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A sharp uptick in challenges to U.S. antidiscrimination laws threatens decades of progress in extending civil rights to all.
Just as abolitionists fought the Fugitive Slave Act, those resisting the criminalization of reproductive health can employ jury nullification.
The patchwork of government regulations around sex and gender causes endless misery for transgender people.
In the fight for LGBTQ equality, the law is often the last thing to change.
Without sexual liberation, sexual oppression and sexual violence will continue.
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