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People with gender dysphoria are protected by the Americans With Disabilities Act, said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, and their rights "are not given up at the jailhouse door."
The Utah corrections department strongly disagreed with the finding, saying it was “blindsided” by the timing and had been working to resolve identified issues.
"We stand behind you and are ready to act to defend your rights,"
The transgender woman at the center of the case suffered humiliating abuse by a supervisor.
The principal deputy press secretary answered questions on COVID-19, a mass shooting, and her own historic role.
The Justice Department says that the state is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The Department of Justice said the man plotted to kidnap and murder Grindr users "until he was caught or killed."
The DOJ is supporting a Georgia transgender woman who is suing the state's Department of Corrections over denial of care.
Alexa Neulisa Luciano was murdered not long after the two men attacked her.
A second man accused of shooting Pebbles LaDime “Dime” Doe still awaits trial.
Daniel Jenkins, one of four men who pleaded guilty to crimes against gay men they met through Grindr, was sentenced to 23 years and four months in federal prison.
"I think it's wrong that we have a bunch of queers in our society," Kalvinn Garcia told police after being arrested.
The state's Attorney General Derek Brown credits President Donald Trump for the decision and a new attitude from the federal prosecutors.
"He intended to commit mass shootings at two locations – destroying countless lives and devastating our community – all because of his fanatical hatred for gay people," one prosecutor said.
The Department of Justice says the tenant suffered physical and verbal harassment for being a gay man with a disability.
Adam Michael Nettina left violent messages threatening to shoot and cut the throats of the targets.
The arsonist admitted to the FBI he “would have felt better” if he had “burned the entire church to the ground.”
The man admitted guilt to a string of unsolved attacks in Idaho last year.
Chance Seneca admitted he tried to kill, dismember, and eat a young man he had targeted on the hookup app.
The men harassed and shot Alexa Neulisa Luciano with paintballs; she was found shot dead the following day.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said the guilty men “shamefully betrayed the oath they swore” to uphold the law.
