theFeed tion of decades of federal case law holding that Title VII protects transgender workers,” Shannon Minter, the legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, said in a statement. “No matter how her case is resolved, Aimee will be remembered as a central figure who helped to humanize transgender people and to highlight the discrimination faced by many transgender workers. “Aimee’s career was devoted to serving others and to living out her faith, which was an essential part of her identity,” Minter added. “Like so many other transgender people, I am grateful for Aimee’s courage and willingness to put herself on the line to stand up for the dignity and equality of all people.”
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both grief and rage that we have lost an elder far too soon. As we, and millions, carry her work for justice forward, may she rest in power and continue to guide us on this path.” The National Center for Transgender Equality called Stephens a “hero in the fight for equal rights for all people.” “Aimee was deeply committed to justice and fairness, and an incredible person,” Mara Keisling, the executive director of NCTE, said in a statement. “She has left us too soon. We send our deepest sympathies to Aimee’s wife, Donna, and to all her friends, families and supporters.” “It is heartbreaking that Aimee Stephens has passed away before the resolution of her historic case, which is the culmina-
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Saving Ryan
Capital Pride’s Ryan Bos developed a sore throat in March. Two hospitalizations later, he wants everyone to take COVID-19 seriously. By John Riley
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YAN BOS WAS GOING ABOUT HIS BUSINESS IN early March when he started to develop a sore throat. He didn’t think much of it initially — after all, he had been suffering from seasonal allergies, and wrote it off as related to that. Two days later, he developed a fever. But Bos still thought he 22
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was suffering from a sinus infection — a diagnosis that a doctor also gave via virtual appointment. Bos began taking antibiotics. His sore throat disappeared and his fever subsided. But, a week later, the executive director of the Capital Pride Alliance developed a cough and lost his sense of smell.
