muslims Working Toward Abolition
Muslims are marking the end of Ramadan and working to create a just world free of police, prisons and punishment.
Biden Ends Trump Rule, Bans Discrimination Against Trans People in Health Care
Trans advocates demanded more decisive action from Biden, saying their rights shouldn’t be up to a president’s whim.
Across the Country, Republican Legislatures Are Keeping Trump’s Agenda Alive
A wave of bills cracking down on voting, protesting, transgender protections, and more are sweeping GOP-run states.
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.
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.
Senate Democrats Can Still Block Barrett Confirmation by Slowing Down Process
They should use every procedural method available to them to slow the process, says Zephyr Teachout.
Barrett Could Well Be the Decider in a 2020 Replay of “Bush v. Gore”
Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s record of attacks on civil rights, workers’ rights, and more is crystal clear.
I Was a Student of Amy Coney Barrett. She Isn’t an LGBTQ Ally.
As a professor at Notre Dame Law Judge Barrett made her anti-LGBTQ sentiments very clear to her students and peers.
Pence’s Handling of COVID Is Straight Out of the Christian Right Playbook
The tendency to lie to advance an agenda is not something Pence needed to learn from Trump.