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Arizona Joins Lawsuit Against Biden Admin Over Extended Federal Protections For LGBTQ+ People

Attorneys general from 20 states, including Arizona, have sued President Joe Biden’s administration seeking to halt directives that extend federal sex discrimination protections to LGBTQ people. The protections range from, transgender girls participating in school sports, to the use of school and workplace bathrooms that align with a person’s gender identity. Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery filed the lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court in Knoxville, arguing that legal interpretations by the U.S. Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission are based on a faulty view of U.S. Supreme Court case law. The Department of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit.