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Panicked LGBTQ families rush to lawyers

‘LEGITIMATELY SCARED’
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Demonstrators dance as they march in a demonstration outside the Washington DC Trump Hotel in January 2018. They gathered in protest what they said was the Trump administration’s attack on their community. Their demonstration was joined by a simultaneous protest against Trump’s Muslim travel ban. | Jahi Chikwendiu The Washington Post

Members of the LGBTQ community – some who’ve been married for years, who’ve adopted children and become grandparents, who are serving in elected offices across the nation – are rushing to law firms to help reinforce their legal status after what happened November 5.

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