On October 8, the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington will hear oral arguments on a trio of court cases that could lead to the greatest setback for LGBTQ rights since the court’s landmark decisions on same-gender marriage in 2015. Community activists are mobilizing here in New York and elsewhere to make their voices heard outside the court.

All three cases, which the courts have consolidated, will answer the question of whether the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and particularly its provision prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex, applies – as the previous administration agreed – to discrimination against lesbians and gay men, as well as transgender people, based on such cases’ foundation in gender stereotyping. The plaintiffs are a gay man, the estate of a gay man who has died, and a trans woman. We'll talk to Jaron Benjamin, Housing Works VP for Community Mobilization about the demonstration and civil disobedience action planned at the Supreme Court planned by LGBTQ and AIDS activists as the court discusses the case.

Naomi Brussel will interview Human Rights Researcher about terrible proposed changes to federal health policy for queer and transpeople.

The Trump administration is trying to change guidelines for Healthcare be provided to LGBT and Trans people in particular. Human Rights Watch has sent a letter signed by HWR researcher Ryan Thoreson, showing the way the change allows discrimination will badly affect LGBT people particularly transpeople.