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Queer and trans immigrants allege forced labor and sexual assault in Ice facility: ‘I was treated worse than an animal’
Queer and trans immigrants allege forced labor and sexual assault in Ice facility: ‘I was treated worse than an animal’
At the South Louisiana Ice Processing Center in Basile, detainees say they were forced into hard labor – and sexually assaulted and stalked by an assistant warden
·theguardian.com·
Queer and trans immigrants allege forced labor and sexual assault in Ice facility: ‘I was treated worse than an animal’
Supreme Court delivers major blow to transgender rights, upholding Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors
Supreme Court delivers major blow to transgender rights, upholding Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors
The justices' 6-3 decision in a case from Tennessee effectively protects from legal challenges many efforts by President Donald Trump's Republican administration and state governments to roll back protections for transgender people. Another 26 states have laws similar to the one in Tennessee.
·pbs.org·
Supreme Court delivers major blow to transgender rights, upholding Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors
Exclusive: US Army to change transgender soldiers' records to birth sex
Exclusive: US Army to change transgender soldiers' records to birth sex
The U.S. Army will alter the records of transgender soldiers to show only their sex at birth, according to internal guidance seen by Reuters that details a series of steps it will take as it pushes them out of the service.
·reuters.com·
Exclusive: US Army to change transgender soldiers' records to birth sex
Salt Lake City and Boise make pride flags official city emblems, skirting flag ban laws
Salt Lake City and Boise make pride flags official city emblems, skirting flag ban laws
The Democratic controlled cities of Salt Lake City and Boise, Idaho, adopted new city flags this week that show support for LGBTQ+ people in defiance of new laws passed by their states’ Republican-controlled Legislatures.
·apnews.com·
Salt Lake City and Boise make pride flags official city emblems, skirting flag ban laws
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from banning transgender people from military service
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from banning transgender people from military service
A federal judge has blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from serving in the U.S. military.
·apnews.com·
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from banning transgender people from military service
Supreme Court schedules transgender rights case for December - SCOTUSblog
Supreme Court schedules transgender rights case for December - SCOTUSblog
The Supreme Court’s December argument session will feature the challenge to Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender minors, as well as a case by survivors of the Hungarian Holocaust seeking compensation for the seizure of the property by the Hungarian government and a
·scotusblog.com·
Supreme Court schedules transgender rights case for December - SCOTUSblog
How AI might shape LGBTQIA+ advocacy
How AI might shape LGBTQIA+ advocacy
"AI Comes Out of the Closet" is a new system that leverages AI-generated dialog and virtual characters to create complex social interaction simulations involving LGBTQIA+ individuals. The project is led by MIT Media Lab researchers and graduate students D. Pillis and Pat Pataranutaporn.
·news.mit.edu·
How AI might shape LGBTQIA+ advocacy
Opinion: Utah incident reveals this inherent threat in anti-trans efforts to ‘protect’ girls in sports | CNN
Opinion: Utah incident reveals this inherent threat in anti-trans efforts to ‘protect’ girls in sports | CNN
A teenage girl in Utah has had to seek police protection after a member of the Utah State Board of Education suggested that she could be transgender (she is not), a reality that is the product of growing trans panic in this country, particularly when it comes to girls’ and women’s sports teams, writes Frankie de la Cretaz.
·cnn.com·
Opinion: Utah incident reveals this inherent threat in anti-trans efforts to ‘protect’ girls in sports | CNN
Re-imagining the Notion of "Pride" in the Legal Profession - Slaw
Re-imagining the Notion of "Pride" in the Legal Profession - Slaw
The Path to Pride The year is 2001. The legal profession in Ontario is in disarray after several law students at the University of Toronto’s law school were caught fraudulently altering their grades to secure prestigious Bay Street summer positions. Many of these students were disciplined. Yet, in the eyes of the legal priesthood, this […]
·slaw.ca·
Re-imagining the Notion of "Pride" in the Legal Profession - Slaw
Bills dictating school pronoun, bathroom uses sent to Arizona gov
Bills dictating school pronoun, bathroom uses sent to Arizona gov
Arizona lawmakers gave final approval Monday to forbidding teachers from calling students by a pronoun that does not match their biological sex at birth, and to requiring schools to create
·tucson.com·
Bills dictating school pronoun, bathroom uses sent to Arizona gov
ACLU sues Montana over censure of trans lawmaker Zooey Zephyr
ACLU sues Montana over censure of trans lawmaker Zooey Zephyr
Zephyr said leaders in the Montana House directly targeted her and her district by not allowing her to speak about bills affecting transgender youths and their families.
·nbcnews.com·
ACLU sues Montana over censure of trans lawmaker Zooey Zephyr