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Former Chesterfield County Schoolteacher Sues School System For Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination
A former Chesterfield County schoolteacher has filed suit against Chesterfield County Public Schools, alleging discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and disability. Dina Persico, who taught civics-related subjects at multiple Chesterfield County schools, says she was repeatedly told to be more feminine by school administrators. “Flamboyant was a favorite term of theirs,” she [...]
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Trump Uses National Prayer Breakfast Speech to Undermine Civil Rights of LGBTQ People
President Donald Trump delivered his third speech at the annual National Prayer Breakfast, and used the opportunity to attack LGBTQ people’s civil rights and show support for those who wish to discriminate. After promising attendees at the event hosted by a secretive Christian fundamentalist evangelical organization that he will “never let you down,” President Trump applauded Second Lady Karen Pence for [...]
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Justin Trudeau Got the New NAFTA to Include LGBT Protections. Trump Wedged in a Footnote That Nullifies Them.
President Donald Trump has falsely been claiming his new NAFTA trade deal, which he calls “USMCA,” is the “most advanced trade deal in the world.” It’s not. But progressives had been pleased to find that, thanks to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, at least it mandated stronger protections for LGBTQ workers. American Republican lawmakers were furious, calling [...]
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Transgender Guidance Scrubbed From Office of Personnel Management Website
In a second attack on transgender rights over the holiday weekend, guidance protecting transgender people in the workplace was removed from the website of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The previous version of the page, created during the Obama administration, provided detailed guidance on transgender employees. The page is now replaced with a more generic [...]
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The Anti-LGBTQ Cake Baker Is Back In Court Again
Jack Phillips is in trouble again. On June 28, Colorado’s Civil Rights Division ordered Phillips into “compulsory mediation” due to his refusal to make a cake for a woman celebrating her gender transition. The Civil Rights Division found that there was “sufficient evidence” to validate the claim, made by Colorado lawyer Autumn Scardina that her [...]
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