Today marks five years since the Supreme Court's landmark decision extending marriage rights to the LGBTQ community. More than 500,000 same-sex couples in the United States are married, including some 300,000 who have wed since the June 26, 2015, ruling.
In other victories most recently, the Supreme Court extended workplace protections nationwide last week for the LGBTQ community, ruling 6-3 that a landmark civil rights law barring sex discrimination in the workplace applies to gay, lesbian and transgender workers.
But despite these gains, the community faces challenges from the Trump administration and religious groups in areas ranging from adoption and foster care to the rights of transgender people to join the military or use the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity.
• 'No final victory': Five years after same-sex marriage ruling, inroads have been made. But uncertainty looms
• Gay marriage ruling a giant leap for couples, court
• Supreme Court grants federal job protections to gay, lesbian, transgender workers
• 'No final victory': Five years after same-sex marriage ruling, inroads have been made. But uncertainty looms
• Gay marriage ruling a giant leap for couples, court
• Supreme Court grants federal job protections to gay, lesbian, transgender workers
Above from USA TODAY
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My husband and I have been married for 9 years now, having married in Canada in 2011. Yet, this is a joyous remembrance for us too as it meant that we could jointly adopt our children* which we did just a few weeks later.
*Michigan law still only permits joint adoptions by legally married couples, and with the marriage ruling, our Canadian marriage was finally recognized.
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