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- LGBTQ Rights
Weekend Read: ‘We won’t be erased’: Transgender people’s existence not up for debate
The existence of transgender people is not up for debate.
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- LGBTQ Rights
SPLC statement on Trump administrationâs efforts to remove civil rights protections from transgender Americans
The Trump administration has apparently redoubled its efforts to exclude transgender Americans from the protection of federal civil rights laws.
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- LGBTQ Rights
Weekend Read: “You people whoâve got gay children, donât mess up like I did”
âHalf-baked maggot.â âIf he wants to be a female, make him a female. A good sharp knife will do the job really quick.â
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- LGBTQ Rights
Weekend Read: âThe Rosa Parks of the transgender movementâ
Itâs an open question whether Sylvia Rivera left home or was thrown out. Either way, she said she was relieved to be rid of the âviejitaâ â or little old lady â who was embarrassed by the child she considered an effeminate grandson.
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- LGBTQ Rights
SPLC seeks documents detailing rollback of protections for transgender people in prison
The SPLC is requesting documents from the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and the Department of Justice about a Trump administration decision to weaken protections for transgender people who are incarcerated by requiring that they be housed according to their âbiological sex.â
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- LGBTQ Rights
- LGBTQ Youth Rights
SPLC helps LGBT student assert her right to wear prom tuxedo
While many teenagers were figuring out what to wear to senior prom, Britney had already chosen the outfit that perfectly suited her personal style: a black tuxedo â with matching suspenders â and a bright yellow bowtie.
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- LGBTQ Rights
SPLC Statement on Transgender Day of Visibility
Today is Transgender Day of Visibility, a celebration of the lives of transgender people.
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- LGBTQ Rights
SPLC asks court to enforce order closing fraudulent ‘conversion therapy’ provider
The SPLC filed a motion today asking a court to enforce an order requiring the complete dissolution of a fraudulent gay-to-straight “conversion therapy” provider that the court ordered to shut down nearly three years ago, but that continues to operate under a different name.
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- LGBTQ Rights
Weekend Read: Adopting a child is hard. Adopting as an LGBT couple is harder.
When Jay met his foster parents, he was a balding, underweight boy who was afraid he wouldnât be fed.
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- LGBTQ Rights
SPLC seeks to defend ban on conversion therapy challenged by hate group
The Southern Poverty Law Center and its allies filed a motion today to defend a ban on conversion therapy for minors enacted by Tampa, Florida, and challenged by an anti-LGBT hate group attempting to allow the discredited practice that attempts to change a personâs sexual orientation or gender identity
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