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Daily Video September 19 2020

'RBG' film traces Ruth Bader Ginsburg's continuing fight for equality

"I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks," states Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a new documentary about her life.

LGBTQ activists and supporters block the street outside the U.S. Supreme Court as it hears arguments in a major LGBT rights case in Washington

Daily Video June 16 2020

How far does the Supreme Court's ruling go to protect LGBTQ rights?

In this lesson plan, discuss the impact of the ruling by the Supreme Court on the rights of gay and transgender employees

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Student Voices February 07 2019

Student Voice: For LGBTQ teens, 'hope does exist'

Luke Hartman is an alumnus of Immanuel Christian and wrote this Student Voice piece for PBS NewsHour Extra in order to let all young people, including LGBTQ youth, know that they are loved and supported.

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