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Supreme Court Justices Being Urged to Recuse Themselves from Upcoming LGBTQ Rights Cases

INTEL REPORT--Two Supreme Court justices are being urged to recuse themselves from upcoming LGBTQ rights cases after a picture of them with the president of an anti-LGBTQ organization.

Last week, Justices Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh – both conservatives nominated by Republican presidents – appeared in a picture with Brian Brown of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), which Brown shared on Twitter. Now the liberal organization Take Back the Court is calling on Alito and Kavanaugh to recuse themselves from upcoming LGBTQ cases.

Why Are LGBTQ Rights Even a Debate?

LGBTQ JUSTICE-As a newly out lesbian, I couldn’t help but watch the recent Supreme Court hearings on employment rights for LGBTQ people, and a recent Democratic presidential candidate town hall on LTBTQ issues, and think: “I’m sorry, what?”

LGBTQ+ Pride Celebration Reminder of Progress … and, the Work That Remains

BCK FILE--In 1970, Christopher Street West organized the first Los Angeles parade advocating for gay rights.

It's Time to Update Our Nation's Civil Rights Laws to Protect LGBTQ+ People.

OTHERWORDS--Our country has made significant strides in advancing LGBTQ+ rights over the last 15 years.

'Repugnant': On Top of Trans Ban, Trump’s DOJ Tells Employers They Can Discriminate Against LGBTQ Workers

CIVIL RIGHTS--Just hours after President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that transgender people would no longer be permitted to serve in the armed forces, the Department of Justice on Wednesday launched what is being characterized as a separate attack on the LGBTQ community, this time by arguing in a legal brief that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not protect gay workers from discrimination.