Michigan - Michigan funeral home to pay $250k settlement for transgender discrimination case

Lee DeVito

Detroit Metro Times

Aimee Stephens (1960-2020)

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Delaware - Biden Talks Trans Rights, Calls Conversion Therapy Sick at Fundraiser

Trudy Ring
Advocate

New Castle, DE

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ezs note:  To be honest, Joe Biden was not my first choice, but his strong condemnation of "conversion therapy" won me over.   

lead story - Michigan woman at center of transgender civil rights case dies at 59

Melissa Nann Burke
The Detroit News

Aimee Stephens

1961 - 2020

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civil rights - Aimee Stephens brought the first major trans rights case to the Supreme Court. She may not live to see the decision.

Katelyn Burns
Vox

Shelby Twp., MI

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civil rights - The Transgender Community Needs More than Visibility

Aimee Stephens
ACLU

Detroit, MI

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civil rights - 10 LGBTQ Moments that Defined 2019

Press
ACLU

Kett's Rebellion (1549)

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civil rights - TERFs Have Taught the Trump Administration Well

Esther Wang
Jezebel

SCOTUS, 1937

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civil rights - Fired for Being Trans or for Violating Dress Code? Supreme Court Will Decide.

Jessica Mason Pieklo
Truthout.

Livonia, MI

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civil rights - Transgender People’s Rights Are in Peril

Karen Dolan
The Progressive

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civil rights - Town Losing Time to Appeal Trans Rights Ruling Against Funeral Home

Jason A. Michael
Pridesource

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civil rights - EEOC/Aimee Stephens v. R.G. & G.R Harris Funeral Homes.

United States Court of Appeals
Sixth Circuit

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It's not just about the suit: sex discrimination case arguments

Crystal A. Proxmire
The Oakland County Times

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ezs note:  It's not something you would catch until the very end, but if you want to hear both arguments in this case, press here.