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Victory! Court Denies Stay; State Department Must Issue Accurate Passport to Nonbinary Intersex Citizen

By Lambda Legal

February 21, 2019

There is no defensible reason to delay the issuance of Dana’s passport.

See Also: Identitiy Documents, Intersex, Intersex Rights, Colorado

Lambda Legal and MMAA To Court: Don't Let The Trump Administration Discharge These HIV-Positive Airmen

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By Lambda Legal

September 18, 2019

Today, lawyers for two active-duty Airmen who are living with HIV urged a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to uphold a preliminary injunction granted in February that prevents the Trump Administration from continuing with discharge proceedings against members of the U.S. Air Force living with HIV.
Sex and the Supreme Court: Could Your Job Soon Be at Risk?

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By Diana Flynn

September 17, 2019

The stakes are high for the three LGBTQ cases being argued at the Supreme Court this fall.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Transgender Rights
Our Constitutional Rights Are Under Attack

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By Puneet Cheema

September 17, 2019

And our rights are unequivocally critical to survival.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Fair Courts Project, Health Care Fairness, HIV, Housing, Immigration, Law & Policy Project, Racial Justice & Low Income Advocacy, Transgender Rights
The Senate’s Sordid Chicanery Is Putting Our Democracy at Risk

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By Sasha Buchert

September 16, 2019

The not-so-Pride Parade of shenanigans that has corroded constitutional mandate in the Senate.

See Also: Fair Courts Project
Arizona Supreme Court Grants Phoenix Stationery Shop Limited Religious License to Discriminate

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By Lambda Legal

September 16, 2019

The Arizona Supreme Court today issued a 4-3 decision reversing a lower court ruling that had denied a Phoenix business owners’ request that they be exempt from the City of Phoenix anti-discrimination ordinance and instead be allowed to refuse service to same-sex couples.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Arizona
VICTORY! Transgender Ohioans to Get Their Day in Court in Lawsuit Against the State

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By Lambda Legal

September 12, 2019

A U.S. District Court judge today ruled that the lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU Ohio on behalf of four transgender plaintiffs seeking accurate birth certificates from the state of Ohio can proceed.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Ohio
Same-Sex Maryland Couple Sues U.S. State Department for Treating Their Six-Month-Old Daughter as Born out of Wedlock

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By Lambda Legal

September 12, 2019

Today, Immigration Equality, Lambda Legal, and pro bono counsel Morgan Lewis filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Maryland against the U.S. Department of State for refusing to recognize the citizenship of Kessem Kiviti, the daughter of married U.S. citizens Roee and Adiel Kiviti. The State Department’s policy treats the children of U.S. citizens in same-sex marriages as “born out of wedlock,” unconstitutionally stripping their children of citizenship.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Immigration, Maryland

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Victory! Court Denies Stay; State Department Must Issue Accurate Passport to Nonbinary Intersex Citizen

Lambda Legal and MMAA To Court: Don't Let The Trump Administration Discharge These HIV-Positive Airmen

unknown.jpeg

Sex and the Supreme Court: Could Your Job Soon Be at Risk?

supreme_court.jpg

Our Constitutional Rights Are Under Attack

democracy.jpg

The Senate’s Sordid Chicanery Is Putting Our Democracy at Risk

mcconnell_4.jpg

Arizona Supreme Court Grants Phoenix Stationery Shop Limited Religious License to Discriminate

we_are_getting_married_invitation.jpg

VICTORY! Transgender Ohioans to Get Their Day in Court in Lawsuit Against the State

ohio.png

Same-Sex Maryland Couple Sues U.S. State Department for Treating Their Six-Month-Old Daughter as Born out of Wedlock

image003.jpg

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