civil rights - Wiener bill expands civil rights for trans prisoners

Alex Madison
The Bay Area Reporter

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DeVos rewrites rules for school civil rights probes

Benjamin Wermund
Politico

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Congressional Transgender Equality Task Force demands meeting with Trump civil rights officials

John Riley
Metroweekly

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Department of Education Admits to Rejecting Civil Rights Complaints From Trans Students

Aaron Rodriguez
HRC

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Parents of transgender students give education secretary an 'F' in defending civil rights

Caitlyn Jones
Denton Record-Chronicle

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Transgender civil rights bill draws crowd at State House

Dave Solomon
Union Leader

Concord, New Hampshire

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Lambda Legal, Joined By Several National Civil Rights Organizations, Delivers First Resistance “Pre-buttal” To Trump’s State of the Union Address

Shin Inouye
The Leadership Conference

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President Trump's First Year Was an Affront to Civil Rights

Sherrilyn Ifill
Time

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Trump Admin To Transgender Kids: We Won’t Deal With Your Civil Rights Complaints

Rebecca Klein

HuffPost

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A true step forward for civil rights

Press
Fosters

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New civil rights enforcement unit, diversity advisory council to focus on all forms of discrimination

John DiStaso
WMUR

Manchester, NH

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Why transgender rights are the civil rights thermometer no one can afford to ignore

Karen Fratti
Hello Giggles

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How a Colorado cake shop could erode civil rights for LGBTQ Americans

Lucia Graves
The Guardian

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OUT100: 9 Transgender Veterans Talk Service, Trump & Fighting Back

Chris Thomas
OUT

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“Somebody Has To Fight For The Civil Rights Of Trans People. Why Not Me?”

Rich Bellis
Fast Company

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Regardless of federal changes, Oregon law still protects transgender people's civil rights

Lizzy Acker
The Oregonian

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Civil rights groups to sue over Trump's plan for transgender military ban (UK)

Amanda Holpuch
The Guardian

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It’s Now Undeniable That LGBTQ Rights Are In Danger Of Being Rolled Back

Michelangelo Signorile
Huffpost

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LGBTQ groups fear Tennessee bill would roll back civil rights

Corinne Segal
PBS

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ezs note:  Tennessee residents - please, take a few minutes to call your state representative AND  state senator to kill House Bill 1111 / Senate Bill 1085.  Thanks.

Judge compares transgender teen Gavin Grimm to civil rights icons

Alanna Durkin Richer
LGBTQ Nation

Rosa Parks (1955)

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