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Is banning trans troops a tactic to reverse civil rights?

Is banning trans troops a legal tactic to reverse civil rights?

01/12/2019

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Is banning trans troops a tactic to reverse civil rights?

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Is banning trans troops a legal tactic to reverse civil rights?

U.S. Supreme Court cases involving the discrimination of trans people, either by banning them from the military or firing them because of their sex, have much more at stake than is often perceived. Chase Strangio, an attorney at ACLU’s LGBT and HIV project, spoke to NewsHour Weekend’s Ivette Feliciano, explaining that they can lead to stripping people of fundamental civil rights.

01/12/2019

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