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Arkansas will now allow medical workers to legally refuse treating LGBTQ people
The governor thinks giving doctors, nurses, and EMTs the right to object to treating patients is fine because of “the federal laws that prohibit discrimination.” Without the Equality Act, that doesn’t automatically include LGBTQ people.
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Federal court rules that professor can sue school that disciplined him for misgendering student
The professor successfully argued that not being able to misidentify a student went against his First Amendment rights as an educator and Christian.
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Tennessee’s governor signs bill that bans trans youth in sports into law
This makes the Volunteer State the third this year to pass a ban on trans people in sports.
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Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen to replace Mara Keisling at the National Center for Transgender Equality
He is a Cuban-American trans man and seasoned advocate poised to replace NCTE founder Mara Keisling.
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Trans man left with fractured skull in alleged hate crime. Police called it “mutual combat”
He told three men in a bar that he’s transgender, and one of them threw him to the ground later that night.
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A small town voted unanimously to repeal an old anti-LGBTQ law. Then they found another one.
While the Township Council voted unanimously to repeal the forgotten law, they discovered another one they cannot strike down.
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Arkansas becomes third state to ban trans girls & women from sports
This is just one of three anti-LGBTQ bills that the state legislature sent to the governor.
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Police arrest out Black lawmaker for knocking on governor’s door
It’s illegal to arrest a sitting state representative when the legislature is in session, but the Governor didn’t want her to watch him sign racist legislation.
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Trans people face four times more violence than cis people
Trans people are more likely to be the victims of violence than cis men and women, according to a new study.
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Tennessee bill would ban books that mention LGBTQ people from public schools
It says that mentioning LGBTQ people “offends a significant portion of students, parents, and Tennessee residents with Christian values.”