House Republicans Attack LGBTQ+ Community Through Spending Bills
They are attaching anti-LGBTQ+ amendments to every appropriations bill that's pending.
July 18, 2023
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They are attaching anti-LGBTQ+ amendments to every appropriations bill that's pending.
The order will assure that the federal government doesn't engage in such discrimination and will take action against it elsewhere.
Churches and a for-profit business are seeking religious exemptions from the Supreme Court ruling against anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination in employment.
“I don’t even understand why they brought this case,” Fifth Circuit Judge Catharina Haynes said of the suit being handled by anti-LGBTQ+ lawyer Jonathan Mitchell.
The ruling came from a federal appeals court based in New Orleans.
The Biden administration wants to fight this discrimination using the federal law known as Title IX, but Republican-dominated states are trying to stop the move.
U.S. Reps. Mark Takano, Jamie Raskin, and Gerry Connolly sent a strongly worded letter to the Office of Personnel Management, saying that implementing Trump's "two sexes" executive order would violate the Constitution and Supreme Court precedent.
The court refused to let the Biden administration enforce the rule, which includes protections for transgender students, in 10 states that have sued over it.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is the first agency to implement President Biden's executive order against such discrimination.
The announcement is the Biden administration's latest effort to overturn prejudiced rules set by Trump officials.
The administration can't enforce its narrow definition of sex discrimination while lawsuits on the matter proceed.
The court will hear arguments on whether a business owner has the right to turn away same-sex couples because of her religious beliefs.
One court affirms trans students' right to use the restroom matching their gender identity; another strikes down Idaho's ban on gender changes on birth certificates.
Such discrimination is a form of sex discrimination, and the department will protect all students from it, says Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona.
Judge Charles Atchley says the guidance will interfere with states' ability to enforce their laws, including anti-trans ones.
Alabama, South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia must enforce rules protecting queer students set by the Biden administration, according to a judge.
Acting Chair Andrea Lucas says she will fight so-called gender ideology.
An email sent to employees after the training said it was "biased" and offensive to some workers.
In recent days the Trump administration has endorsed anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination by groups receiving federal grants.
The 11th Circuit made the ruling in the case of Houston County, Ga., sheriff's deputy Anna Lange.
The judge found the regulation "fatally" flawed.