Search results for "Supreme Court civil rights act"
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Democrats Introduce a “Trans Bill of Rights”
The bill will attempt to codify a Supreme Court decision that established employee protections for gay and transgender workers.
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Employers’ Health Insurance Must Cover Gender-Affirming Care, Court Rules
A federal court in Georgia has ruled that employers who exclude gender-affirming medical care from their health insurance coverage are violating federal law. The decision,...
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Gavin Grimm Warns of Attacks on LGBTQ Rights: “Texas is All of Us”
Gavin Grimm warned LGBTQ high schoolers and their allies at a Saturday town hall meeting to be vigilant about defending any progress that schools have...
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Texas Supreme Court Allows Investigations of Trans Kids’ Parents to Resume
The Texas Supreme Court has issued a mixed ruling regarding state investigations into parents who allow their transgender children to access gender-affirming care. The high...
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What A Roe v. Wade Overturn Could Mean For LGBTQ Rights
With LGBTQ rights currently under attack, the potential repeal of reproductive rights is "a four-alarm fire for all Americans."
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Republican Says Civil Rights Don’t Apply To Gay People
A Georgia Republican candidate for Congress said that civil rights for Black people shouldn’t apply to gay people because “they can actually change” to become...
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Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman to be elevated to the...
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Iowa Supreme Court Finds State Discriminated Against Trans Employee
The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s Department of Corrections discriminated against Jesse Vroegh, a former DOC nurse, when it denied him insurance...
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Texas AG sues feds over pushback against state’s anti-trans actions
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) has sued the Biden administration over recent actions it has taken to push back against a Texas directive requiring...
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LGBTQ groups praise Biden’s Supreme Court nominee
HRC, NBJC, and GLAAD applaud the nomination of D.C. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for nation's highest court.
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Supreme Court takes up anti-gay website designer’s case
The Supreme Court will decide whether a website designer should be religiously exempt from abiding by Colorado's Anti-Discrimination Act.
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4 reasons why LGBTQ people should be concerned about the Supreme Court abortion case
4 reasons why LGBTQ people should be concerned about the Supreme Court abortion case.
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Iowa court rules Republicans can’t deny health coverage to transgender Medicaid recipients
An Iowa court has ruled that a law barring Medicaid from covering transgender recipients' surgical expenses is unconstitutional.
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Supreme Court declines to hear Catholic hospital’s appeal of transgender patient’s lawsuit
A transgender man can sue a Catholic hospital for denying him a hysterectomy after the Supreme Court refused to hear the hospital's appeal.
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Appeals court says university must hire back trans professor fired for her gender identity
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an Oklahoma university wrongfully terminated a trans professor for her gender identity.
