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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 Urges Tenth Circuit to Uphold Ruling in Favor of Intersex Vet Seeking Accurate Passport

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By Lambda Legal

January 22, 2020

The State Department cannot rely on its male-or-female-only gender policy to withhold a U.S. passport from Dana Zzyym, a U.S. Navy veteran who is intersex and nonbinary.

See Also: Intersex, Transgender Rights
Children Born Abroad to Married U.S. Same-Sex Parents Are U.S. Citizens, Lambda Legal Tells Courts

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By Lambda Legal

January 16, 2020

Lambda Legal, Immigration Equality and pro bono counsel Morgan Lewis this week urged federal district courts in Georgia and Maryland to compel the U.S. State Department to recognize the U.S. citizenship of two children born abroad to married same-sex couples who are themselves U.S. citizens.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Immigration, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, New York
Lambda Legal and ACLU Urge Federal Court in Ohio to Strike Down Anti-Transgender Birth Certificate Policy

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By Lambda Legal

January 16, 2020

The policy prohibits transgender people from correcting the gender marker on their birth certificates.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Ohio
6 LGBTQ Rights Fights to Watch in 2020

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By Ariel Goldberg

January 15, 2020

We’re only two weeks into 2020 and there is no shortage of action.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, HIV, Intersex, Law & Policy Project, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Military, Religious Exemptions, Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Victory! Federal Court Upholds Injunction Preventing Discharge of HIV-Positive Airmen by Trump Administration

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By Lambda Legal

January 10, 2020

The Court said that "any understanding of HIV that could justify this ban is outmoded and at odds with current science."

See Also: HIV, Military
Oregon Court Must Uphold Anti-Discrimination Law Against Homophobic Bakery (Again)

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By Lambda Legal

January 9, 2020
We're Suing New York State for Prohibiting Transgender Minors from Correct Birth Certificates

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By Lambda Legal

January 7, 2020

Today Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit challenging New York State’s policy categorically prohibiting transgender minors from correcting the sex designation on their birth certificates – a critically important document for transgender people seeking to navigate through life with accurate government documents.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights, New York

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

Lambda Legal Urges Tenth Circuit to Uphold Ruling in Favor of Intersex Vet Seeking Accurate Passport

fb-zzyym.png

Children Born Abroad to Married U.S. Same-Sex Parents Are U.S. Citizens, Lambda Legal Tells Courts

1200x630_kivitimize.png

Lambda Legal and ACLU Urge Federal Court in Ohio to Strike Down Anti-Transgender Birth Certificate Policy

ohio.png

6 LGBTQ Rights Fights to Watch in 2020

pride_phone.jpg

Victory! Federal Court Upholds Injunction Preventing Discharge of HIV-Positive Airmen by Trump Administration

nick_harrison.jpeg

Oregon Court Must Uphold Anti-Discrimination Law Against Homophobic Bakery (Again)

bowman_cryers.jpg

We're Suing New York State for Prohibiting Transgender Minors from Correct Birth Certificates

ted_eytan.jpg

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