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US Groups Reject Anti-Gay Discrimination Bill Over Religious Exemption
Civil rights groups across the United States have withdrawn their support from a major legislative proposal that would outlaw workplace discrimination against sexual minorities, warning that recent legal developments …
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Angela Davis Featured at National Forum on Police Crimes at University of Chicago
The National Forum held workshops highlighting police crimes against undocumented and other immigrant workers, the labor movement and all workers, the LGBTQ community, women, peace, and solidarity activists, and …
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“Walking While Woman” and the Fight to Stop Violent Policing of Gender Identity
Transgender and LGBTQ people across the country are harassed and profiled by police for simply being who they are, but a movement to hold the cops accountable is gaining …
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The Devil—and the Lord—Is in the Details
Military personnel, particularly officers, surrender several Constitutional rights immediately upon becoming members of the armed forces.
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Breaking New Ground for Trans Children
While non-heterosexual orientation is punishable by death in some parts of the world, in others the right to choose oneu2019s gender identity has begun to be respected from early …
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Not Everyone Who Has an Abortion Is a Woman – How to Frame the Abortion Rights Issue
We should begin to grapple with why we continue to be so reluctant or unable to be more gender inclusive.
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Same-Sex Marriage and the Celebration of False Heroes
LGBTQ activists must look back into their radical roots and stop pandering to Democrats in order to see real change.
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The Queer Case Against Prisons
Toshio Meronek's review of Prisons Will Not Protect You highlights the emphasis by the book's contributors that the Corrections Department isn't in the business of correcting oppression.
No Justice When Women Fight Back
All three are currently in prison while their attackers remain free. Oh, yes, and all three are black women.
Adventure-Style Living: How Gender Affects the Money Comics Creators Make
Getting published is hard enough, but making even a meager living from comics is a really rough road.