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'Crucial Early Victory' for Trans Patients as Judge Blocks Trump's Gutting of Healthcare Discrimination Protections
Protestors shared a laugh during a rally against the transgender bathroom rights repeal at Thomas Paine Plaza February 25, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rallies were also held across the country in support of the Affordable Care Act. (Photo: Mark Makela/Getty Images)
60+ Environmental Justice Advocates and Groups Issue Coronavirus Call to Action Demanding End to 'Sacrifice Zones'
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Citizens wearing protective masks form lines to receive free food from a food pantry run by the Council of Peoples Organization on May 8, 2020 in the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. (Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
"Underserved and environmentally overburdened communities are now... experiencing disproportionate Covid-19 infections and deaths."
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ACLU Demands Lawmakers Act After Michigan Man Wrongfully Arrested 'Because Face Recognition Can't Tell Black People Apart'
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Robert and Melissa Williams, and their young daughters, appeared in a video circulated Wednesday by the ACLU. (Photo: ACLU/YouTube)
"It's past time for lawmakers to prevent the continued use of this technology...
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'About Damn Time': Louisville Police Chief Moves to Fire 1 of 3 Officers Involved in Breonna Taylor Shooting
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A demonstrator holds a sign with the image of Breonna Taylor, a black woman who was fatally shot by Louisville Metro Police Department officers, during a protest against racial injustice and the death George Floyd in Minneapolis, in Denver, Colorado on June 3, 2020.
"A start, but not good enough. We cannot rest until all the officers involved...
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LGBTQ Americans and allies rallied outside the White House to protest President Donald Trump's effort to ban trans people from military service.
'This Is Deadly': Trump HHS Scraps Protections for Transgender Patients and Those Seeking Abortions
Members of George Floyd's family speak during a memorial service at North Central University on June 4, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Memorial services will also be held in North Carolina and Texas.
Families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Michael Brown, and Philando Castile Join 600+ Groups Urging UN Probe of US Police Violence
Warren Slams Bloomberg for Blaming 2008 Financial Meltdown On End of Redlining Policy
LGBTQ rights advocates
LGBTQ Advocates Flood Capitol Hill on Day One of Supreme Court's First Trans Civil Rights Case in US History
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As New Studies Shed Light on Struggles of Trans People in US, Expert Highlights Trump's Attacks
In Latest Attack on Women and Trans People, Trump Invites Medical Providers to Discriminate Against Already-Marginalized Patients
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.)
'Bigotry Is Deadly': Warnings of 'Normalized Hate Speech' After Latest Threats Targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar
UNESCO Report Shows World's Most Vulnerable and Poor Paying More Than Rich for Clean Water
Times Square protest
With Rollout of New Rules, Trump Admin Signs Off on 'Purge' of Trans Troops
Students protest
'If We Stop, the World Stops!': Hundreds of Thousands of Spanish Women Take to Streets for Feminist Strike
The U.S. women's national team celebrates
'We Deserved to Be Paid Equally': Reigning Women's World Cup Champions Sue US Soccer Over Gender Discrimination
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'Quantum Leap for Gender Equality' Demanded on Eve of International Women's Day

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More than 1,000 Parents Sign Open Letter Calling for a Ban on Facial Recognition in Schools
GLAD
GLAD and Other LGBTQ Organizations Urge Supreme Court Not to Upend Settled and Vital Nondiscrimination Protections
Muslim Advocates
Phoenix Police Attempt to Cover Up and Distract from the Killing and Mocking of Muhammad Muhaymin Jr.
The Main Street Alliance
Advisory for Zoom Press Conference
Amnesty International - USA
Supreme Court Upholds Equality, Human Rights in LGBTQI Workplace Protections Case
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Historic U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Protects LGBTQ Employees From Sex-Based Discrimination in the Workplace
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