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Federal Court Strikes Down Pentagon’s Discriminatory Restrictions on Military Service of People Living with HIV as Arbitrary and Unconstitutional; Hailed by Lambda Legal as “Landmark Victory” Yesterday, a federal district court handed down of the strongest judicial rulings in over two decades for people living with HIV, ordering the Department of Defense (DOD)—the world’s largest employer—to stop discriminating against people living with HIV and to allow them to deploy and commissi...

Kentucky governor vetoes transgender girls sports ban In his veto message. Andy Beshear said the Republican-backed measure “most likely” violates the U.S. Constitution’s equal protection rights.

Civil Rights Groups to Challenge Alabama Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth Lambda Legal, The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Alabama, Transgender Law Center, and Cooley LLP announced today plans to file a legal challenge to proposed legislation in Alabama that would criminalize medical professionals who provide gender-affirming care to transgender...

CONFIRMED! Congratulations to Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States.

Art By: Nicole Rifkin with Huffington Post

Reality Flag Content warning: This article references su***de due to extreme physical pain. For Americans like Staci Jenkins, searching for medical care can mean experiencing discrimination that could threaten her life. In…

🚨SAVE Action Alert🚨Volunteers needed to canvas on Saturday, April 16th to combat housing insecurity! Join the SAVE volunteer BriGAYde for low-income housing bias reduction training and canvassing by visiting: www.SAVE.lgbt/Actions (Link in bio)

Volunteers will learn to have high-impact conversations to connect with voters’ hearts and minds on the need for expanding low-income housing because many times voter bias prevents the critical development of needed new projects. Sign up to volunteer: www.SAVE.lgbt/Actions (Link in bio)

Today’s is President Joe Biden, who announced new actions to protect transgender Americans amid the current wave of state-level discriminatory laws. “Our entire administration sees you for who you are, made in the image of God and deserving in dignity, respect and support,” Biden told his trans constituents during on March 31.

Today’s is Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, who sent a letter to a state school district telling its superintendent that its planned Pride Week would be considered against the law. Paxton also shared the letter on Twitter, calling LGBTQ people and their allies “deceptive sexual propagandists and predators.”

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Brothers Osborne Song About Coming Out Wins Country Grammy Brothers Osborne won their first Grammy Sunday for the sibling duo’s song “Younger Me,” and that wasn’t the only first — it’s the first country song with an LGBTQ+ the…

🚨SAVE Action Alert🚨Volunteers needed to canvass on Saturday, April 16th to combat housing insecurity! Join the SAVE volunteer BriGAYde for low-income housing bias reduction training and canvassing by visiting: www.SAVE.lgbt/Actions (Link in bio)