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With Russia off his plate, Sessions is free to pursue his anti-LGBTQ agenda
Now that Sessions will no longer oversee any investigation into the 2016 election, his path to continue a refashioning of the Justice Department may be even clearer.
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Juvenile detention centers struggle with transgender inmates
The facilities are largely ill-equipped to handle transgender teens, leaving them vulnerable to bullying, sexual assault, depression and suicide.
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It’s a first: Admitted killer of trans woman is charged with federal hate crime
Prosecutors have never used the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act to bring charges against someone for targeting a victim for being transgender.
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Federal appeal seeks to halt North Carolina restroom law while case progresses
Plaintiffs want an appeals court to expand a preliminary ruling to cover all transgender people in the state instead of the three individuals suing the state.
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North Carolina ‘bathroom bill’ trial waits on decision from SCOTUS
The law requires transgender people to use restrooms in schools and many other public buildings that correspond with the sex on their birth certificate, not their gender identity.
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Experts say NC case unaffected by Texas anti-transgender court ruling
The Texas decision doesn’t trump a ruling by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, whose decision supporting a transgender student in Virginia sets a precedent for the Carolinas as well.
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Baltimore Police review reveals mistreatment of transgender people
The DOJ heard allegations of “disparaging and inappropriate comments” and the refusal of BPD officers to treat transgender women as women.
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Judge to monitor Kansas’ actions on gay marriage for three years
The judge issued a permanent injunction barring the state from treating same-sex couples differently than opposite-sex couples
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Justice Department asks judge to block North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law
They asked the judge to halt implementation of the law requiring people to use the bathroom of the gender on their birth certificate.
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3rd federal court case seeks to block Mississippi LGBT law
All three lawsuits seek to block the bill from becoming law July 1. They also seek to have it declared unconstitutional.