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Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination
March 20, 2023
Tori Otten
Undercover Officers Were Sent to Investigate a Drag Show in Orlando, for Some Reason
Agents in attendance saw nothing lewd to report. The state is trying to punish the venue anyway, amid Gov. Ron DeSantis’s anti-LGBTQ crackdown.
January 3, 2023
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Melissa Gira Grant
Welcome to Ron DeSantis’s 2024 Campaign Against “Wokes”
The Florida governor and potential presidential contender used his inauguration address to target his favorite bogeyman.
February 23, 2022
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Melissa Gira Grant
Texas’s Attorney General Is Laying the Groundwork to Separate Trans Kids From Their Families
Ken Paxton says his “formal attorney general opinion” is that gender-affirming health care for trans kids is “child abuse.”
February 23, 2022
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Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Has Teed Up a Radical Reimagining of LGBTQ Rights
By taking a flier on a plaintiff whose First Amendment rights have only been hypothetically violated, the high court may avoid having to consider the rights of those who might face anti-gay discrimination.
June 17, 2021
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Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Delivers a Twist Ending on LGBTQ Discrimination
The court’s liberal and conservative bloc combined to deliver a needle-threading ruling on a major religious freedom challenge.
June 9, 2021
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Melissa Gira Grant
Will Biden’s Obsession With Compromise Poison His Agenda on LGBTQ Rights?
An opaque court filing in an anti-LGBTQ discrimination case has advocates asking if this administration will “bargain down” the rights of students to reach an uneasy peace with Republicans.
March 17, 2021
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Melissa Gira Grant
The Right’s Fight Against LGBTQ Rights Is More Than a Culture War
The power to control people’s lives through institutionalized bias, stigma, and violence is key to the Republican project. That’s why they hate the Equality Act.
February 11, 2020
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Sydney Bauer
The New Anti-Trans Culture War Hiding in Plain Sight
The right's fixation on trans youth has found its new target: criminalizing doctors who provide puberty blockers and hormones.
December 30, 2019
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Katelyn Burns
When “Biology” Becomes a Cover for Anti-Trans Bigotry
How an employment case in the United Kingdom revealed the ugly contours of anti-trans discrimination
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