Article snippet: This summer, in the midst of President transgender individuals. "We're going to protect the civil rights of everybody," Sessions promised, noting that he "personally directed" the Justice Department's civil rights division to review several murder cases involving transgender individuals. In February, Sessions backed a Trump administration decision to overturn Obama-era policies that said federal anti-discrimination laws meant students at schools across the country must be allowed to use the bathrooms corresponding to their gender identity. At the intern event in June, Sessions said the federal government "should let" states and local governments "manage their bathrooms" however they want. "I think it is very important for members of the Link to the full article to read more