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Texas Ag Department Imposes 'Biological Gender' Dress Code on Employees

The new wording is aimed at transgender employees and will affect cisgender ones too.

With SCOTUS Ruling at Hand, Trans Plaintiff Aimee Stephens Struggling

Friends of Stephens's spouse set up a GoFundMe page for help with "Aimee's end-of-life care, and funeral services, when the time comes."

Aimee Stephens, Trans Plaintiff in Supreme Court Case, Dies at 59

Stephens was fired after coming out as trans and fought back in court.

Aimee Stephens, Fired for Being Trans, Decided to Live and Fight Back

After contemplating suicide, Aimee Stephens came out to her employer as trans, then got fired. Now SCOTUS will decide if her termination was illegal. 

Funeral Home That Fired Aimee Stephens Must Pay $250K to Estate, ACLU

Detroit-area company R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes owes back pay and damages, and must cease anti-trans discrimination going forward.

The Gay and Trans People Who Took Their Cases to the Supreme Court

The court's landmark ruling came about because of Aimee Stephens, Donald Zarda, and Gerald Bostock.

Biden Talks Trans Rights, Calls Conversion Therapy Sick at Fundraiser

Biden also gave a shout-out to the late Aimee Stephens and talked about vetting his potential VP choices.

SCOTUS Ruling on One Trans Woman's Case Could Impact All of Us

The high court's ruling on Aimee Stephens, a trans woman, will provide clarity on what constitutes "sex discrimination" -- at least, legally.

Will the Supreme Court Protect People Like Me?

Rev. Dr. Julie Nemecek, a retired pastor, hopes the younger trans generation will never experience what she did.
 

Gerald Bostock, Gay Man Who Won at Supreme Court, Gets Settlement

The government of Clayton County, Ga., has agreed to pay the fired social worker $825,000.

U.S. Appeals Court: Businesses Cannot Arbitrarily Fire Trans People

The court ruled in the case of a funeral director fired after she announced her transition.

As a Transgender Republican Woman, I Need the Equality Act

On Transgender Day of Visibility, Florida woman Erin Dotten shares her story.

Why This Gay Man Took His Discrimination Case to the Supreme Court

Gerald Bostock, whose case was heard by the court in October, talks about losing his "dream job" after he joined a gay softball league.

Supreme Court Must Not Roll Back Protections for LGBTQ People

Four years ago today the Supreme Court recognized my marriage. There's just as much at stake in the cases before the court today.

SUPREME COURT RULES ANTI-LGBTQ+ JOB DISCRIMINATION IS ILLEGAL

There was surprising good news from the high court today.

Anti-LGBTQ Group's Effort to Imprison Trans Women With Men Is on Hold

The Alliance Defending Freedom is biding its time, hoping a Supreme Court ruling will enable further anti-trans discrimination.

Judge Rules Trans Woman's 'Sexual Anatomy' Private

For the second time, lawyers defending a Michigan funeral home in a civil lawsuit have been rebuffed in their attempt to invade a transgender woman's privacy.

Amid COVID-19, Could Sup. Court Rush a Ruling on LGBTQ Discrimination?

Rev. Christopher Roe worries about a potentially devastating decision during an already devastating time.

Republican Lawmakers Side With Trump, Support LGBTQ Discrimination

Eight senators and 45 House members don't think the Civil Rights Act applies to you.

Fired After Joining a Gay Softball Team, This Man Is Fighting Back

Gerald Bostock's case is one of three the high court will hear Tuesday on whether anti-LGBTQ discrimination is legal.

Justice Department Says Anti-Trans Discrimination Is Legal

That argument comes in a brief to the Supreme Court in a trans bias case the court may take up.