News & Commentary about LGBTQ Rights

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Oct 25, 2018

My Boss Fired Me From My Funeral Home Job for Being Transgender

Oct 24, 2018

Aimee Stephens Was Fired Because She Is Transgender. That’s Sex Discrimination.

White Protest with poster: No Body is Illegal

Oct 22, 2018

The Trump Administration Is Trying to Erase Trans People, but the Law Clearly Protects Them

Oct 11, 2018

Jury Sends Wisconsin a $780,000 Bill for Denying Health Care to Two Transgender Workers

Oct 4, 2018

November Could be Consequential for Transgender and Nonbinary People Like Me

Aug 27, 2018

A Court in Florida Affirms Dignity for Transgender People, Even in Prison

Aug 21, 2018

Deadly Violence Against Transgender People Is on the Rise. The Government Isn’t Helping.

Aug 6, 2018

A Jury May Have Sentenced a Man to Death Because He Is Gay. It’s Time for a Federal Court to Hear His Bias Claim.

Jul 19, 2018

My Pharmacist Humiliated Me When He Refused to Fill My Hormone Prescription

Jul 18, 2018

Is There a Religious Right to Discriminate Against LGBT Foster and Adoptive Parents? A Federal Court Says No.