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Lambda Legal Sues Trump Administration Over Anti-Transgender Health Care Rule

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By Lambda Legal

June 22, 2020

Lawsuit challenging HHS's rule that purports to carve out LGBTQ people and other vulnerable populations from the protections of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Mitch McConnell Is Putting Senators at Risk to Vote on Trump's Unqualified Nominees

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By Kylee Reynolds

May 19, 2020

As most of us continue on with our social distancing as recommended by the CDC to help curb the spread of the increasingly deadly pandemic, the members of the United States Senate are back in Washington to do what Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell calls “the job we need to do for the American people.”

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Coronavirus, Fair Courts Project
At the Supreme Court this Week: Religious Objections, Birth Control, and Trump’s No Good, Very Broad Rules

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By Jennifer C. Pizer

May 8, 2020

While every Supreme Court proceeding has drama, there’s extra excitement now.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health
VICTORY: Lesbian Couple to Have Their Day in Court in Challenge to HHS and South Carolina Foster Care Policy

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By Lambda Legal

May 8, 2020

The couple was turned away by a government-funded foster care agency because they, as a lesbian couple, did not meet the agency’s religious criteria, which excludes prospective foster parents who are not evangelical Protestant Christian or who are same-sex couples of any faith.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Youth in Out-of-Home Care, South Carolina
This Colorado Marketing and Design Firm Wants A Pass to Discriminate

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By Lambda Legal

April 30, 2020

Lambda Legal urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit to affirm a lower court that denied a Colorado marketing and design firm’s request that it be exempt from the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA) and instead be allowed to refuse website design services to same-sex couples because the owner claims it violates her religion to treat same- and different-sex couples equally.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions, Colorado
183 Organizations Call on Congress to Ensure Nondiscrimination Protections in COVID-19 Response

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By Lambda Legal

April 20, 2020

Today, Lambda Legal, along with nearly 200 national, state, and local organizations, sent a letter to Congressional leaders asking that they ensure the protection of vulnerable communities in any COVID-19 response legislation.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness
It’s Never Okay to Attack Trans Youth, But Especially Not During a Global Health Crisis

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By Carl Charles

March 31, 2020

State and federal leaders are prioritizing harming trans young people during a historic catastrophe.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Coronavirus, Health Care Fairness, Trans Day of Visibility, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Alabama, Connecticut, Idaho, South Carolina, South Dakota, Washington
Victory! South Carolina Court Strikes Outdated Anti-LGBTQ Curriculum Law as Unconstitutional

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By Lambda Legal

March 11, 2020

The law singled out LGBTQ students for negative treatment and did not impose any comparable restriction on health education about heterosexual people.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Youth in Schools, South Carolina
Victory! New York State Changes Policy to Allow Transgender Minors to Correct Birth Certificates After Lambda Legal Lawsuit

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By Lambda Legal

March 10, 2020

New York State announced it is changing its policy prohibiting transgender minors from correcting the sex marker on their birth certificates in a manner consistent with their gender identity.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights, New York
We're Suing South Carolina for Discriminating Against LGBTQ Students

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By Lambda Legal

February 26, 2020

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Youth and Schools, South Carolina

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Lambda Legal Sues Trump Administration Over Anti-Transgender Health Care Rule

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Mitch McConnell Is Putting Senators at Risk to Vote on Trump's Unqualified Nominees

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At the Supreme Court this Week: Religious Objections, Birth Control, and Trump’s No Good, Very Broad Rules

intersectional_women_protest.jpg

VICTORY: Lesbian Couple to Have Their Day in Court in Challenge to HHS and South Carolina Foster Care Policy

family.jpg

This Colorado Marketing and Design Firm Wants A Pass to Discriminate

gay_wedding.jpg

183 Organizations Call on Congress to Ensure Nondiscrimination Protections in COVID-19 Response

1200x630_covid-letter.png

It’s Never Okay to Attack Trans Youth, But Especially Not During a Global Health Crisis

day_3_-_callen-lorde4196.jpg

Victory! South Carolina Court Strikes Outdated Anti-LGBTQ Curriculum Law as Unconstitutional

img_0240_copy.jpg

Victory! New York State Changes Policy to Allow Transgender Minors to Correct Birth Certificates After Lambda Legal Lawsuit

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We're Suing South Carolina for Discriminating Against LGBTQ Students

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