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Lambda Legal Applauds President Biden’s Quick Action to Strengthen Antidiscrimination Protections for LGBTQ People

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By Lambda Legal

January 20, 2021

“… LGBTQ people can now have confidence that the federal government will actually defend, rather than resist, our right to be free from discrimination.”

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Healthcare Fairness, Housing, Youth and Schools, United States
HUD’s New Shelter Rule Invites Further Discrimination against Transgender People

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By Lambda Legal

July 24, 2020

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today unveiled a proposed new rule that would empower federally funded emergency single-sex homeless shelters to turn away people seeking emergency housing based on the subjective determination of shelter staff about whether the person before them appears sufficiently masculine or feminine to be housed in that facility.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Housing, Transgender Rights, Washington, D.C.
Trump-Pence Administration Rolls Out Invitation to Discriminate Against Transgender People in Homeless Shelters

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By Lambda Legal

July 1, 2020

Today, the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a proposed new rule for federally-funded homeless shelters that would encourage shelters to deny admission to transgender people.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Housing, Transgender Rights, Washington, D.C.
Committing to a Year of Action: Five Ways to Honor Our Community

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By Lambda Legal

November 13, 2019

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Health Care Fairness, Housing, Transgender Rights
7 Questions LGBTQ People Have for the 2020 Presidential Candidates

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October 10, 2019

As the 2020 election approaches, all eyes are on D.C. (and sometimes on Twitter).

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, 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, Housing, Intersex, Law & Policy Project, Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Military, Racial Justice & Low Income Advocacy, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Same-sex relationships, Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights
Our Constitutional Rights Are Under Attack

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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
Equality Act Introduced in Congress

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By Lambda Legal

March 13, 2019

This bipartisan legislation will update existing federal nondiscrimination laws, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Housing Act, to confirm that discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is unlawful discrimination based on sex.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Housing, Religious Exemptions, Transgender Rights
Victory! Court Rules Landlord Discriminated Against LGBT Family

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By Lambda Legal

April 5, 2017

A federal district court judge today ruled that a Boulder County property owner violated both the federal Fair Housing Act and the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act when she refused to rent a housing unit to Lambda Legal clients Rachel and Tonya Smith, a same-sex couple, one of whom is transgender, and their children, because she worried their “uniqueness” would jeopardize her standing in the community.

See Also: Housing, Marriage, Marriage Family and Relationship Protections, Same-sex relationships, Colorado
Erasing LGBTQ People from the 2020 Census Isn't Just Wrong, It's Life-Threatening

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By Lambda Legal

March 29, 2017

The 2020 census won’t include questions about sexual orientation and gender identity. The harm to LGBTQ people from being erased is not just about numbers (although those are certainly important). Census information helps determine the allocation of federally funded social services that are critically important to so many members of the LGBTQ community.

See Also: Advocacy & Inclusion, Community Education, Health Care Fairness, Housing, Law & Policy Project, Same-sex relationships, Seniors, Teens & Young Adults
Ask Lambda Legal: What Are My Housing Rights as an LGBT Senior?

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By Karen Loewy

August 26, 2016

After the death of my partner, my children and I have been discussing moving me into a housing community for older adults, hopefully one that will also provide assisted living and long term care if I need it someday.

See Also: Housing, Seniors

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Lambda Legal Applauds President Biden’s Quick Action to Strengthen Antidiscrimination Protections for LGBTQ People

bostock_eo.jpg

HUD’s New Shelter Rule Invites Further Discrimination against Transgender People

114172349_2750745328535782_8424072808426698979_n.png

Trump-Pence Administration Rolls Out Invitation to Discriminate Against Transgender People in Homeless Shelters

3915d25a-f9b7-4189-b3d3-88aac70eaa24.jpeg

Committing to a Year of Action: Five Ways to Honor Our Community

social_tdor_1.png

7 Questions LGBTQ People Have for the 2020 Presidential Candidates

shutterstock_1120658507_copy.jpg

Our Constitutional Rights Are Under Attack

democracy.jpg

Equality Act Introduced in Congress

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Victory! Court Rules Landlord Discriminated Against LGBT Family

smith_family_cropped.jpg

Erasing LGBTQ People from the 2020 Census Isn't Just Wrong, It's Life-Threatening

by_gage_skidmore_5440392565_25abd8a695_o_-_edited.jpg

Ask Lambda Legal: What Are My Housing Rights as an LGBT Senior?

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