Trans students must know they are not alone & we are with them in this fight.
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Departments of Justice and Education revoked the Obama Administration’s guidance detailing school obligations to transgender students under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Under the direction of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, the U.S. Human Rights Campaign February 15, 2017
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Nearly 800 parents of trans kids signed letter calling on to fully enforce federal civil rights laws. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) announcement that it will no longer challenge a nationwide hold on protections for transgender students, hundreds of parents of transgender children sent a letter to Trump condemning the decision and calling on his administration to fully enforce federal civil rights laws. #SCOTUS /jTqd2yZJRH- Human Rights Campaign February 1, 2017 opposes the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the #SupremeCourt.
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The next day, Gorsuch’s anti-equality record - from opposing crucial media treatment for a transgender person to supporting a license to discriminate for private corporations - led HRC to take the unprecedented step in opposing this nomination, a first for the organization. Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left following the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia. LGBTQ people are as diverse as the fabric of this nation & stands strong with the immigrant community today & every day! #NoBanNoWall /qnszjqUDes- Human Rights Campaign January 25, 2017 He also ordered the immediate detention and deportation of undocumented immigrants - sparking nationwide protests that his order would tear law-abiding immigrant families apart. Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to begin constructing a wall along the Mexico-U.S. The Trump Administration has removed apology for anti- #LGBTQ witch hunts from website - Human Rights Campaign January 23, 2017 Trump's State Department removed from the website former Secretary of State John Kerry's apology for the infamous "Lavender Scare" witch hunt in the 1950s and 1960s, and other content LGBTQ+ content, like information on pride month observances and the State Department’s Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBT Persons. #WhyWeMarch #LoveTrumpsHate /XzmRSpxgJ9- Human Rights Campaign January 21, 2017 is proud to stand up and speak out for fairness, equality and justice for all at the #WomensMarch. HRC and millions of demonstrators around the world came together for the Women’s March to protest Trump and his new administration aimed at tearing back our progress.
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The Trump Administration has removed all mentions of #LGBTQ people & rights from - Human Rights Campaign January 20, 2017 The number of anti-gay stickers has since grown to a dozen, gay students stay.Less than two hours after Trump and his virulently anti-LGBTQ+ activist Vice President Mike Pence were sworn into office, all mentions of LGBTQ+ issues were removed from the official White House webpage. 16 and found three students wearing the anti-gay symbol and three wearing pride symbols. "Sometimes people can be uncomfortable because of an opinion, but that doesn't mean it's bullying," said Laura Fisher, assistant superintendent of personnel services.Īdministrators checked ID cards on Feb. "Yes, there is freedom of speech established by Tinker, but at least in my view, it's a hate crime because a group was targeted," Oberman said.ĭistrict administrators said they discussed the issue extensively and believe they are doing the right thing. Des Moines, which says students do not "shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate." She referred to a 1969 Supreme Court case, Tinker v. But federal courts have allowed some limits on student speech, allowing schools to prohibit items like banners and T-shirts that mentioned drug use or came at a school with racial strife.Īt the Southern California school, some students and staff object to the stickers because they feel the gay and lesbian community has been targeted, said Amy Oberman, an Advanced Placement U.S.