"Nearly 40 years ago, disability advocates struck a deal with Republican lawmakers, who agreed to give their votes in exchange for excluding trans people from landmark federal disability protections. Over the past few years, and bolstered by the Biden administration, federal courts have determined that many trans people are entitled to protection from discrimination by the same laws protecting Americans with disabilities. But a new rule proposed by the Trump administration aims to reverse that."
""It's important for the disability community to work together to make sure that our civil rights laws are construed broadly. That has been a principle of the disability rights movement for decades," Claudia Center, legal director of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, told The 19th. "We don't exclude people from protections based on disability. ... We don't agree with disabilities that are unpopular not being covered by our laws. We try to work together and stick together.""
Nearly 40 years ago disability advocates struck a deal with Republican lawmakers to secure votes by excluding trans people from federal disability protections. Recent federal court decisions, supported by the Biden administration, have recognized that many trans people qualify for protection under disability laws. The Trump administration has proposed a rule intended to reverse those court determinations. Disability rights organizations and LGBTQ+ groups are now aligning to extend civil rights protections to people who were historically left out. Disability advocates emphasize broad construction of civil rights laws and oppose excluding unpopular disabilities from legal coverage.
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