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Freedom of Expression
Rainbow flags fly across the street from the Stonewall Inn in New York

An Order Blocking a Rule To Help LGBTQ+ Kids Applies to Hundreds of Schools

Attorneys for Moms for Liberty, a group challenging the rule in Kansas, asked U.S. District Judge John Broomes to block the rule in any county where a group member lives.

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A rainbow U.S. flag is held up during a vigil for the Pulse night club victims in Orlando

Judge’s Order Expands Where Biden Can’t Enforce New Rule Protecting LGBTQ+ Students

The judge concluded the rule violated the free speech rights of parents and students who reject transgender students’ gender identities.

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Officers at the Seattle Police Department's West Precinct in Seattle

Jury Awards $700K to Seattle Protesters Jailed for Writing Anti-Police Slogans on Barricade

The jury found the protesters were jailed as retaliation, and the officers acted with malice, reckless disregard or oppression denying the plaintiffs their First Amendment rights.

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Boise Public Library

LGBTQ+ Librarians Grapple With Attacks on Books – And on Themselves

The American Library Association said it documented the highest-ever number of titles targeted for censorship in 2023 in more than 20 years of tracking — 4,240.

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Jack Phillips

Colorado Justices Consider a Cake’s Meaning in a Transgender Discrimination Case

The Colorado Supreme Court took Tuesday’s oral arguments in the transgender celebration cake case under advisement without ruling right away.

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International Transgender Day of Visibility rally and protest in Tucson

Biden’s Title IX Law Expanding Protections for LGBTQ+ Students Is Dealt Another Setback

U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves said the new rule also has “serious First Amendment implications" and temporarily blocked it in six additional states.

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Baker Phillips speaks with the media following oral arguments in the Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission case at the Supreme Court in Washington

Colorado Supreme Court To Hear Arguments in Transgender Cake Case

The baker, Jack Phillips, has maintained that the cakes he creates are a form of speech protected under the First Amendment.

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International Transgender Day of Visibility rally and protest in Tucson

Judge Blocks Biden’s Title IX Rule in Four States in Blow to LGBTQ+ Student Protections

The judge's order says the Biden administration rule likely violates free speech laws by requiring schools to use the pronouns requested by students.

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