The U.S. Department of Justice challenged an Alabama law making it a felony for doctors to treat transgender people under age 19 with puberty-blockers and hormones.

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The Justice Department is reviewing its policies on housing transgender inmates in the federal prison system after protections were previously rolled back.

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After Texas passed a new law banning most abortions, a judge temporarily shielded some abortion clinics from being sued by an anti-abortion group.

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Sloane Brown talks with Terri Hett, president of the Maryland LGBT Chamber of Commerce, which is celebrating its fourth anniversary.

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is taking on a major test of LGBT rights in cases that look at whether federal civil rights law bans job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The justices said Monday ...

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A flood of lawsuits over LGBT rights is making its way through courts and will continue, no matter the outcome in the Supreme Court's highly anticipated decision in the case of a Colorado baker who would not create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.

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Most of the Maryland companies mentioned in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2017 Corporate Equality Index received high scores for corporate policies that support the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgener community. The LGBT rights organization gave 11 Maryland companies, of ...

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Rights abuses after failed coup lead news summary including couple's surrogacy odyssey, a vacation-pay conflict and a gender-based passport dispute.

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Eight Maryland municipalities received an average score of 70 our of 100 when it comes to the state of equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens in a new report.

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One of the country’s top lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organizations has given six Maryland companies a perfect score for being the best places to work for LGBT equality. A report published this week by the Human Rights ...

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