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Politics
Matthew Shepard’s parents slammed the Trump administration at Department of Justice ceremony
They didn’t even show up for the event honoring the 10th anniversary of passage of the hate crimes law named after their son. They sent a scathing letter instead.
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Politics
The Trump administration is pressuring the EEOC to turn its back on LGBTQ workers
Trump wants the government to present a “united front” to the Supreme Court when it argues that it’s legal to discriminate against LGBTQ people.
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News (USA)
The Trump administration is planning a far-reaching rollback of civil rights law
He wants to destroy the foundation of anti-discrimination law in America.
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News (USA)
An anti-LGBTQ right winger is waiting in the wings to replace Rod Rosenstein
While pundits have speculated endlessly about the consequences to the Mueller investigation if Rosenstein leaves, there’s another reason to be worried.
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News (USA)
Trump’s Justice Department is removing LGBT questions from a survey on violence
They say it’s a “potentially sensitive” question despite the high rate of violence LGBT people endure.
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News (USA)
Top DOJ civil rights lawyer quits to fight the Trump administration over LGBTQ rights
She has been with the Department of Justice since the Reagan administration and never planned on quitting. Then Trump happened.
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News (USA)
Did the Pentagon tell Trump to drop the transgender military ban?
The Defense Secretary’s recommendation about transgender servicemembers just arrived… but what does it say?
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News (USA)
Trump administration tells Supreme Court antigay discrimination is perfectly okay
The crux of the Trump Administration’s argument is that fighting anti-LGBTQ discrimination is just not that big of a deal.
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News (USA)
Justice Department ordered to release 50’s era ‘gay purge’ documents
The documents relate to the Lavender Scare, when thousands of federal employees were fired for being gay.
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Commentary
Those crickets you hear? That’s Peter Thiel standing up to Trump’s attacks.
The gay billionaire was a prominent Trump supporter, but now he’s nowhere to be found.