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FDA's New Blood Donation Policy A Step In the Right Direction, But Falls Short

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By Lambda Legal

April 2, 2020

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced new guidelines for blood donations that change the current one-year deferral for donations from men who have sex with men (MSM) to a three-month deferral. While a step in the right direction, the new guidance falls short of what many recognize as the optimal policy for enhancing the safety of the blood supply while ensuring it does not discriminate against gay, bisexual and transgender people—a policy based on the conduct of the potential donor rather than the donor’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

See Also: HIV, United States
A Decade of Justice: Defending Equality 2010-2020

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By Lambda Legal

December 30, 2019

A look back at our victories from the decade.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, United States
The Trump Administration’s Assault On Courts and LGBTQ Protections Intensified in 2019

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By Lambda Legal

December 20, 2019

See Also: Fair Courts Project, United States
Outrageous: Lawrence VanDyke's Confirmation to Lifetime Judgeship on the Ninth Circuit an Affront to the LGBTQ Community

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By Lambda Legal

December 11, 2019

Today, Sasha Buchert, Senior Attorney at Lambda Legal, issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate confirmed Lawrence VanDyke for a lifetime position to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, United States
The Defense Authorization Bill Should Have Ended the Transgender Military Ban

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By Lambda Legal

December 10, 2019

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Military, Transgender Rights, United States
The “Fairness for All” Act is an Affront to Existing Civil Rights Protections

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By Lambda Legal

December 6, 2019

Today, national advocacy groups including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Center for American Progress (CAP), the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), GLAAD, Lambda Legal, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the NAACP, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the National Black Justice Coalition (BJC), National Fair Housing Alliance, National Partnership for Women and Families, National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA), the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), PFLAG National and the Transgender Law Center expressed strong opposition to the so-called “Fairness For All” Act, as introduced in Congress.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, United States
Abortion Access Affects Us All: LGBTQ Organizations Urge SCOTUS to Uphold Precedent

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By Lambda Legal

December 2, 2019

Today, Lambda Legal joined LGBTQ advocacy organizations in a friend-of-the-court brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of June Medical Services, which is challenging Louisiana’s Act 620, an unnecessary and burdensome requirement that physicians who perform abortions have admitting privileges at a local hospital, which only serves to make it harder for patients to access abortion services.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, United States
VICTORY! Third Judge Smacks Down Trump Administration's "Denial Of Care" Rule

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By Lambda Legal

November 20, 2019

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, United States
Support Trans Youth in Out of Home Care

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By Lambda Legal

November 15, 2019

Transgender and gender expansive youth as a whole are disproportionately represented within out-of-home care systems, and these unique needs and experiences are frequently not addressed within larger conversations.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth in Out-of-Home Care, United States
HHS's Nonstop Attacks on Transgender People

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By Sasha Buchert

November 14, 2019

Health and Human Services (HHS) is the federal agency tasked with enhancing the health and well-being of all Americans. Yet under the Trump-Pence administration, no other federal agency has leveled more attacks targeting the LGBTQ community—particularly the transgender community.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, United States