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Federal Court Denies Renewed Attempt to Implement Transgender Military Ban

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By Lambda Legal

June 15, 2018

Today, a federal court in Seattle denied yet another attempt by the Trump Administration to implement its discriminatory plan to ban transgender people from serving openly in the U.S. Armed Services.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Military, Transgender Rights
On Being In A World That Wants To Steal Our Joy

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By Lambda Legal

June 12, 2018

Lambda Legal Digital Director Kristina Villarini writes on the Pulse massacre, the day after its occurrence.
McConnell Just Canceled August Senate Recess to Confirm More Anti-LGBTQ Judges

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By Lambda Legal

June 5, 2018

Today, Sharon McGowan, Chief Strategy Officer and Legal Director at Lambda Legal, issued the following statement after Senator McConnell announced that he would cancel the U.S. Senate’s August recess in order to advance President Trump’s judicial nominees.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Washington, D.C.
Alaska Denied Health Care Coverage To A Transgender State Employee. We're Suing.

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By Lambda Legal

June 5, 2018

Lambda Legal this morning filed a federal lawsuit against the State of Alaska on behalf of Jennifer Fletcher, a state legislative librarian who was forced to pay out-of-pocket for medically necessary surgical treatment because the state health insurance plan prohibits such coverage only for transgender state employees.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, Alaska
Supreme Court Fails to Affirm LGBT Equality Rights

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By Lambda Legal

June 4, 2018

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court handed the religious right a limited, fact-specific victory, ruling that the Colorado civil rights agency violated the religious rights of a Denver baker who refused to sell a same-sex couple a wedding cake.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Religious Exemptions
Veteran of Two Overseas Combat Zones Faces Possible Discharge Simply Because He Lives with HIV

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By Lambda Legal

May 30, 2018

Today, Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN filed a lawsuit on behalf of a sergeant in the D.C. Army National Guard who was denied the opportunity to serve as an officer and faces possible discharge from the United States armed services because he is living with HIV.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, HIV, Military
The State Department Is Still Refusing to Issue an Accurate Passport to This Navy Veteran

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By Lambda Legal

May 29, 2018

Lambda Legal returned to federal district court today to argue once again on behalf of U.S. citizen and Navy veteran Dana Zzyym, an intersex person whose gender identity is neither male nor female to whom the U.S. State Department refuses to issue an accurate passport.

See Also: Intersex, Colorado
Victory! Federal Court Strikes Unlawful Policy That Denied Health Care to Incarcerated Missouri Transgender Woman

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By Lambda Legal

May 23, 2018

A federal district court has struck down a Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) policy as cruel and unusual punishment because it denies vital health care to transgender people, including Lambda Legal client Jessica Hicklin, a transgender woman incarcerated at the Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, Missouri
Kansas Adds Name to Roll of States Denying Children Loving Families

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By Lambda Legal

May 18, 2018

Today, Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer signed into law Kansas SB 284, a license-to-discriminate bill that allows taxpayer-funded child welfare agencies to reject foster or adoptive parents based upon the agency's religious beliefs.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Teens & Young Adults, Youth in Out-of-Home Care, Kansas
In Rescinding Transgender Prisoner Protections, Trump Administration Again Targets the Most Vulnerable

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By Lambda Legal

May 11, 2018

Today, the Trump Administration released changes to the federal Bureau of Prisons Transgender Offender Manual that undercuts constitutional protections and efforts in federal law – specifically the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) – to protect all prisoners from sexual assault and violence.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Transgender Rights