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Wisconsin State Employee Insurance Board Reinstates Benefits For Transition Care

The State of Wisconsin’s Group Insurance Board (GIB) met to vote on 2019 insurance benefits for state employees. On August 22, 2018, the GIB voted to reinstate coverage for transgender surgery and hormonal ther...

Trans Asylum-Seekers Are Being Segregated in Separate Detention Centers

A caravan of migrants arrived at the border in San Diego earlier this year, containing some transgender asylum-seekers, reported NPR. These LGBTQ migrants seeking asylum from the violence and assault of thei...

DeVos Proposes Change in Campus Sexual Assault Rules

The Department of Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos, has proposed changes to Title IX, the law preventing sex discrimination in schools, hoping to rescind Obama-era regulations on sexual misconduct in education,...

Delaware Man Charged With Hate Crime For Alleged Assault at Dover Pride

Sean Wiley, a 31-year-old man from Delaware, has been charged with a hate crime for assaulting one man at a gay pride festival and for groping two others, Philadelphia’s 6ABC reports. Dover Police spokesman ...

New Study Quantifies Nationwide Anti-LGBTQ Workplace Discrimination

A new study by Insurance Quotes analyzed complaints related to gender identity and sexual orientation in the workplace, and revealed patterns in complaints, activism, and compensation results. The study came...