Civil Rights

“These are the white liberals who have no sense of urgency, commitment or integrity when it comes to the progress of justice in the country,” said Elie Mystal.

“When we talk about workers’ rights, women’s rights, and civil rights, we are having the same conversation about human rights – and the universal struggle to be understood and treated as equals.”

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.

39 protestors were arrested trying to get Sen. Kyrsten Sinema to support democratic reform.

It is simply not right that residents of the District of Columbia are denied equal representation in the very city that boasts the strength of American democracy.

The director of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is attached to direct, and the writer of the Milk biopic is writing the screenplay.

A Trump appointee told the Justice Department that it should “hesitate to apply” a landmark LGBTQ Supreme Court victory.

In 2021, we have the opportunity as a community to stand up, in defense of others and ourselves, and decide what kind of society we will have.

Weeks ago, Sarah Parshall Perry was defending J.K. Rowling on the Family Research Council podcasts. Now, Betsy DeVos has bought her aboard to oversee inclusivity within the DOE.

Gavin Grimm just won another court victory against the Gloucester County School Board of Virginia and its transphobic student bathroom policy.

A Republican leader announced that he was killing the proposed bill that would have paved the way for Iowa to stop providing protections and medical care to trans people.

Advocates in California want an official pardon as “an affirmation of what Rustin knew all along: that he was not a criminal for being gay.”

The U.S. Secretary of State said he considers some civil rights superfluous, comparing them to too many ice cream cones. Wait, what??

The former school board seems determined to prove in a court of law that they’re legally allowed to force trans students to use a separate or incorrect bathroom.

Ginsburg named her as one of the co-authors in a career-defining legal brief, even though Pauli Murray had no hand in writing it.

White people will support social justice when they see that there is something in it for them.

His record of attacking women’s rights is well documented, but Duncan’s record on LGBT issues is particularly nightmarish.

What’s not clear is what exactly schools are supposed to do when faced with a student who identifies as transgender.

The president declared he’s directed the Department of Justice to “develop new rules” to ensure religious free speech.

The judge used an inconsequential ruling to recognize the 17-year-old as a transgender rights champion, comparing him to the Virginia couple that fought the interracial marriage ban.