Individual Rights - Page 9

July 12, 2023

Michigan hair salon owner sparks LGBTQ+ outrage by banning ‘anything other than a man/woman’

A Michigan hair salon owner said anyone who does not identify as a man or woman is "not welcome" at her business and should instead go to a pet groomer.

June 8, 2023

LGBTQ+ groups wreck Target for having no 'cojones': 'Just stay out of it'

Target Corporation faces heat from LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations, some who said they may boycott the company if it refused to fix its mistakes during Pride Month.

May 22, 2023

Trump-appointed judge rules against transgender student's demand to wear heels and dress to graduation

Trump-appointed Judge Taylor McNeel of the Southern District of Mississippi ruled against a transgender student's demand to wear a dress and heels to graduation.

April 29, 2023

CA teachers claim school required them to lie to parents about students’ gender identity

California teacher and plaintiff Elizabeth Mirabelli and her attorney Paul Jonna join ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ claiming the rule violates her constitutional First Amendment rights.

April 27, 2023

Carolyn Bryant Donham, woman who accused Emmett Till before he was lynched in 1955, dead at 88

The White woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making a wolf-whistle at her before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died in hospice care in Louisiana.

April 15, 2023

High school cancels rest of baseball season after players protest coach's removal amid Title VI investigation

Fort Myers High School canceled the rest of its baseball season Thursday amid a Title VI investigation into the program and the alleged use of a racial slur.

March 6, 2023

Biden urged to 'choose more worthy allies' after marching with Sharpton in Selma

President Biden marched alongside the Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson in calling for voting rights in Selma, Alabama, marking the 58th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday."

March 1, 2023

West Virginia's 'religious freedom' bill heads to governor's desk after quick pass through legislature

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is expected to sign the "Equal Protection for Religion Act" into law just days after the bill passed through the legislature at lightning speed.

August 22, 2022

What year was slavery abolished in the US?

In 1863, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Slavery was abolished in the United States with the ratification of the 13th Amendment on December 6, 1865.

August 17, 2022

California mom's civil rights lawsuit alleges 'social justice teacher' forced students to pick cotton

A California mom sued the Los Angeles Unified School District, alleging that a 'Cotton Picking Project' violated her daughter's civil rights.