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PA Supreme Court Affirms Lesbian Mom's Parental Status, Providing a Legal Standard to Secure Families Formed Through Assisted Reproduction

"A couples' decision to have a baby together is often profoundly intimate and may not be so easily reduced to a transaction," ...

Judge hopes to rule this week on Trump order banning transgender people from military service
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Judge hopes to rule this week on Trump order banning transgender people from military service

A federal judge said Wednesday that she hopes to rule this week on whether to block President Donald Trump's administration from banning transgender people from serving in the U.S. military.

Supreme Court: Poised to ease burden  on straights, scrutinize books in school
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Supreme Court: Poised to ease burden on straights, scrutinize books in school

Long-time observers of the U.S. Supreme Court might have been wondering last Wednesday why the court would have spent its scarce oral argument time on an issue on which all sides already agree.

Federal appeals court upholds school policy protecting LGBTQ+ student privacy
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Federal appeals court upholds school policy protecting LGBTQ+ student privacy

A federal appeals court has ruled that a public school does not violate parents' rights when school officials do not inform them that their child is grappling with the possibility or reality of being LGBTQ+.

EEOC seeks to drop transgender discrimination cases, citing Trump's executive order
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EEOC seeks to drop transgender discrimination cases, citing Trump's executive order

Signaling a major shift in civil rights enforcement, the federal agency that enforces workplace anti-discrimination laws has moved to dismiss six of its own cases on behalf of workers...

US Park Service erases the word 'transgender' from website commemorating Stonewall riot
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US Park Service erases the word 'transgender' from website commemorating Stonewall riot

References to transgender people were removed Thursday, Feb. 13, from a National Park Service website for the Stonewall National Monument...

Trump order aims to end federal support for gender transitions for those under 19
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Trump order aims to end federal support for gender transitions for those under 19

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at cutting federal support for gender transitions for people under age 19, his latest move to roll back protections for transgender people across the country.

GLAD Law and NCLR File Challenge to Trump's Transgender Military Ban
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GLAD Law and NCLR File Challenge to Trump's Transgender Military Ban

GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders and the National Center for Lesbian Rights have filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court challenging President Trump's order banning transgender people from serving in the U.S. military.

A list of government web pages that have gone dark to comply with Trump orders
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A list of government web pages that have gone dark to comply with Trump orders

A number of U.S. government web pages changed or went dark Friday as agencies scrambled to comply with President Donald Trump's executive orders...

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Supreme Court will hear case of Maryland parents who object to LGBTQ books in their kids' classes

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal from parents in suburban Washington who want to pull their children from elementary school classes that use books featuring LGBTQ characters.

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