All posts tagged "judge"
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Appeals Court Upholds District’s Pro-Transgender Pronoun Policy
A typically conservative-leaning U.S. appeals court has upheld the right of an Ohio school district to enforce policies against bullying transgender students, including prohibitions on...
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Senate Confirms Out Lesbian to 4th Circuit Court of Appeals
With the confirmation of Nicole Berner, President Biden ties Obama’s record for appointing the most LGBTQ federal judges in history.
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Judge Extends Order Blocking Texas from Enforcing Drag Ban
A federal judge extended a temporary restraining order blocking Texas from attempting to enforce its ban on drag performances for an additional 14 days. The...
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Lesbian Candidate Kris Mayes Wins Arizona Attorney General Race
Democrat Kris Mayes, an out lesbian, has been declared the winner of Arizona’s Attorney General race following an automatic recount, narrowly edging out her Republican...
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Federal Judge Rules Trans Inmate Must Receive Surgery
A federal judge in Illinois has ruled that the U.S. Bureau of Prisons must find a qualified surgeon and develop a detailed timeline for when...
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Gavin Newsom Names First-Ever Transgender Appointee As Judge In California
A disability rights advocate has become the second openly transgender person to serve as a judge in California, and the first-ever transgender appointee in history...
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Federal judge rules beauty pageant can bar trans women from competing
A conservative judge determined the beauty pageant was within its rights to bar transgender women from participating
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Gay asylum seeker threatened with beheading in Ghana will have his case reheard
Immigration officials initially rejected his claim, telling him one attack was not sufficient justification for asylum
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Colorado lawyer who called judge a “gay fat f*g” claims he’s “not a bigot”
Robert Abrams was ordered to attend sensitivity training, a decision he branded "political correctness"
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Trans judicial candidate Jill Rose Quinn wins primary, could make history in Illinois
Quinn called it a win for "everybody who has ever felt left out or marginalized or laughed at"
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Ohio judge apologizes for “deplorable” anti-gay letter to the editor that he wrote in college
Judge Dan Hazard calls his past writings "reprehensible" and insists that his views have since changed
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Federal appeals court blocks Trump administration from discharging HIV-positive Air Force members
Court calls justifications for discharges based on HIV status "outmoded and at odds with current science"
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Kentucky judge suspended after alleged bisexual threesome in courthouse
Dawn Gentry faces nine charges of misconduct, including engaging in sexual relations with a male lover and a female court employee
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Texas judge removed from trans child custody case due to Facebook posting
The judge in a highly-publicized and controversial Dallas child custody case has been removed from the case after posting about it on Facebook. Dallas County...
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Michigan priest under fire after denying gay woman communion because of her marriage
Father Scott Nolan told Judge Sara Smolenski she couldn't receive communion, after years of attending the church
