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Abigail Swetz on LGBTQ advocates responding to Trump orders

By Jane McCauley | Here & Now

January 24, 2025

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Fair Wisconsin Executive Director Abigail Swetz discusses a Trump executive order declaring only sex assigned at birth will be federally recognized and how LGBTQ advocates are preparing in response.

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