All posts tagged "discrimination"
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Gavin Grimm’s legal team argues Title IX still applies to trans students
Legal brief urges 4th Circuit Court of Appeals to adopt a broader interpretation of sex discrimination law
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Texas House passes anti-LGBTQ adoption bill
Texas would become the sixth state to allow child placement agencies to turn away same-sex parents
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Demonstrators protest upcoming Trump “religious liberty” order
Rumors of a "religious freedom" executive order sparked protests outside the White House
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Gay man sues Mississippi funeral home for refusing to cremate husband
Humiliating refusal of service highlights what behavior would be condoned under a "religious freedom" law
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Trump allegedly planning to sign anti-LGBTQ “religious liberty” executive order on May 4
Language on religious exemptions is similar to leaked draft of a previously proposed order
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Woman demoted for anti-gay bias has her lawsuit thrown out of court
A New Jersey appeals court has refused to reinstate a lawsuit brought by a high-ranking state official who sued the state after it demoted her...
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Alabama bill allows adoption agencies to discriminate against same-sex couples
Alabama lawmakers have passed a bill allowing child placement agencies to discriminate against same-sex couples and other prospective parents based on the agency’s preferred religious beliefs. The Alabama...
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Transgender California man sues Catholic hospital over hysterectomy denial
Lawsuit claims denial of medically necessary care violates California's Unruh Civil Rights Act
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Texas “bathroom bill” could cost state more than $3 billion
New bill restricts localities from passing their own ordinances regulating bathroom access
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Iowa lawmakers vote to end discrimination against LGBTQ renters
Bipartisan measure heads to Gov. Terry Branstad's desk for signature into law
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Nebraska Supreme Court throws out ban on same-sex foster parents
State ordered to stop treating same-sex couples differently in foster and adoption cases
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Federal court: Fair Housing Act protects LGBTQ people
In a first of its kind ruling, a federal district court judge has ruled that a Boulder County landlady violated the federal Fair Housing Act...
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5th Circuit hears challenge to Mississippi “religious freedom” law
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in the case of Barber v. Bryant, a challenge to Mississippi’s so-called “religious freedom” law, HB...
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Trump rescinds Obama executive order on labor discrimination
On Monday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order allowing companies that do business with the federal government to avoid disclosing past instances of discrimination...
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Federal court to hear challenge to Mississippi’s anti-LGBTQ “religious freedom” law
Law would have granted people who subscribe to 3 specific religious beliefs carte blanche to discriminate against gays
