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Jeff Sessions will drop federal fight against North Carolina’s bathroom bill
The Trump administration is taking steps to drop the legal fight against the state’s law forcing trans people to use the wrong bathroom.
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Mississippi asks court to uphold law allowing discrimination against LGBT people
Mississippi’s Republican governor is asking a federal appeals court to uphold a state law letting merchants to deny services to same-sex couples.
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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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Court vacates Indiana sexual orientation bias ruling; will rehear case
A federal appeals court has vacated a decision by three judges who ruled in an Indiana case that existing nondiscrimination laws do not cover sexual-orientation.
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Texas, other states ask judge to put North Carolina bathroom case on hold
Meanwhile, states including New York and dozens of companies have filed amicus briefs attacking North Carolina’s law.
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North Carolina’s other anti-gay law goes to court today
Roughly 5 percent of North Carolina’s magistrates are refusing to marry same-sex couples for religious reasons.
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Trial over North Carolina law could happen close to Election Day
The divisive issue would be in the spotlight as voters prepare to cast ballots in the closely watched governor’s race.
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Court nixes school’s request to keep trans teen out of bathroom
The school board immediately filed another appeal.
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Virginia asks Supreme Court to decide transgender bathroom battle
The timing of the request means Gavin Grimm will probably not be able to use the boys’ bathroom when school resumes later this year.
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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.