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Lambda Legal: DOJ On Solid Ground Finding that Title IX Prohibits Discrimination on the basis of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity

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By Lambda Legal

April 5, 2021

“We hope [state lawmakers] take this message seriously, and stand down from their dangerous and mean-spirited attacks on our community, particularly those targeting transgender youth.”

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Health Care Fairness, Housing, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Transgender Rights, United States
Lambda Legal Celebrates Historic Confirmation of Dr. Rachel L. Levine as HHS Assistant Secretary for Health

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By Lambda Legal

March 24, 2021

See Also: Health Care Fairness, United States
Senate Committee Holds Hearing on the Equality Act, Marking an Important Step Toward Becoming Law

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By Lambda Legal

March 17, 2021

“The Equality Act would be an important step toward fulfilling this country’s promise of equality for all… There has never been an opportunity like the one before us now to take this important legislation all the way.”

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Health Care Fairness, Housing, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Racial Justice & Low Income Advocacy, Same Sex Relationships, Transgender Rights, United States
NEW REPORT: Lambda Legal Report Reveals Alarming Scope and Scale of Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination, Underscoring Need for Urgent Action on the Equality Act

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By Lambda Legal

March 10, 2021

As Congress considers comprehensive protections for LGBTQ people, statistical data collected and analyzed by Lambda Legal’s Help Desk reveals that widespread anti-LGBTQ discrimination continues to persist in communities everywhere, in many forms — underscoring the need for urgent action on the Equality Act.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Health Care Fairness, Housing, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Transgender Rights, United States
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
Trump Administration Launches Another Eleventh Hour Attack on LGBTQ Community with New HHS Rule Inviting Grantees to Discriminate

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By Lambda Legal

January 8, 2021

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Thursday announced a rule that will permit social service agencies and providers that receive HHS grant funding to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, as well as religion and sex.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Youth in Out-of-Home Care, United States
Lambda Legal Sues Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Over Anti-Transgender Policy

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By Lambda Legal

November 23, 2020

The suit challenges BCBSIL's blanket exclusion of gender-affirming care in an employer-provided health insurance plan provided by Catholic Health Initiatives Franciscan.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, Illinois, Washington
West Virginia Medicaid Participants & State Employees File Suit Challenging Ban on Transgender Health Coverage

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By Lambda Legal

November 12, 2020

The lawsuit challenges West Virginia’s blanket exclusions of coverage of care for transgender people.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, West Virginia
Advocates Urge Federal Court to Affirm Ruling Striking Down Trump Administration Denial of Care Rule

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By Lambda Legal

October 14, 2020

The Denial of Care Rule invited health care workers to deny medical treatment, information and services to patients because of personal religious or moral beliefs

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Court Orders Trump Administration to Halt Key Parts of Health Care Discrimination Rule

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By Lambda Legal

September 2, 2020

This injunction stops the administration’s invitation for providers to discriminate against LGBTQ people.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights

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