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LGBTQ+
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Biden administration suggests it will add "X" gender markers to federal documents
The ACLU has been in talks with the administration about the change, which would allow nonbinary and intersex people to get passports that reflect who they are.
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At least 36 anti-LGBTQ+ religious freedom measures have been filed this year, many tucked in COVID church bills
Advocates decried once popular religious freedom laws for allowing discrimination against LGBTQ+ people. Now they are quietly resurfacing.
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HUD bars anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination in housing, rentals
It’s the first agency to implement Biden’s sweeping executive order on sexual orientation and gender identity, but it won’t be the last, officials said.
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Biden’s executive actions tackle racial equity, LGBTQ+ rights, immigration and more
The 19th reports on some of Biden’s early actions that have implications for women, people of color and LGBTQ+ Americans.
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A CDC report signals the agency will resume work on LGBTQ+ health, advocates say
The data itself is not new, and advocates are urging the Biden administration to step up efforts to reach queer Americans.
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An elite group tackling transgender sports inclusion has a compromise — and trans people aren’t part of it
LGBTQ+ advocates are slamming a proposal that would force transgender girls to undergo testing to play school sports.
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A wave of anti-trans bills are hitting statehouses
Experts say that though passing anti-LGBTQ+ bills is a losing battle, some could end up before the Supreme Court.
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Advocates react to the repeal of New York’s ‘walking while trans’ ban
LGBTQ+ advocates celebrated the end of a decades-old statute that has been widely seen as "arbitrary and discriminatory.”
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Biden will not use private federal prisons. Prison reform advocates want him to do more.
No private federal prisons house women. Advocates for incarcerated women, LGBTQ+ people hope this is just the start to big reform.
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Equality Act would fill key gaps in civil rights law for women, people of color, the faithful
A new report finds that a landmark bill that would grant LGBTQ+ Americans non-discrimination protections would also expand rights for people of color, religious groups, immigrants and women.