Jon Stewart on Widespread Efforts to Limit Gay and Trans Rights in the United States
Whether it's refusing to sell boutonnières for same-sex weddings or refusing to let transgender people use public bathrooms, an anti-LGBT backlash is underway in several U.S. states.Whether it’s refusing to sell boutonnières for same-sex weddings or refusing to let transgender people use public bathrooms, an anti-LGBT backlash is underway in several U.S. states.
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After the Dobbs decision overturning Roe, no Supreme Court precedent is safe.
A 2018 homophobic referendum stirs up stirs up memories of persecution under far-right and Communist regimes.
Despite the considerable cloud over his head, Brett Kavanaugh is joining the Supreme Court after what may best be described as a plutocratic coup by the ruling-but-minority Republican Party.
Even before Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement, the Supreme Court was hardly a liberal—or even a centrist—institution.
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