WASHINGTON ‒ More than 175 organizations that advocate for women’s and transgender rights released a letter Tuesday blasting President Donald Trump’s requirement that federal agencies recognize only two sexes, male and female. In the letter, first reported...
Civil rights groups have issued increasingly dire statements criticizing the administration for a stance they say widely demonizes and marginalizes transgender people. “Access to gender-affirming care enables trans youth to live authentically and is often...
While DEI is shorthand for programs that encourage equality in the workplace for women, minorities and other groups, the Equal Employment Opportunity rule prohibited federal contractors from engaging in acts of discrimination, such as refusing...
Trump’s moves came with backlash from various groups this week. “With tonight’s actions, the new administration doubled down on its plans to restrict abortion access. It also is blatantly opening up abortion providers and seekers...
Other LGBTQ+ advocates echoed Oakley, emphasizing that executive orders don’t create or change laws. “Discrimination based on sex, including discrimination against transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people, remains illegal, and it cannot be legalized through this...
Instead, after his winning campaign pledge to Make America Great Again, Trump’s second-term priority is moving quickly to establish who will benefit — and who gets to be an American. “Trump and all the people...
