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They were together for decades but Social Security won’t let this widower claim spousal benefits

And the excuse they're using to deny benefits is disgusting.

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Trump is stacking the federal judiciary against us for decades to come

With the help of the Republican Senate, the adminsitration is populating the federal bench with right-ideologues who will plague us for decades.

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They were together 43 years but Social Security won’t let this gay widower claim spousal benefits

After losing the love of his life, the government is causing him even more pain.

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Lawyer who fought to ban trans people from bathrooms will lead DOJ civil rights division

He will head up the Department of Justice's efforts to fight discrimination, even though he has spent his life defending it.

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Arkansas issues non-binary driver’s licenses & they’ve done it for years

The first state to issue non-binary driver's licenses was Arkansas. No one noticed.

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Federal court rules North Carolina cannot ban trans people from restrooms

The court also allowed a case seeking to overturn the ban on nondiscrimination ordinances to continue as well.

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Federal judge rules that State Department cannot reject an intersex person’s passport

"Adherence to a series of internal policies that do not contemplate the existence of intersex people is not good reason" to deny someone a passport.

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Intersex care is now available in a guide for providers. Finally.

In the wake of a new California law designed to protect intersex infants, Lambda Legal has released a new guide for Intersex care.

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Gay man sentenced to death by reported homophobic jurors will not get his appeal

A divided three-judge panel of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday refused to hear the appeal of Charles Rhines, a gay man on death row in South Dakota.

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A lesbian who was brutally harassed in her home just won a landmark court case

“I look out the window, I’ve got a cemetery out there. That’s when I’ll stop being made fun of because I’m gay.”

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