The Trump administration just wiped out even more protections for LGBT citizens, this time
with a directive that affects millions of people.
Betsy DeVos has thrown out multiple investigations into schools discriminating against queer
students.
Lambda Legal has forced a county to stop withholding medical care to trans employees.
And California just voted to end ex-gay abuse for good.
We'll have the week's top LGBT news and how it affects you on Weekly Debrief.
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A new directive from the Trump administration gives federal contractors permission to discriminate
against queer employees, affecting the employment security of millions of people who work for
contractors.
The document explicitly says that it supersedes employment protections established under Obama,
and allows contractors to cite religious freedom to fire people they think might be gay.
This comes after the White House promised to leave nondiscrimination policies intact.
So if for some reason you're still wondering if you can trust the administration to protect
queer citizens … come on.
Elsewhere in the administration, an investigation has revealed that Betsy DeVos has thrown out
at least five investigations into school discrimination against queer students.
The students had asked the Department of Education to look into cases where they were denied
access to school facilities, but the cases have either been dismissed or simply ignored.
There's good news in New York, where Lambda Legal just prevailed in ending a policy that
withheld medical care from trans patients.
Oswego County's policy was to deny transition-related care, even for procedures that were covered
for cisgender patients.
After Lambda filed a lawsuit, the county reversed course and will no longer discriminate.
And even more good news in California: The Senate has passed a bill to protect everyone
in California -- not just minors -- from ex-gay scammers.
Under the new law, anyone promising to be able to pray away the gay would be guilty
of fraud.
The bill goes to the Assembly for another vote.
California was the first state to ban abusive ex-gay practices against minors, and now it
could become the first state to ban it for everyone else.
If this bill passes, it would be a huge step forward for protecting queer citizens, and
it's thanks in large part to the advocacy of Equality California.
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