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The Trump Administration argues that businesses can fire people for being gay
The Justice Department argued that it’s perfectly legal for employers to discriminate based on off-the-job, private “sexual behavior.”
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Trump Administration could roll back transgender inmate protections
The Department of Justice is considering rules that would allow prisons to ignore transgender and intersex people’s safety when assigning them to a prison.
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Lady Gaga took a fan’s pride flag at a concert & magic happened
“So for any of you who don’t believe in equality that are here this evening, come to mama.”
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Department of Justice intervenes in case to argue gays don’t have civil rights
On the same day that Trump announced a ban on trans soldiers, the White House took another bold step in laying out its opposition to LGBTQ rights.
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Will Jeff Sessions intervene in landmark gay rights case?
The case will determine if sexual orientation is protected under longstanding civil rights laws.
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Jeff Sessions spoke to a hate group & you aren’t allowed to know what he said
Sessions spoke at a “religious freedom” summit hosted by the group supporting a baker who refused to make a cake for a same-sex couple in an upcoming Supreme Court case.
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Jeff Sessions pledges to fight anti-trans violence at hate crimes summit
Has he turned over a new leaf? Sessions voted against LGBTQ hate crimes protections as a senator, but is showing a different side as attorney general.
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Jeff Sessions says DOJ will ‘protect the rights of all transgender persons’
Sessions is supporting Justice Department employees’ rebuke of the Trump administration’s decision to drop transgender student Gavin Grimm’s case.
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DOJ honoring student & lawyers fighting for trans rights to rebuke Trump admin
The Trump administration has attacked the rights of trans students, and now the DOJ’s own employees strike back by giving awards to Gavin Grimm and lawyers fighting for LGBTQ Americans.
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Trump’s murky new guidelines worry advocates for transgender students
What’s not clear is what exactly schools are supposed to do when faced with a student who identifies as transgender.