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Caitlyn Jenner: Hate crime laws that protect trans community are unfair

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Love her or hate her, you'll want to hear what she says about Donald Trump.

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Obama’s top civil rights lawyer to lead new organization

Friday, March 24, 2017

The former Justice Department attorney said, "What we're seeing is an unprecedented attack on so many of the gains we made."

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Locker room lawsuit: Boy claims his transphobia outweighs trans student’s rights

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

A hate group representing this high school teen says his civil rights are being violated by the trans-friendly school policy.

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Supreme Court decision leaves transgender rights in limbo

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

The court's decision to back out of a lawsuit over transgender students' bathroom access is a disappointment to LGBTQ students nationwide.

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Jeff Sessions will drop federal fight against North Carolina’s bathroom bill

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

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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With Russia off his plate, Sessions is free to pursue his anti-LGBTQ agenda

Saturday, March 4, 2017

Now that Sessions will no longer oversee any investigation into the 2016 election, his path to continue a refashioning of the Justice Department may be even clearer.

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Juvenile detention centers struggle with transgender inmates

Monday, January 2, 2017

The facilities are largely ill-equipped to handle transgender teens, leaving them vulnerable to bullying, sexual assault, depression and suicide.

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It’s a first: Admitted killer of trans woman is charged with federal hate crime

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Prosecutors have never used the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act to bring charges against someone for targeting a victim for being transgender.

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Federal appeal seeks to halt North Carolina restroom law while case progresses

Thursday, October 20, 2016

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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North Carolina ‘bathroom bill’ trial waits on decision from SCOTUS

Saturday, September 3, 2016

The law requires transgender people to use restrooms in schools and many other public buildings that correspond with the sex on their birth certificate, not their gender identity.

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