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Skye Perryman, president and CEO of Democracy Forward, which had filed a lawsuit with LGBTQ+ elder advocacy group SAGE and other organizations, called the memo rescission a win and issued a statement saying that the group was “proud of our courageous clients” for going […]

Plaintiffs, represented in the legal challenge by Democracy Forward, include the National Council of Nonprofits, the American Public Health Association, Main Street Alliance, and SAGE. There was no word yet regarding the case attorneys general in 22 states and the […]

National organizations — including the ACLU, Lambda Legal, SAGE, and various groups that are not specifically queer-centered — have responded to these executive orders by fighting for civil rights in court. “With the Trump administration launching attacks on transgender rights […]

According to Leavitt, Trump’s order remains “in full force and effect, and will be rigorously implemented” as the administration works to root out waste, fraud, and abuse, per a White House bulletin. The mixed messaging has led to confusion, while […]

The order declares that the United States will only recognize two sexes, male and female, and states that those sexes are binary, biological and “not changeable.” The order also calls for the rescission of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s April guidance entitled […]

Tanya Walker served in the military in the 1980s and was honorably discharged in 1984. “When I was serving in the military, you were not allowed to live your truth in your gender identity,” she said. Today, she lives in […]