Republican Lawmaker With Transgender Son Slams White House for Reversing Protections

Carmen Sesin
NBC

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Betsy DeVos Reportedly Felt "Uncomfortable" With Trump's Plans to Undo Protections for Transgender Students

Maggie Mallon
Glamour

 Betsy DeVos

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LGBT employees ask DeVos to keep protections

Maria Danilova
Hattiesburg American

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White House considers reversing LGBT protections for federal workers

Juliet Eilperin
Sandhya Somashekhar
The Washington Post

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Texas Judge Halts Federal Transgender Health Protections

Paul J. Weber
ABC

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ezs note:  Well, I do see one solution here.  Don't go to a conservative "Christian" doctor... for any reason.  

Documents confirm Republicans will try to overturn Obama’s LGBT rights protections (UK)

Nick Duffy
Pink News

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ezs note:  Especially if your representative is a Republican, please go to house.gov and urge that transgender rights are fully maintained.  If you are uncertain who your representative is, go to the upper right corner and enter your ZIP code.

John Bel Edwards' LGBT protections declared unlawful

Julia O'Donoghue
The Times-Picayune

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The uncomfortably strong case against Obama’s transgender protections

Editorial Board
The Charlotte Observer

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Hate crime protections for transgender Iowans

Jennifer Janda
KWQC

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WATCH: After RFRA, More Indiana Residents Support LGBT Protections

Dawn Ennis
Advocate

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Cuomo Planning Discrimination Protections for Transgender New Yorkers

Jesse McKinley
The New York Times

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Indiana governor discusses division on LGBT protections

Press
Daily Herald

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Kennedy backing bill to extend civil rights protections to gay, transgender citizens

Jim Hand
The Sun Chronicle

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EEOC: Civil Rights Act Includes LGBT Protections

George Prentice
Boise Weekly

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ezs note:  To see the more complete document, see the complete EEOC ruling.

Nevada Assembly Passes LGBT Inclusive Anti-Bullying Protections

Stephen Peters
HRC

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Laramie, Wyo. passes LGBT protections 17 years after Matthew Shepard's death in gay hate crime

NICOLE HENSLEY

Daily News

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Brownback rescinds executive order that offered protections on basis of sexual orientation

Jonathan Shorman
cjonline

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Mormon Church backs some legal protections for gays; exemptions ruffle feathers

KURTIS LEE
Los Angeles Times

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New Protections for Transgender Employees

PAMELA MOORE
Connecticut Law Tribune

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DOL Releases Regulations Extending Protections to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Employees, Applicants

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