All posts tagged "department of justice"
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Right-Wing “Project 2025” Seeks to Eradicate LGBTQ Protections
"Project 2025," a proposed plan for a future Republican administration, calls for erasure of LGBTQ legal protections and trans visibility.
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Biden administration withdraws support from lawsuit challenging transgender athlete inclusion
Lawsuit seeks to overrule Connecticut's policy allowing trans athletes to compete in their gender identity
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Trump administration supports Catholic schools firing gay teachers
DOJ argues that Archdiocese of Indianapolis was entitled to force a school to fire a gay teacher
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GOP congressman “disturbed” at Trump DOJ’s position on civil rights
Rep. Scott Taylor says discrimination against LGBTQ individuals is "on the wrong side of history"
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Mississippi man sentenced to 49 years in prison for murdering transgender girlfriend
A Mississippi man who is a member of the Latin Kings gang has been sentenced to 49 years in prison for killing his former girlfriend because she...
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Federal judge blocks Obama administration’s transgender guidance
But civil rights organizations note the decision isn't binding on other cases involving transgender rights
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Department of Justice: NC’s anti-LGBT law “is state-sanctioned discrimination”
"H.B. 2 is causing irreparable stigmatic, psychological, economic, social, and physical harm to transgender people."
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11 states sue the Obama administration over transgender guidance to schools
Texas, Alabama, Wisconsin and others aren't happy about trans student restroom guidance
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ACLU responds to government’s motion to dismiss Chelsea Manning lawsuit
The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday evening filed a brief opposing a motion by the U.S. Department of Justice to dismiss a lawsuit brought...
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DOJ moves to dismiss Chelsea Manning’s lawsuit
DOJ claims granting Manning's request to grow out hair would upset order and discipline in prison
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Department of Justice backs Virginia transgender student’s fight
The Department of Justice has filed a statement of interest in federal court that appears to bolster a Virginia transgender high school student’s fight to...
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Hundreds March in Support of Trans Rights
Hundreds of people rallied at Mount Vernon Square in downtown Washington on Saturday, Jan. 10 to call for action to guarantee equal treatment and civil...
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Justice Department to expand federal recognition of same-sex marriages
The Justice Department will further expand federal recognition of same-sex marriages “to the greatest extent possible under the law,” Attorney General Eric Holder announced in...
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DOJ's New Scrutiny
The Department of Justice Civil Rights Division's report on its ''Investigation of the New Orleans Police Department,'' which was released on March 16, detailed serious...
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A Kinder, Gentler DOMA?
The defense was no surprise on Jan. 13. The Department of Justice had announced in October its plans to appeal the July decisions striking down...
