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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
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
Lambda Legal Hails Biden Administration for Explicitly Extending Fair Credit Protections to LGBTQ People

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By Lambda Legal

March 9, 2021

The U.S. Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) today issued guidance explicitly extending the protections of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) to LGBTQ individuals.

See Also: Housing, United States
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

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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

shutterstock_1844144053.jpg

Senate Committee Holds Hearing on the Equality Act, Marking an Important Step Toward Becoming Law

lesbian_couple_v1.jpg

NEW REPORT: Lambda Legal Report Reveals Alarming Scope and Scale of Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination, Underscoring Need for Urgent Action on the Equality Act

shutterstock_1525868414.jpg

Lambda Legal Hails Biden Administration for Explicitly Extending Fair Credit Protections to LGBTQ People

shutterstock_1910041840.jpg

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

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