Why LGBTQ+ groups aren't fazed by Trump's 'Title IX Month' attention grab
"Pride is a protest, and it's happening whether the most-anti LGBTQ+ administration in history acknowledges it or not," an HRC spokesperson told The Advocate.
June 4, 2025
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Georgia School's LGBTQ+ Book Purge Violated Students' Rights: DOE
According to the Department of Education, the school system has entered into a resolution agreement to remedy the damage its prior actions had on students.
May 23, 2023
‘I violate every policy’: Police LGBTQ+ liaison officer in Kentucky under fire amid civil rights lawsuits
Police leaders tapped Ullrich as one of the department’s LGBTQ+ liaisons in 2023, despite multiple allegations of civil rights violations against him already on file in federal court.
June 11, 2025
Texas police officer convicted of sexually assaulting transsexual
A San Antonio police officer was convicted Wednesday of violating the civil rights of a transsexual who said the officer raped and beat her during a traffic stop.
August 31, 2006
Texas School District That Removed LGBTQ+ Books Faces Federal Probe
The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights is investigating Granbury Independent School District, apparently the first investigation over book bans.
December 21, 2022
Feds: Illinois School Guilty of Anti-Trans Discrimination
The Office of Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education declared that a school in Palatine, Ill., violated federal law by denying a trans student access to females' locker room facilities.
November 3, 2015
Federal investigation opens into Owasso Public Schools after death of Nex Benedict
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has initiated an investigation into the Oklahoma school district where the 16-year-old sophomore went to school and was bullied before his death.
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March 1, 2024
Oklahoma school district where trans teen Nex Benedict died violated Title IX, Department of Education finds
The district must take corrective action after it was found to violate the rights of LGBTQ+ students and others who were bullied.
November 13, 2024
Meet Roger Severino, the Trump Bigot Working to Erase Trans People
Severino -- the mastermind of the so-called trans "memo" -- has opposed marriage equality, defended conversion therapy, and vilified transgender soldiers.
October 22, 2018
Proposed HHS 'Conscience' Rule a Danger to LGBT People
It would create a powerful new entity that would shield those who object to gender transition procedures or other types of care.
January 17, 2018
Religious Right Loves 'License to Discriminate' in Health Care
Religious conservatives such as (from left) Tony Perkins, Kristen Waggoner, and Mat Staver are praising new Health and Human Services moves.
January 19, 2018
What Trump's Religious Takeover of the Health Industry Means for You
Here's what's at stake now that Department of Health and Human Services embraced "religious freedom."
February 21, 2018
Florida College Enters Deal with Department of Education Over Its Alleged Civil Rights Violations
New College of Florida has been undergoing a conservative makeover since January, when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis installed a conservative majority on the board of trustees that led to the appointment of a new president.
September 30, 2023
U.S. Dept. of Ed.: Trans Students Covered by Title IX
In a major step forward for the protection of trans students, the United States Department of Education announced today that trans students are protected from discrimination under Title IX.
April 29, 2014
Vanderbilt Medical Center Under Federal Scrutiny After Trans Patient Records Release
A civil rights investigation is probing why the medical center released unredacted and sensitive medical records to the Republican attorney general.
August 16, 2023
Trump Makes It Even Easier to Discriminate Against Women & LGBT People
Language opposing sex discrimination and anti-LGBT bias in health care has disappeared from a government website.Â
July 19, 2018
Justice Served for the Racist Murderers of Ahmaud Arbery
George Floyd's civil rights trial is up next, and more cases need to go to trial to counter the rising voices of bigotry.
February 23, 2022
After Hideous Abuse, Calif. School Agrees to Respect Trans Students
The Department of Education has intervened on behalf of a trans girl in Downey Unified School District after she allegedly suffered years of verbal harassment by peers and shaming by administrators.
October 16, 2014
Trump Sets Up Office to Promote Religion-Based Discrimination
Health care workers will have a license to discriminate against LGBT people or others who offend their religious sensibilities.
January 18, 2018
EPA refuses to cancel pride events despite pressure from AFA
The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency has reportedly refused to
back down from its decision to sponsor several gay
pride events this month after it received more than
800,000 e-mails and thousands of phone calls
denouncing its involvement in the events from supporters of
the far right American Family Association.
June 15, 2006