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Aug 13, 2020
Yellowstone County Illegally Discriminated Against Transgender Employee
Judge Rules Gender Identity Is Protected by the Montana Human Rights Act; Health Care Plans Cannot Categorically Exclude Coverage for Gender Affirming Care
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Aug 05, 2020
Landmark Settlement Yields One of Nation’s Strongest Jail Policies Protecting Transgender People in Custody
Agreement Follows Lawsuit on Behalf of Woman Subjected to Harassment and Discrimination in Steuben County, N.Y. Jail
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights Prisoners' Rights
Jul 24, 2020
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of North Dakota Condemns GOP Party Platform, Urges Swift Statewide Change
NORTH DAKOTA - While North Dakota Republican leaders have apologized for the discriminatory anti- LGBTQ+ and Two Spirit statements that more than 900 delegates approved as part of ...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights Racial Justice
Jul 08, 2020
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of South Dakota’s Candi Brings Plenty Selected as Advocate Magazine Champion of Pride
Candi Brings Plenty, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of South Dakota’s Indigenous justice organizer, has been selected as one of Advocate magazine’s 2020 Champions of Pride.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Jun 15, 2020
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Oklahoma and Freedom Oklahoma Joint Statement on Supreme Court Win for LGBTQ+ Rights
OKLAHOMA CITY - Over 50 years ago, Black and Brown trans women fought back against police brutality and discrimination that too many LGBTQ+ people still face. And while the movemen...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Jun 15, 2020
Supreme Court Rules it is Against the Law to Fire LGBTQ People
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled in a trio of cases that it is against the law to fire people for being LGBTQ. The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ was counsel in the cases of Aimee Stephens ...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Court case: R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v EEOC & Aimee Stephens
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