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Leading National Groups Call on Legislators to Reject Appalling Attacks on Transgender Children
As state lawmakers continue to attack transgender children with outrageous and shameful bills, four leading national health, education and child advocacy groups have added their names to the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) letter calling on state lawmakers and governors across the nation to reject the discriminatory bills being promoted in state legislatures targeting transgender children and their fundamental rights.
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Oklahoma Lawmakers Introduce Vile Measure Attacking Transgender Youth
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, and Freedom Oklahoma, the state organisation working to advance equality for LGBT Oklahomans, strongly condemned the introduction of a new anti-transgender bill in the Oklahoma State Legislature.
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TLDEF Applauds Obama Administration for Directing Schools to Allow Transgender Students to Use Appropriate Bathrooms
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) applauds the Obama Administration for issuing a directive to all public schools in the U.S stating they must allow transgender students to use bathrooms that match who they are as boys and girls.
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North Carolina Legislators Introduce Bill to Replace HB 2 with Full Non-Discrimination Protections
Bill is companion to bills already filed that would repeal HB 2 in its entirety.
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Educators, LGBT Advocates Slam General Assembly for Refusing DOJ Order to End Civil Rights Violation
Failure to address DOJ concerns jeopardises billions in federal funding.
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U.S. Department of Justice Announces Lawsuit Against North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory
Attorney General Loretta Lynch announces lawsuit filed against Gov. Pat McCrory, the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, and the University of North Carolina over HB 2.