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Lambda Legal Add Two Additional Transgender Plaintiffs to its Challenge to West Virginia’s Unlawful Ban On Health Care Coverage

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By Lambda Legal

September 23, 2021

Today, Lambda Legal filed a motion seeking leave to add two additional plaintiffs—a Medicaid participant and a public employee—to its federal class-action lawsuit challenging West Virginia's blanket exclusion of health care coverage for transgender people in West Virgini

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, West Virginia
VICTORY! Federal Court Blocks West Virginia Law Banning Trans Students in School Sports

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By Lambda Legal

July 21, 2021

Today, a federal court ruled that 11-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson must be allowed to try out for the girls’ cross-country and track teams at her school, blocking West Virginia from enforcing a law that bans transgender girls and women from participating in school sports.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, West Virginia
Civil Rights Advocates Bring Federal Court Challenge to West Virginia Law Banning Trans Students in School Sports

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By Lambda Legal

June 10, 2021

“Transgender youth in West Virginia who want to be on a team and challenge themselves should have the opportunity to do so, just like any other student.”

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, West Virginia
West Virginia Medicaid Participants & State Employees File Suit Challenging Ban on Transgender Health Coverage

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By Lambda Legal

November 12, 2020

The lawsuit challenges West Virginia’s blanket exclusions of coverage of care for transgender people.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, West Virginia
LGBT Advocates Urge District Court Not to Let States Game the System

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By Lambda Legal

July 28, 2016

Five leading national civil and LGBT rights organizations late yesterday filed an amicus (friend-of-the-court) brief in the multi-state lawsuit challenging the Obama administration’s guidance regarding public school districts’ responsibility to allow transgender students to use the same restrooms as other students.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Transgender Rights, Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin
15 Inspiring Moments for LGBT & HIV+ People in 2014

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By Lambda Legal

December 26, 2014

2014 was an amazing year for the LGBT and HIV rights movements.

See Also: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming
Victory! Federal Court Strikes Down West Virginia Marriage Ban

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By Lambda Legal

November 7, 2014

Although West Virginia’s Attorney General had already conceded that the state’s marriage ban was unconstitutional and marriages began last month, the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia made it official today, ruling in favor of Lambda Legal’s plaintiffs and striking down the discriminatory marriage ban as mandated by the U.S.

See Also: Same-sex relationships, West Virginia
Victory! West Virginia Attorney General Concedes Marriage Ban Unconstitutional

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By Lambda Legal

October 9, 2014

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrissey today agreed to end the state’s defense of WV’s discriminatory marriage ban in Lambda Legal’s marriage case one day after the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia lifted its stay on the case, McGee v. Cole. et. al.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships, West Virginia
Marriage Cases Update: What You Need to Know

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By

October 9, 2014

It’s only Thursday and already so much has happened since Monday, when the Supreme Court announced that it would not take up cases from Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin that struck down state bans on marriage for same-sex couples — making it possible for same-sex couples to begin marrying in those five states.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships, Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Lambda Legal Urges Court to End Delay on Marriages in West Virginia

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By Lambda Legal

July 30, 2014

Following Monday’s ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit striking down Virginia’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples, Lambda Legal today filed a motion asking the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia to lift a stay it had entered pending the Fourth Circuit’s decision and enter judgment in Lambda Legal’s case on behalf of three same-sex couples seeking the freedom to marry in West Virginia.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships, West Virginia