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Jeff Sessions just made it legal to fire someone for being gay - And the interpretation it puts forward opens the door, critics argue, for discrimination against LGBT people and women. Its central argument is that the ...

Don't change school harassment policy; LGBT community concerned - The board members, who have said the recommendation came from the law department and insist the policy will still protect LGBT students and staff, ...

Next UK census could make 'intrusive' sex question voluntary - Meanwhile, in the US, Trump officials revoked Obama-era requests for data on LGBT people to be collected in the census, documents have revealed.

Trump religious objection order upends LGBT protections - Attorney General Jeff Sessions is telling federal agencies to do as much as possible to accommodate people who have religious ...

The trans experience in Colombia: 'This is where we work – and this is where we are killed' - For LGBT people, who were regularly targeted in the violence, there is hope that the country might be made safer for them. Trans people in particular ...

LGBT Long-Term Care Facility Residents Bill of Rights - The Volokh Conspiracy Opinion Jail for nursing home staff who “willfully and repeatedly fail to use a resident's preferred name or pronouns”?

Trump rolls back free birth control, hits out at LGBT rights - In a one-two punch elating religious conservatives, President Donald Trump's administration is allowing more employers to opt out of no-cost birth ...

Trump's tough trade talk targets Mexico but his actions are hitting Canada - Almost every rally during  Trump's campaign for president featured two bogeymen who were harming the United States and who would be put ...

Trump : 'Only one thing will work' with North Korea -  Trump has frequently issued vague threats against North Korea and leader Kim .... Authorities cancelled Friday afternoon classes in parts of Mexico's  ...

Deportations continue rising under Trump -  Trump as the administration expands enforcement from the U.S.- Mexico border and into immigrant communities deeper inside the country.

As Hurricane Nate nears US landfall, Trump arrives at his golf resort for luxury getaway - As yet another hurricane prepares for landfall on American soil, Trump ... Hurricane Nate is roaring through the Gulf of Mexico and expected to make ...

Trudeau's Washington mission: Don't play cute with Trump - Mr. Trudeau might well ask Mr. Trump , "Where is the problem with Canada?" Ottawa is convinced it is mainly with Mexico . An official put a number on it ...

He came to attend high school, and marvels at all that is America - team, which has another student from China and one from Mexico City. ... There are concerns that actions by the Trump administration, such as ...

Trump reaches out to Democrats in bid for 'great' health law -  Trying to revive health care talks,  Trump said Saturday that ... for the state as Hurricane Nate approached the central Gulf of Mexico .

Indigenous woman registers to run for  Mexican  presidency in 2018 - An indigenous woman backed by  Mexico's  rebel Zapatista movement registered on Saturday to run as an independent ...