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What It Meant to Attend the State of the Union, as a Transgender Service Member

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By Lambda Legal

February 6, 2019

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Military, transgender
New York Passes Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) and Legislation Banning “Conversion Therapy”

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By Lambda Legal

January 15, 2019

The New York legislature today passed two pro-LGBTQ bills, the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) and a law banning so-called “conversion therapy.”

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Youth in Out-of-Home Care, New York
Supreme Court Should Maintain Injunction Against Implementation of Discriminatory Transgender Military Ban

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By Lambda Legal

December 28, 2018

Lambda Legal today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to deny a request from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) asking the Court to stay enforcement of the preliminary injunctions that have kept the Trump administration from implementing its discriminatory plan to ban transgender people from serving openly in the U.S. Armed Services.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Military, Transgender Rights, Washington, D.C.
The Supreme Court Should Deny Premature Request for Review of Transgender Military Ban Rulings

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By Lambda Legal

December 26, 2018

Lambda Legal today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to deny a petition from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) asking that the Court review three preliminary federal district court rulings that have kept the Trump administration from implementing its discriminatory plan to ban transgender people from serving openly in the U.S. Armed Services.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Military, Transgender Rights, Washington, D.C.
Lambda Legal Joins Arnold & Porter in Lawsuit Brought Against Suburban DC School District on Behalf of Transgender Teacher

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By Lambda Legal

December 20, 2018

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Transgender Rights, Maryland
Lambda Legal: DOJ Request for Supreme Court Review on Transgender Military Ban is Premature

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By Lambda Legal

November 23, 2018

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review three preliminary federal district court rulings that have kept the Trump administration from implementing its discriminatory plan to prevent transgender people from serving in the U.S. Armed Services.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Military, Transgender Rights, Washington
Victory! Lambda Legal Obtains Settlement for Oswego County Transgender Employee Denied Coverage for Transition-Related Care

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By Lambda Legal

August 23, 2018

The settlement remedies the harm done to Mr. Simonson by the refusal of health care coverage because he is transgender.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, New York
Lambda Legal Asks Court to Stop Pentagon from Discharging HIV-Positive Service Members

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By Lambda Legal

July 19, 2018

Today, Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN, along with pro bono counsel from Winston & Strawn LLP, asked a federal court to halt implementation of a new Department of Defense policy resulting in the discharge of service members living with HIV.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, HIV, Military, Virginia
Ninth Circuit Denies Another Trump Administration Effort to Implement Transgender Military Ban

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By Lambda Legal

July 18, 2018

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied yet another attempt by the Trump Administration to implement its discriminatory plan to ban transgender people from serving openly in the U.S. Armed Services.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Military, Transgender Rights, Washington
Veteran of Two Overseas Combat Zones Faces Possible Discharge Simply Because He Lives with HIV

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By Lambda Legal

May 30, 2018

Today, Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN filed a lawsuit on behalf of a sergeant in the D.C. Army National Guard who was denied the opportunity to serve as an officer and faces possible discharge from the United States armed services because he is living with HIV.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, HIV, Military

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What It Meant to Attend the State of the Union, as a Transgender Service Member

mceachin-winters_small.jpg

New York Passes Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) and Legislation Banning “Conversion Therapy”

pride_flag.jpg

Supreme Court Should Maintain Injunction Against Implementation of Discriminatory Transgender Military Ban

karnoski_1200x630_clients_0.png

The Supreme Court Should Deny Premature Request for Review of Transgender Military Ban Rulings

trans_ban.png

Lambda Legal Joins Arnold & Porter in Lawsuit Brought Against Suburban DC School District on Behalf of Transgender Teacher

eller_mainstage2.jpg

Lambda Legal: DOJ Request for Supreme Court Review on Transgender Military Ban is Premature

3_karnoski_clients.png

Victory! Lambda Legal Obtains Settlement for Oswego County Transgender Employee Denied Coverage for Transition-Related Care

simonson.jpg

Lambda Legal Asks Court to Stop Pentagon from Discharging HIV-Positive Service Members

7i0a5114.jpg

Ninth Circuit Denies Another Trump Administration Effort to Implement Transgender Military Ban

1200x630_karnoski-salut1.png

Veteran of Two Overseas Combat Zones Faces Possible Discharge Simply Because He Lives with HIV

nick_harrison.png

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