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Pride Month 2024: How to be an effective ally for the LGBTQ+ community
As we celebrate Pride Month this June, allies can be a powerful source of support for the LGBTQ+ community. A recent four-year project by the Harvard Business Review found that three components are commonly cited by LGBTQ+ people for effective allyship: being accepting, having humility and taking action. Here are some suggestions to help ensure…
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Teachers Sue to Block Floridaâs Anti-LGBTQ+ Pronoun Ban
Subsection 3 stigmatizes Floridaâs transgender and nonbinary teachers for being themselves at work.
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Wood, et al. v. Florida Department of Education, et al.
After a Florida law blocked transgender and nonbinary teachers from using the pronouns and titles that best express themselves, the Southern Poverty Law Center and its partners filed a lawsuit on behalf of three teachers challenging the anti-LGBTQ+ statute. The lawsuit describes how the ban, also known as Subsection 3, unlawfully discriminates on the basis…
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Hopewatch
Remembering and protecting the trans community during Transgender Awareness Week
Monday marked the beginning of an important period that honors the transgender community and people who have been killed because they are trans. Transgender Awareness Week reminds us of the importance of trans visibility. It is âa week when transgender people and their allies take action to bring attention to the trans community by educating…
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Federal Judge Staying Preliminary Injunction Against Anti-Transgender Health Care Ban
ATLANTA â A federal judge has stayed a preliminary injunction against Georgia Senate Bill 140 (âSB 140,â or the âHealth Care Banâ) pending adjudication of the stateâs request for her to reconsider her ruling. âWe are disappointed, primarily for the families who are unable to get the care they need in Georgia or make medical…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
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USA v. Skrmetti
After the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit allowed transgender health care bans for adolescents to take effect in Kentucky and Tennessee despite pending legal challenges, the Southern Poverty Law Center joined other advocacy groups urging the court to reinstate orders that had blocked the bans amid the challenges. The SPLC joined an…
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Georgia Parents Seek Emergency Court Order Blocking Anti-Transgender Health Care Ban
Facing a devastating loss of essential medical care for their children, four Georgia families, along with TransParent, a national organization of parents with transgender children, ask a federal court to block the law from taking effect
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SPLC Denounces U.S. Supreme Court Decision Abandoning Anti-Discrimination Law
WASHINGTON â Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 303 Creative v. Elenis that a Colorado anti-discrimination law violates the First Amendmentâs free speech clause. âAs states continue passing harmful laws that seek to dehumanize and erase the existence of LGBTQ+ people, we are disappointed to see the Supreme Court deliver yet another blow by allowing business ownersâ personal…
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Emma Koe, et al. v. Caylee Noggle, et al.
After Georgia passed a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender adolescents, the Southern Poverty Law Center and its partners filed a federal lawsuit to block the law from taking effect and seek a court order ruling that the law is unconstitutional. The law, also known as SB 140, strips parents of their rights to make…
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Pride Month a time to honor history by challenging anti-LGBTQ+ movement
âStonewall was a riotâ is a phrase that conveys a profound truth. The three-day riot at New Yorkâs Stonewall Inn in 1969 was not the first time LGBTQ+ people stood up for themselves against legal discrimination, police entrapment or organized violence. However, it encapsulates the spirit of a movement, a reminder of the âgood troubleâ…
