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ACLU demands documents to show Trump’s plans for ‘religious’ discrimination

The "religious freedom" executive order rumored to still be coming from the administration would allow for widespread discrimination.

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Supreme Court sends transgender bathroom case back to lower court

This is happening because the Trump administration rescinded the federal government’s guidance on transgender protections.

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ACLU sues in Iowa for transgender student’s free speech rights

The student was sent home for writing "Love trumps hate" on his arm.

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US judge temporarily bars deportations under Trump’s anti-Muslim travel ban

The order barred U.S. border agents from removing anyone who arrived in the U.S. with a valid visa from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. It also covered anyone with an approved refugee application.…

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NC Republican wants to make it a crime to call the former governor a ‘bigot’

The lawmaker is outraged by a video showing the notoriously anti-LGBT former governor being chased down an alley by protesters shouting "Shame!" and "Bigot!"

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Will Chelsea Manning be a potent symbol for transgender Americans?

For most Americans, Chelsea Manning has been a hero or villain based on how they view her decision to leak classified material. For trans people, she has another dimension.

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LGBTQ activists prepare for an uphill battle in fight for legal equality

Legislators in several states — including Alabama, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin — are advocating for anti-transgender "bathroom bills."

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Will 2017 be the year of ‘religious freedom’ laws?

As Republicans prepare to wreak havoc on the federal government, activists are bracing themselves for what they expect to be an all out assault on LGBTQ rights.

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Cadillac hits the brakes on casting call for ‘REAL Alt-Right’ neo-Nazis

"This is not meant to be offensive in anyway. Just a representation of all sides," according to the casting ad.

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ACLU wants Obama to commute sentence for Chelsea Manning

The ACLU and LGBT-rights groups are lobbying Obama to commute the prison sentence of a trans soldier who leaked classified documents.

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