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No one wants to work for Chick-fil-A. They can’t figure out why.
A bunch of franchises say they are “in the middle of a hiring crisis” and “labor shortage” while conservatives blame “lazy” workers. They can’t imagine any other reasons why no one wants to work there.
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A mayor & thousands of businesses asked a city council for civil rights law. The council voted no.
The non-discrimination ordinance would protect LGBTQ people and keep businesses from fleeing town. It still didn’t pass – and council members have different excuses as to why.
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Alabama bill to force teachers to out trans youth & ban health care access fails
Trans youth and their supporters protested in front of the state’s capitol to stop the attack on their rights. And the bill failed.
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Trans woman busted for bank robbery after she uses cash to pay for plastic surgery
The serial bank robber threatened tellers with notes to get money that she used to fly to Mexico for surgery.
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A massive trans flag billboard is giving kids hope & putting pressure on Alabama Republicans
It is the “largest trans flag that has ever flown over the state.”
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Alabama schools no longer have to teach that being gay is unhealthy & illegal
The state ended the backwards sex ed requirement to teach “from a public health perspective, that homosexuality is not a lifestyle acceptable to the general public.”
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Alabama is becoming the fifth state this year to ban trans youth from participating in sports
Alabama’s governor signed the ban on trans youth in sports, despite opponents warning that this could jeopardize the state’s future NCAA events.
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Elliot Page takes aim at “cruel” anti-trans movement by state lawmakers: “protect trans kids”
“I am thinking of my trans siblings and the collective pain that our community must endure to battle again and again for our right to exist,” wrote Page. Then he called for action.
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Four more states pass anti-LGBTQ school laws as onslaught of hate accelerates
Two states want to ban teachers from talking about LGBTQ people without parental permission, and two banned transgender girls from school sports.
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This ad airing during the NCAA tournament names & shames lawmakers pushing anti-trans laws
The Human Rights Campaign aired a version of their ad during March Madness specifically shaming the governor of Arkansas.