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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.
November 23, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
The Dangerous Inversions of the Debate Around Trans “Censorship”
The author of a book on the supposed “transgender craze seducing our daughters” claims she is being silenced. It is a very loud silence.
September 22, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
The Accelerating Attack on Trans Student Athletes
The Trump administration’s fight to dismantle trans students’ rights is a reminder of how fragile Supreme Court victories really are.
June 17, 2020
Nick Martin
At-Will Employment Is the Real Cancel Culture
A Supreme Court case and a series of workplace uprisings raise the question: Whose jobs are really protected in this country?
June 16, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
A Glimpse of a Trans Future
A historic Supreme Court ruling arrives in the middle of an uprising for Black trans lives.
June 15, 2020
Matt Ford
Neil Gorsuch Just Upended the Conservative Legal Project
The conservative justice’s ruling in favor of gay, queer, and transgender workers shows the limits of the right’s Faustian bargain on judges.
January 13, 2020
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Melissa Gira Grant
Culture War in the Workplace
Inside the court battle over trans employment discrimination
September 19, 2019
Melissa Gira Grant
A Critical Threat to Sex Discrimination Protections
Three Supreme Court cases could redefine workplace rights for gay and trans people—and for everyone else.
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