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Jeff Sessions Just Had to Answer to a Bunch of Senators over His Anti-LGBT Crusade

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October 18, 2017

Sessions has aligned DOJ with opponents of civil rights, including anti-LGBT forces working to turn back clock on LGBT rights.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions is a Hypocrite

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October 15, 2017

The New York Times today reported that the Department of Justice has assigned a federal prosecutor to assist in the hate crime prosecution of Kedarie/Kandicee Johnson’s murderer. The African-American Iowa teen identified as both transgender and gender-fluid.
Donald Trump's Judicial Nominee Referred to Transgender Children as Part of "Satan's Plan"

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September 20, 2017

Jeff Mateer is under fire as news reports surface past remarks that reveal a record of extreme hostility toward the LGBT community.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Tells Supreme Court to Stop Trump's Muslim Ban

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September 18, 2017

Lambda Legal has added its name to a brief filed in the Supreme Court opposing President Trump’s “Muslim Ban.”

See Also: Immigration, Religious Exemptions
Valerie Huber, an Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Leader, Has Been Appointed to a Key Position in the Department of Health and Human Services

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June 6, 2017

Today, Valerie Huber, a leader in the movement against science-based and honest sex education in schools was appointed as Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary for Health for the US Department of Health and Human Services.

See Also: Advocacy & Inclusion, Community Education, Health Care Fairness, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Resistance, Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights
This Mothers' Day, Our LGBTQ Elders Need Our Support

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May 12, 2017

On this Mothers’ Day, I find it particularly offensive that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has decided that it is completely uninterested in collecting data about the needs of LGBTQ older Americans.

See Also: Mother's Day, Mothers' Day, Seniors
What Donald Trump's Religious Liberty Executive Order Does – and Doesn’t Do – and Why You Should Still Be Worried

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May 5, 2017

With yesteday’s Executive Order, Donald Trump handed out razors to every anti-LGBTQ zealot that he has put in place in his administration.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, Resistance
Trump’s Record on LGBT Rights: Death by 1000 Cuts in the First 100 Days

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April 26, 2017

The very first action of the Trump White House on Inauguration Day was to erase all references to LGBT people and everyone living with HIV from whitehouse.gov. It’s been downhill from there.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
Donald Trump and GOP-Controlled Congress Strip Workers of Rights and Protections (and No One Is Talking About It)

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March 30, 2017

With each passing day, the federal government is looking more and more like Trump, Inc. – a company with questionable business practices that raise legal and ethical eyebrows.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace

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Jeff Sessions Just Had to Answer to a Bunch of Senators over His Anti-LGBT Crusade

sessions_hearing.png

Jeff Sessions is a Hypocrite

6236367366_a314f9cac9_o_copy.jpg

Donald Trump's Judicial Nominee Referred to Transgender Children as Part of "Satan's Plan"

trump_c_gage_skidmore.jpg

Lambda Legal Tells Supreme Court to Stop Trump's Muslim Ban

tim-viola-198244.jpg

Valerie Huber, an Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Leader, Has Been Appointed to a Key Position in the Department of Health and Human Services

istock-510231500.jpg

This Mothers' Day, Our LGBTQ Elders Need Our Support

037a3100.jpg

What Donald Trump's Religious Liberty Executive Order Does – and Doesn’t Do – and Why You Should Still Be Worried

rl_eo_copy.jpg

Trump’s Record on LGBT Rights: Death by 1000 Cuts in the First 100 Days

0204-solidarity-rally-1.jpg

Donald Trump and GOP-Controlled Congress Strip Workers of Rights and Protections (and No One Is Talking About It)

igor-ovsyannykov-219666.jpg

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