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Harris said that Trump "took away protections against discrimination for LGBTQ patients under the Affordable Care Act."The Trump administration rolled back numerous Obama-era protections against ...
On January 31, 2017, the Trump administration formally nominated Neil Gorsuch to be a Supreme Court Justice. The LGBT rights organization Lambda Legal called Gorsuch "hostile" to LGBT rights after he voted with the majority on the 10th Circuit Court on the Hobby Lobby case in June 2013 and underscored it by penning an opinion. [188]
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in the United States are among the most advanced in the world, [1] [2] with public opinion and jurisprudence changing significantly since the late 1980s. [3] [4] [5] In 1962, beginning with Illinois, states began to decriminalize same-sex sexual activity, [6] and in 2003, through Lawrence v.
In March 2011, the U.S. issued a nonbinding declaration in favor of gay rights that gained the support of more than 80 countries at the U.N. [124] In June 2011, the U.N. endorsed the rights of gay, lesbian, and transgender people for the first time, by passing a resolution that was backed by the U.S., among other countries.
On January 22, 2019, however, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration's ban to take effect. [1] On October 30, 2017, in the case of Jane Doe v. Trump, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly granted the plaintiffs a preliminary injunction on the provisions of the memorandum prohibiting open military service and enlistment of transgender ...
Since taking office, Trump and his administration have effectively rolled back rights for the LGBT community, reinstating a ban on transgender troops from serving in the U.S. military; reversing ...
"The Trump-Pence White House is relying on the same flawed legal reasoning they've used in the past to justify discrimination against L.G.B.T.Q. people and other communities," he said. [115] At the Supreme Court, in 2019, the Trump administration argued that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not include or extend to sexual orientation.
A new federal rule protecting LGBT students from discrimination in schools and colleges based on gender identity that took effect on Thursday remained blocked in 26 states after the U.S. Supreme ...