News & Commentary about LGBTQ Rights

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Nov 13, 2017

Transgender Prisoners Face Sexual Assault and Discrimination at Pittsburgh Jail

Nov 9, 2017

Veteran’s Day Reflections From a Civil Libertarian Former Soldier

Nov 9, 2017

Our Fight to Defeat the Transgender Military Ban Enters a New Phase

Nov 8, 2017

Transgender Soldiers Are Equal to the Task. We Have Earned the Right to Serve Our Country.

Nov 7, 2017

President Trump’s Likely Pick for Global Women’s Issues Ambassador Has an Anti-Women, Anti-LGBT Background

Nov 7, 2017

The Next Governors of Virginia and New Jersey Should Address These Urgent Civil Rights Issues

Oct 26, 2017

Stop Performing Nonconsensual, Medically Unnecessary Surgeries on Young Intersex Children

Oct 24, 2017

The Masterpiece Cakeshop Case: What You Need to Know

Oct 20, 2017

Attacks on Transgender Students Under the Guise of Privacy Will Not Stand

Oct 18, 2017

The University of North Carolina Continues to Defend Its Right to Discriminate Against the Trans Community