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U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Anti-LGBTQ Bakery Case

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By Jennifer C. Pizer

June 26, 2017

The case involves a Denver bakery that cited religious beliefs and refused to sell a wedding cake to a gay couple.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Colorado
Fifth Circuit Unleashes Anti-LGBT Mississippi Law, HB 1523

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By Lambda Legal

June 22, 2017

The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the injunction against Mississippi House Bill 1523, the discriminatory anti-LGBT legislation challenged in Barber v. Bryant, the federal lawsuit brought by Mississippi civil rights attorney Robert McDuff, the Mississippi Center for Justice and Lambda Legal. The advocates will continue to fight this discriminatory law.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Religious Exemptions, Mississippi
Lambda Legal & 15 LGBT Groups Oppose Anti-LGBT John K. Bush & Damien Schiff for Federal Bench

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By Lambda Legal

June 12, 2017

Today, Lambda Legal and 15 other national LGBT groups urged opposition to the confirmations of John K. Bush to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and Damien Schiff to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Fair Courts Project, Resistance
Dear Texas Legislature, Don't Tempt Us to Sue You. Love, Lambda Legal.

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By Jennifer C. Pizer

June 6, 2017

Gov. Abbott announced he would be including on the agenda for the special session reconsideration of misguided legislation driven by baseless fearmongering about transgender schoolchildren.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Must Be Stopped

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By Lambda Legal

May 21, 2017

The Texas legislature today is considering several bills and potential amendments that target LGBT Texans – and specifically transgender schoolchildren, LGBT kids in the child welfare system and potential LGBT foster and adoptive parents – for discrimination.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights, Texas
Kentucky Judge Refuses Adoptions to Same-Sex Couples, Gets Hit with Ethics Complaint

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By Lambda Legal

May 16, 2017

Today Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Kentucky, Kentucky’s Fairness Campaign and University of Louisville Law Professor Sam Marcosson filed a complaint against Judge W. Mitchell Nance for violating Kentucky’s Code of Judicial Conduct by recusing himself from any adoption proceedings involving lesbian, gay and bisexual people.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships, Kentucky
SB 239: A Long-Overdue Update of CA's Discriminatory HIV Criminalization Laws

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By Scott Schoettes

May 15, 2017

California Senate Bill 239 is a long-overdue update of California’s outdated and discriminatory criminal laws targeting people living with HIV.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, HIV, California
Texas House Passes Damaging Child "Welfare" Bill HB 3859

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By Currey Cook

May 10, 2017

The Texas House of Representatives today passed HB 3859, a discriminatory bill that would allow child placement agencies in the state foster care system – including agencies receiving state and federal funding – to prioritize their religious beliefs above the needs of children in its care.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships, Texas
What Donald Trump's Religious Liberty Executive Order Does – and Doesn’t Do – and Why You Should Still Be Worried

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By Sharon McGowan

May 5, 2017

With yesteday’s Executive Order, Donald Trump handed out razors to every anti-LGBTQ zealot that he has put in place in his administration.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, Resistance
We're Suing a Mississippi Funeral Home for Refusing to Transport and Cremate the Body of Gay Man

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By Lambda Legal

May 2, 2017

Lambda Legal today announced it has joined a lawsuit against a Picayune, MS, funeral home for refusing to provide any service for Robert Huskey after his death, leaving his 82-year-old husband, Jack Zawadski, desperate to make other arrangements in the hours after his beloved spouse’s passing. The suit seeks damages for breach of contract, negligent misrepresentation, and the intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Marriage, Same-sex relationships, Seniors, Mississippi