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VICTORY! Fourth Circuit Rules North Carolina Can Be Sued for Violating the Affordable Care Act Over Discriminatory Anti-Transgender State Employee Health Care Plan

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By Lambda Legal

September 1, 2021

Groundbreaking decision marks first time that a federal appellate court rules that ‘sovereign immunity’ does not protect state entities from liability under Affordable Care Act if they receive federal funding.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, North Carolina
Lambda Legal Applauds Supreme Court Rejection of Anti-LGBT Religious Exemption Case

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By Lambda Legal

July 2, 2021

“The Supreme Court here did what the justices should have done two years ago after Masterpiece Cakeshop: Reaffirm important, longstanding precedent and deny the case yet another hearing.”

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, United States
The Hope and Incompleteness of Pride: LGBTQ Refugees are Repeatedly Denied the Right to the Complexity of their Identities and Lives

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By Lambda Legal

June 28, 2021

By Nora Huppert and Jennifer C. Pizer

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Immigration, United States
Supreme Court Rules Philadelphia Discriminated Against Catholic Foster Care Agency

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By Lambda Legal

June 17, 2021

Lambda Legal calls ruling “troubling but, importantly, it refused to give a free pass to people or agencies that want to discriminate against LGBTQ people for religious reasons.”

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions, Youth in Out-of-Home Care, Pennsylvania, United States
Lambda Legal Applauds Passage of Gender Recognition Act

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By Lambda Legal

June 10, 2021

Encourages Governor Cuomo to Sign It

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, New York
10 Things LGBTQ People and People Living with HIV Need from the Biden-Harris Administration

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By Lambda Legal

January 20, 2021

Lambda Legal has filed 46 federal lawsuits against the Trump administration to beat back their efforts to harm LGBTQ people and everyone living with HIV.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Fair Courts Project, Health Care Fairness, HIV, Immigration, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Military, Racial Justice & Low Income Advocacy, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
New Federal Contractors’ Rule Creates “Essentially Limitless” Exemption for Discrimination

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By Lambda Legal

December 7, 2020

The rule dramatically expands the ability of federal contractors to claim religious exemptions from federal nondiscrimination and equal employment opportunity laws and regulations.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace
Lambda Legal Condemns Eleventh Circuit Ruling Striking Down Palm Beach County Conversion Therapy Ban

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By Kevin Jennings

November 20, 2020

The ruling reversed a lower court ruling and struck down local ordinances banning so-called conversion therapy on minors.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Youth and Schools, Florida
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia: The Supreme Court Considers the Religious License to Discriminate, Again

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By Currey Cook

November 5, 2020

On Wednesday’s fraught post-election morning, the Supreme Court, with newly installed Justice Amy Coney Barrett on the bench, heard argument in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a case with major implications for children in foster care, for LGBTQ people, and for anyone seeking government services.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions, Youth in Out-of-Home Care, Pennsylvania
That Supreme Court Foster Care Case Is About More Than Just Kids

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By Karen Loewy

November 4, 2020

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a case that could have a profound impact on the delivery of taxpayer-funded government services across the country.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions, Seniors, Youth in Out-of-Home Care

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