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The Religious Right’s Last Stand

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Back now from a few days meditation on the shifting political sands brought about by recent Supreme Court rulings (healthcare, marriage, and against gerrymandering) and other intersecting events, such as  President Obama's Eulogy for Clementa Pickney. I've been soaking in all that has been written about this extraordinary week and how it relates to the future fortunes of the religious right. You can catch up with the last few weeks of my posts which have focused exclusively on the religious right, and in particular the dominionist, political-religious philosophy that ...

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Trans Issues That Matter

Chase Strangio is a Staff Attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, who yesterday penned an important article, Call Her Caitlyn But Then Let's Move on to the Issues Affecting the Trans Community. "To tell Caitlyn’s story with care is to demand justice for trans people." Telling [Jenner's] story with care means using the right name and pronoun, but it also means highlighting the extent to which it is not the typical trans story. Her story can only be told by also telling the stories of the trans people who are struggling to survive systemic discrimination. Caitlyn Jenner has definitely ...

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What? Science? Who Needs Science?

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On Monday, we wrote our analysis of the disastrous 5-4 Supreme Court decision in Burwell v Hobby Lobby, which gives greater religious freedom rights to closely held for-profit corporations and less religious freedom rights to natural persons (their words). We also urged you to express your dissent byRead More›

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Supreme Court: Don’t F#ck it up

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Congressional Clarity: Americans United, Allies Deliver Briefing on Hobby Lobby Suit

"Should the Supreme Court rule in favor of Hobby Lobby, employers would be able to privilege their religious convictions over their employees’ – something we consider to be an egregious distortion of the principle of religious liberty" -- Litigation Counsel, Greg Lipper, Americans United for Separation of Church and State

A robust national debate has been going on leading up to the soon-to-be ruling from this session of the Supreme Court regarding the standing of a corporation's religious liberty, (in this case, Hobby Lobby) with respect ...

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The Sexual Freedom Project: Invisible Trans Youth

What are some of the ways the US healthcare system could be improved to better aid transgender youth? Leave a comment and let us know what you think, or make your own video or blog to share. We will send you a free VenusPlusX t-shirt or slap bracelet to thank you. Video edited by Tiye Massey.

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Google Sets New Industry Standard in Transgender Health Care Benefits

It's nice to see an industry leader such as Google step out front on this important issue. Google's stance will make it easier for other companies to follow suit and offer similar benefits, and, as a matter of competition, make it harder for other companies to refuse to do so. When employers in the same field are desperately fighting to poach top talent from each other, as they are (see the Microsoft bacon cart for more evidence of this trend), Google's new policy sends a strong message about how they value all of their employees. It can ...

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