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Inside the Supreme Court arguments on transgender care - SCOTUSblog
Inside the Supreme Court arguments on transgender care - SCOTUSblog
The biggest case of the term, so far, is being argued this morning and there is anticipation in the chilly Washington air. Demonstrators on each side of United States v. Skrmetti, the dispute over access to puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender teenagers, have arrived early in front o
·scotusblog.com·
Inside the Supreme Court arguments on transgender care - SCOTUSblog
Justice Department Challenges Tennessee Law that Bans Critical, Medically Necessary Care for Transgender Youth
Justice Department Challenges Tennessee Law that Bans Critical, Medically Necessary Care for Transgender Youth
The Justice Department today filed a complaint challenging Tennessee Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), a recently enacted law that denies necessary medical care to youth based solely on who they are. The complaint alleges that SB 1’s ban on providing certain medically necessary care to transgender minors violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. The department is also asking the court to issue an immediate order to prevent the law from going into effect on July 1, 2023.
·justice.gov·
Justice Department Challenges Tennessee Law that Bans Critical, Medically Necessary Care for Transgender Youth
EEOC Sues T.C. Wheelers for Harassing and Driving Out Transgender Employee
EEOC Sues T.C. Wheelers for Harassing and Driving Out Transgender Employee
BUFFALO, N.Y. – T C Wheelers, Inc., which operates T.C. Wheelers Bar & Pizzeria in Tonawanda, New York, violated federal law when management and employees harassed an employee because of his gender identity, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
·eeoc.gov·
EEOC Sues T.C. Wheelers for Harassing and Driving Out Transgender Employee
Biden Administration Overturns Transgender Exclusion Policy
Biden Administration Overturns Transgender Exclusion Policy
President Joe Biden signed an executive order overturning the previous administration's ban on the service of transgender individuals in the military.
·defense.gov·
Biden Administration Overturns Transgender Exclusion Policy
HHS Finalizes Rule on Section 1557 Protecting Civil Rights in Healthcare, Restoring the Rule of Law, and Relieving Americans of Billions in Excessive Costs
HHS Finalizes Rule on Section 1557 Protecting Civil Rights in Healthcare, Restoring the Rule of Law, and Relieving Americans of Billions in Excessive Costs
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a rule under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that maintains vigorous enforcement of federal civil rights laws on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, age, and sex, and restores the rule of law by revising certain provisions that go beyond the plain meaning of the law as enacted by Congress.
·public3.pagefreezer.com·
HHS Finalizes Rule on Section 1557 Protecting Civil Rights in Healthcare, Restoring the Rule of Law, and Relieving Americans of Billions in Excessive Costs
About this Collection | AIDS Memorial Quilt Records | Digital Collections | Library of Congress
About this Collection | AIDS Memorial Quilt Records | Digital Collections | Library of Congress
This online collection presents digitized images of the AIDS Memorial Quilt panel maker files housed in the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. The panel maker files contain more than 150,000 mementos and ephemera submitted by Quilt panel makers to the NAMES Project and the National AIDS Memorial, which memorializes victims of HIV/AIDS. Conceived by Cleve Jones and friends in response to the AIDS epidemic unfolding in San Francisco, California, it was first displayed on the National Mall on October 11, 1987 at the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. The Quilt's impact was immediate and helped transform discussions about HIV/AIDS victims, treatment, prevention, prejudice, and taboos. Since 1987 the Quilt has grown to nearly 50,000 panels memorializing 110,000 individuals - the largest piece of community folk art ever created - and has traveled all over the world.
·loc.gov·
About this Collection | AIDS Memorial Quilt Records | Digital Collections | Library of Congress
Statement By President Joe Biden on Bipartisan House Passage of the Respect for Marriage Act | The White House
Statement By President Joe Biden on Bipartisan House Passage of the Respect for Marriage Act | The White House
Today, Congress took a critical step to ensure that Americans have the right to marry the person they love. The House’s bipartisan passage of the Respect for Marriage Act—by a significant margin—will give peace of mind to millions of LGBTQI+ and interracial couples who are now guaranteed the rights and protections to which they and…
·whitehouse.gov·
Statement By President Joe Biden on Bipartisan House Passage of the Respect for Marriage Act | The White House
Resources for LGBTQI+ Students
Resources for LGBTQI+ Students
Title IX protects all students, including transgender and gender-nonconforming students, from sex discrimination. Title IX encompasses discrimination based on a student�s nonconformity with sex stereotypes and gender identity, including a student�s transgender status.
·www2.ed.gov·
Resources for LGBTQI+ Students
Happy Pride Month!
Happy Pride Month!
The Texas State Law Library is a public law library that serves the legal research needs of Texas.
·sll.texas.gov·
Happy Pride Month!
USDA Promotes Program Access, Combats Discrimination Against LGBTQI+ Community
USDA Promotes Program Access, Combats Discrimination Against LGBTQI+ Community
WASHINGTON, May 5, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) announced today that it will interpret the prohibition on discrimination based on sex found in Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and in the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, as amended, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly the Food Stamp Program (7 USC § 2011 et seq.), to include discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
·usda.gov·
USDA Promotes Program Access, Combats Discrimination Against LGBTQI+ Community
Pride Month Heritage Spotlight: Judge Judith Levy
Pride Month Heritage Spotlight: Judge Judith Levy
Judge Judith E. Levy considers the Stonewall rebellion in 1969 as the tipping point in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community’s quest for equality and inclusion. In recognition of LGBTQ Pride Month, a new video profile explores Levy’s experience coming out, her pursuit of a career in law, and the social change advocates who inspired her.
·uscourts.gov·
Pride Month Heritage Spotlight: Judge Judith Levy
Executive Order on Guaranteeing an Educational Environment Free from Discrimination on the Basis of Sex, Including Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity | The White House
Executive Order on Guaranteeing an Educational Environment Free from Discrimination on the Basis of Sex, Including Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity | The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:    Section 1.  Policy.  It is the policy of my Administration that all students should be guaranteed an educational environment free from discrimination on the basis of sex, including…
·whitehouse.gov·
Executive Order on Guaranteeing an Educational Environment Free from Discrimination on the Basis of Sex, Including Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity | The White House
Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation | The White House
Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation | The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1.  Policy.  Every person should be treated with respect and dignity and should be able to live without fear, no matter who they are or whom they love.  Children should…
·whitehouse.gov·
Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation | The White House
Statement by President Joe Biden on the 5th Anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub Shooting | The White House
Statement by President Joe Biden on the 5th Anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub Shooting | The White House
Five years ago today in Orlando in the middle of Pride Month, our nation suffered the deadliest attack affecting the LGBTQ+ community in American history, and at the time, the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman. Within minutes, the Pulse nightclub that had long been a place of acceptance and joy turned into a…
·whitehouse.gov·
Statement by President Joe Biden on the 5th Anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub Shooting | The White House
Memorandum on Advancing the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Persons Around the World | The White House
Memorandum on Advancing the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Persons Around the World | The White House
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES This memorandum reaffirms and supplements the principles established in the Presidential Memorandum of December 6, 2011 (International Initiatives to Advance the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons).  That memorandum, for the first time, directed executive departments and agencies (agencies) engaged abroad to ensure…
·whitehouse.gov·
Memorandum on Advancing the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Persons Around the World | The White House
Protecting the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) Individuals
Protecting the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) Individuals
The ADA Home Page provides access to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations for businesses and State and local governments, technical assistance materials, ADA Standards for Accessible Design, links to Federal agencies with ADA responsibilities and information, updates on new ADA requirements, streaming video, information about Department of Justice ADA settlement agreements, consent decrees, and enforcement activities and access to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) ADA material
·archive.ada.gov·
Protecting the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) Individuals