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Transgender students sue Pennsylvania district over restroom rule
They’re also seeking unspecified monetary damages, other policies to avoid transgender discrimination and training for administrators.
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Missouri transgender inmate sues for access to hormone treatment
The Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates that there are 3,200 transgender inmates in the nation’s prisons and jails.
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Illinois property case is latest ruling against LGBTQ Americans
Shannon Minter of the National Center for Lesbian Rights called the ruling “out of step with the realities of families today.”
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Federal appeals court: existing civil rights law does not protect gays
The federal appeals court in Chicago ruled it’s up to the Supreme Court or Congress to outlaw LGB discrimination.
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Trans veterans could get gender confirmation surgery under new rule
The move comes after a petition by two transgender veterans seeking to have the ban on surgery lifted.
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Texas immigration facility to house transgender detainees
The agency didn’t provide details about how the facility for trans detainees would be different than other centers, but you can guess it’ll be horrible too.
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New discriminatory North Carolina law is headed to court
The American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal and Equality North Carolina filed a challenge to the law overnight in U.S. District Court.
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Indiana unveils changes to religious freedom bill; LGBT rights groups say it’s not enough
Indiana lawmakers on Thursday announced changes they plan to make to the state’s new religious freedom law aimed at quelling widespread criticism from businesses and others who have called the proposal anti-gay, but LGBT rights groups said the fix doesn’t go far enough.
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Puerto Rico says it will no longer defend same-sex marriage ban
Secretary of Justice César Miranda said he will submit a brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, saying he agrees the ban is unconstitutional and should be lifted.
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U.S. Supreme Court schedules conference on Louisiana gay marriage appeal
In September, a federal judge upheld Louisiana’s ban, a rare loss for marriage equality advocates who, at the time, had won more than 20 consecutive rulings overturning bans in other states.