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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
Committing to a Year of Action: Five Ways to Honor Our Community

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By Lambda Legal

November 13, 2019

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Health Care Fairness, Housing, Transgender Rights
A Federal Trial Court in New York Fully Vacated HHS's "Denial of Care" Rule

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By Lambda Legal

November 6, 2019

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, HIV, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, New York
A Gay Man Was Sentenced to Die By a Jury Tainted with Antigay Bias.

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By Lambda Legal

November 5, 2019

Last night, Charles Rhines, a South Dakota gay man, was put to death by lethal injection after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a final motion that would have allowed Rhines to bring new evidence to the Court showing that antigay bias may have motivated the jury to sentence him to death.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Criminal Justice, Fair Courts Project, South Dakota
Trump Administration Attacks LGBTQ People (Yet Again!) with HHS Proposed Rule

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By Lambda Legal

November 1, 2019

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Civil Rights Groups and the County of Santa Clara Urge Court to Block Denial of Care Rule

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By Lambda Legal

October 30, 2019

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, HIV, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Transgender Rights, California
Oregon Appellate Court Should Uphold Their Ruling Against Anti-LGBTQ Bakery (Again)

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By Lambda Legal

September 20, 2019

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Religious Exemptions, Oregon
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
The Trump/Pence Administration’s Disturbing Efforts to Demolish the Separation of Church and State, Starting with Kids in Foster Care

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By Cathren Cohen

August 23, 2019

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Lambda Legal and Indiana Youth Group Move to Join Lawsuit to Protect Transgender Students

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By Lambda Legal

August 22, 2019

Today, Lambda Legal filed legal papers on behalf of Indiana Youth Group (IYG) to join a lawsuit in a case before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana to protect the interests of transgender students from attack by a teacher who sued the Brownsburg Community School Corporation after officials asked him to refer to transgender students in his classroom accurately by their full names, as requested by their parents and recorded in the school’s database.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Indiana

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HHS's Nonstop Attacks on Transgender People

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Committing to a Year of Action: Five Ways to Honor Our Community

social_tdor_1.png

A Federal Trial Court in New York Fully Vacated HHS's "Denial of Care" Rule

health_care.jpeg

A Gay Man Was Sentenced to Die By a Jury Tainted with Antigay Bias.

istock-681164016.jpg

Trump Administration Attacks LGBTQ People (Yet Again!) with HHS Proposed Rule

trump_gage.jpg

Civil Rights Groups and the County of Santa Clara Urge Court to Block Denial of Care Rule

doc_coalition_graphic_1.png

Oregon Appellate Court Should Uphold Their Ruling Against Anti-LGBTQ Bakery (Again)

sweetcakes.png

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

image003.jpg

The Trump/Pence Administration’s Disturbing Efforts to Demolish the Separation of Church and State, Starting with Kids in Foster Care

child_welfare_blog_1.png

Lambda Legal and Indiana Youth Group Move to Join Lawsuit to Protect Transgender Students

high_school_students_backview_walking.jpg

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