Trans Rights Organizations to Donate to Right Now
This weekend, the New York Times revealed that the Trump administration was actively considering ways to strip rights from trans and gender non-conforming (GNC) Americans. One memo sent to the...
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‘Transgender’ Could Be Defined Out of Existence Under Trump Administration
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is considering narrowly defining gender as a biological, immutable condition determined by genitalia at birth, the most drastic move yet in a governmentwide effort to...
Called to Deeply Listen to Those Impacted by Police Violence
Hearing families who have been impacted by police violence speak is always a transformative and powerful experience for me. While I have been working with impacted families since 2009, the...
Federal Lawsuit Filed Against Gwinnett Over Rejected Absentee Ballots
Two civil rights groups representing Muslim and Asian-American resents are suing Gwinnett County elections officials and Secretary of State Brian Kemp in federal court over mail-in absentee ballots that the...
In Philadelphia, A Protest of Draconian State Prison Policies
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is backing draconian measures to restrict mail, books and periodicals available to prisoners. On Oct. 10, over 100 protesters in Philadelphia demonstrated against the new policies,...
Violence Against Transgender People is On The Rise
Twenty years ago, two men brutally beat and tortured Matthew Shepard, a 21 year old gay college student in Laramie, Wyoming. Shepard died six days later — on October 12th,...
As Hurricane Michael Makes Landfall, 15 Florida Prisons Haven't Been Evacuated
As Hurricane Michael approaches the Panhandle and is expected to make landfall this afternoon, the Florida Department of Corrections still hasn't evacuated at least 15 state prisons in mandatory evacuation...
National Teachers Academy Community Goes to Court to Save School
Elisabeth Greer relies on the low-cost after-school childcare provided at the National Teachers Academy, where her kindergarten and third-grade children are students. But that service could become less affordable to...
Brockton Group Rallying Against Public Education Inequities
BROCKTON – They’ve had enough and they’re not going to take it anymore. Brockton Interfaith Community said more than 300 citizens from Brockton and other communities in the area are...
Middletown Agrees to Pass Law to Provide Municipal ID Cards to All Residents
MIDDLETOWN -A city in Orange County is taking steps towards offering municipal identification cards. Middletown's Common Council agreed to pass an identification card program Wednesday, making them the third in...