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Our Constitutional Rights Are Under Attack

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By Puneet Cheema

September 17, 2019

And our rights are unequivocally critical to survival.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Fair Courts Project, Health Care Fairness, HIV, Housing, Immigration, Law & Policy Project, Racial Justice & Low Income Advocacy, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal to District Court: Rescinding Job Offer Due to HIV Status is Illegal Discrimination

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By Lambda Legal

August 15, 2019

Lambda Legal today urged a federal district court judge to find that Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal violated the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when he rescinded a job offer for William “Liam” Pierce to serve as a sheriff’s deputy after learning that Pierce was a person living with HIV.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, HIV, Louisiana
Military Experts, Medical Associations and HIV Advocates Oppose Trump DOD’s Discharge Policy for HIV-Positive Airmen

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By Lambda Legal

July 26, 2019

Military leaders, medical associations, public health groups, and HIV advocates joined three friend-of-the court briefs filed today in support of a federal lawsuit challenging the Pentagon’s discriminatory policies, which prevent service members living with HIV from deploying to most locations outside the United States.

See Also: HIV, Military
California District Court Grants Judgment to HIV+ Man Denied Haircut at Los Angeles Barbershop

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By Lambda Legal

June 4, 2019

See Also: HIV, California
Lambda Legal, Americans United and Center for Reproductive Rights Sue Trump Administration to Block Denial of Care Rule

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By Lambda Legal

May 28, 2019

Today, Lambda Legal, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit challenging the “Denial of Care” Rule issued earlier this month by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, HIV, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Condemns New Trump Health Care Rule Inviting Discrimination Against LGBTQ People and Women

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By Lambda Legal

May 2, 2019

Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it will soon issue a new final rule protecting health care providers who refuse to treat LGBTQ people and women and/or trans people seeking reproductive health care, solely on the basis of the providers’ religious or moral objections.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, HIV, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Transgender Rights, Washington, D.C.
Court Orders Trump Administration to Halt the Discharge of HIV-Positive Airmen

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By Lambda Legal

February 15, 2019

Today, a federal judge ordered the U.S. Department of Defense and Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan to halt discharge proceedings against HIV-positive members of the U.S. Air Force.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, HIV, Military
Trump Quietly Starts Firing Servicemembers Living with HIV Just Before the Holidays

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By Lambda Legal

December 19, 2018

Two HIV-positive Air Force members were given discharge orders just days before the holiday season.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, HIV, Military, Virginia
VICTORY! Michigan Department of Corrections to Amend Policies for Incarcerated People Living With HIV

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By Lambda Legal

November 14, 2018

Lambda Legal and Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service (MPAS) today announced the successful settlement of a 2015 lawsuit filed on behalf of John Dorn against the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC).

See Also: Criminal Justice, HIV, Michigan
California Superior Court Denies Motion to Dismiss in Lambda Legal HIV Program Data Breach Lawsuit

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By Lambda Legal

October 4, 2018

The Superior Court of California (San Francisco) on Monday denied A.J. Boggs & Company’s motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit Lambda Legal filed on behalf of a California man living with HIV and 92 others whose confidential medical records – including their HIV status – were compromised by a data breach of A.J. Boggs & Company’s California AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) online enrollment system.

See Also: HIV, California

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Our Constitutional Rights Are Under Attack

democracy.jpg

Lambda Legal to District Court: Rescinding Job Offer Due to HIV Status is Illegal Discrimination

gavil.jpg

Military Experts, Medical Associations and HIV Advocates Oppose Trump DOD’s Discharge Policy for HIV-Positive Airmen

nick_harrison.jpeg

California District Court Grants Judgment to HIV+ Man Denied Haircut at Los Angeles Barbershop

nikko_social_share.png

Lambda Legal, Americans United and Center for Reproductive Rights Sue Trump Administration to Block Denial of Care Rule

trump_pence.jpg

Lambda Legal Condemns New Trump Health Care Rule Inviting Discrimination Against LGBTQ People and Women

medical.jpeg

Court Orders Trump Administration to Halt the Discharge of HIV-Positive Airmen

us-air-force-1461658_1280.jpg

Trump Quietly Starts Firing Servicemembers Living with HIV Just Before the Holidays

nick_harrison.jpeg

VICTORY! Michigan Department of Corrections to Amend Policies for Incarcerated People Living With HIV

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California Superior Court Denies Motion to Dismiss in Lambda Legal HIV Program Data Breach Lawsuit

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