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Sep 26, 2018

Religious Conservatives at Values Voter Summit Use ‘Gender Ideology’ as Anti-LGBTQ Rallying Cry

This article originally appeared on September 24, 2018 in ReWire.News. Gender ideology” took center stage at this weekend’s Values Voter Summit (VVS) in Washington, D.C. And side stage. And student mixer. In each instance, it was used as a handy catchall: Objecting to “gender ideology” allows Christian conservatives to consolidate all their objections to treating LGBTQ people with dignity into one scary talking point. VVS is the annual conference of the Family Research Counci

Jul 17, 2018

No, a Proposed House Amendment Wouldn’t Ban Same-Sex Couples From Adopting—It’s Even Worse Than That

This article originally appeared on July 16th, 2018 in Rewire. On Wednesday, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee voted to add an amendment to an appropriations bill that included a provision permitting licensed child-welfare agencies to discriminate on the basis of religion. The amendment drew immediate ire from the LGBTQ community, as many organizations framed the legislation as “barring gay and lesbian couples from adopting.” That’s not quite accurate: The amendment, in

May 11, 2018

LGBTQ Girls Are Much More Likely to Face Discipline in School

This article originally appeared on May 11, 2018 in ReWire.News. In 2015, the University of Arizona interviewed LGBT students across three states asking them about their experiences with over-discipline and school pushout. In response, one student said, “The teachers … they thought we were selling weed in school, they thought that me and her were both selling weed ‘cause like, the way we were dressing, ‘cause we were the only girls at that middle school that dressed like boys

May 25, 2017

New Report: LGBTQ Elders Show Resilience Despite Barriers To Successful Aging

This article originally appeared on Huffington Post on May 25, 2017. The two women’s stories shared in this video demonstrate the challenges that LGBT elders face as they age. Tina and Jackie were born in the same Virginia town in 1947. Despite their similar beginnings, the women’s lives take very different turns and a lifetime of discrimination, lost wages, lack of family recognition, and more add up to create substantial difficulties for Jackie. Jackie’s story is all too co

Apr 5, 2016

At the Intersections: The unique experiences of bisexual youth experiencing homelessness.

This article appears in full in At the Intersections. Please visit the site for the full text and citations and to read more about the experiences of LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness and how to support their success. The largest proportion of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth experiencing homelessness identify as bisexual: in a recent study of street outreach programs by the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, 20.0% of youth identified as bisexual, comp

Jan 26, 2010

Sex Is Not Enough: How Schroer Teaches Us That Transgender Employees Need Explicit Protection From D

This article first appeared in the Dartmouth Journal of Gender and the Law in January 2010. For the full article with citations, please email Heron at herongreenesmith@gmail.com or complete the CONTACT form. On June 26, 2008, the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions held a hearing on transgender employment discrimination. Among the speakers was retired Colonel Diane Schroer of the United States Army. In 2004, Schroer was hired by the

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