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environmental decisions in years, the courts conservative justices cited with several red states and coal companies, and limited the epa's ability to crack down on greenhouse gas emissions. in a victory for the president, the court ruled in favor of the ministrations efforts to shut down the trump remaining mexico immigration policy. we will have reactions to that straight ahead. also coming up it is now justice jackson. this afternoon, to tonya brown jackson became the first black woman to be sworn into the supreme court. it comes in a time of turmoil on the supreme court after the ...

And i heard why not you. he founded tku, believed to be the only organization of its kind in the region. >> we are finding people within the community. we are finding our resources within the community and giving our folks an opportunity to move from surviving to thriving. it's headquartered in the shadow of the historic edmund pettus bridge, scene of a bloody battle for voting rights in 1965. >> there are people who say they're different, sifrl rights and the rights of lgbtq and those things are separate. >> what's the difference as being counting 3/5 of a person back then and having my right...

The nation past this year in alabama that criminalizes gender-affirming surgeries for trans people under 19 and restricts the use of puberty blockers and hormones. >> what we're hopeful are is more visibility of black queer, brown queer, trans people living open and whole it will give the opportunity for the community to ask those questions that they desperately want to ask in a way that we can open up and have intentional dialogue about what it means to be trans and what it means to be a black trans person. >> and while running an lgbtq organization in selma has its difficulties, quentin says...

So it's been a bruising pride month after a close call with violence at an idaho lgbtq event. there was heightened anxiety and security at events across the country and the overturning of roe fueled justifiable fears that the supreme court decisions that legalized same-sex marriage and intimacy will be next, not to mention the ongoing offensives against transgender individuals in states. in selma, alabama, plaque black lgbtq community are carrying on and how they're working to complete the unfinished business of the civil rights movement and queer rights. joining me now is the host of into ame...

Selma, alabama. >> i met quentin bell walking in the freedom of fighters and he's tapping into the spirit to make room in the bibl belt in the south for those who the movement have left behind including the lgbtq community. let's take a listen. >> growing up in selma, alabama, quentin bell never thought the city would have something to offer someone like him. >> when i did decide to transition i had a few family members who pulled away. if me walking in my truth makes you uncomfortable then we don't need to have communication and a relationship. >> he's an out trans man in alabama's bible belt...