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Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination
March 17, 2021
Melissa Gira Grant
The Right’s Fight Against LGBTQ Rights Is More Than a Culture War
The power to control people’s lives through institutionalized bias, stigma, and violence is key to the Republican project. That’s why they hate the Equality Act.
February 11, 2020
Sydney Bauer
The New Anti-Trans Culture War Hiding in Plain Sight
The right's fixation on trans youth has found its new target: criminalizing doctors who provide puberty blockers and hormones.
December 30, 2019
Katelyn Burns
When “Biology” Becomes a Cover for Anti-Trans Bigotry
How an employment case in the United Kingdom revealed the ugly contours of anti-trans discrimination
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