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Lambda Legal Condemns Passage of Anti-LGBT Mississippi Bill HB 1523

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By Jennifer C. Pizer

April 5, 2016

Mississippi legislators and Gov. Bryant have ignored the voices of reason and responsibility and have exposed many already terribly vulnerable in the state to yet more discrimination, abuse and violence.

See Also: LAWS AND AMENDMENTS, Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, Mississippi
Lambda Legal Hails Georgia Governor's Veto of Anti-LGBT Bill HB 757

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By Billy Scaltsas

March 28, 2016

Today we feel very fortunate that LGBT people and people with living with HIV were spared from the terrible consequences of HB 757.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions, Georgia
Lambda Legal Urges Georgia Governor to Veto Discrimination Bill HB 757

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By Billy Scaltsas

March 16, 2016

We cannot replace a bad bill with another bad bill. And this bill is very bad. It invites discrimination and encourages lawsuits. It is targeted at the LGBT community, but will sweep in others.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions, Georgia
Why This Year’s Reproductive Freedom Supreme Court Cases are Important for LGBT People and Those Living with HIV

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By Camilla Taylor

March 1, 2016

The rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (“LGBT”) and people living with HIV are on the line again this year before the United States Supreme Court.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Health Care Fairness, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Transgender Rights
Victory! Lambda Legal Applauds Demise of Discriminatory Bill in South Dakota

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By Billy Scaltsas

February 25, 2016

House Bill 1107, a dangerously far-reaching religious refusal bill that would have allowed individuals, businesses, social service agencies and others to discriminate against same-sex couples, transgender people and single mothers on the basis of personally held religious beliefs was tabled in the South Dakota Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions, South Dakota
The Road Ahead: Fighting Anti-LGBT Legislation

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By Lambda Legal

February 23, 2016

Recently, as these election-year LGBT-bashing bills have proliferated, some gay bloggers and reporters have started asking what members of the community also must be wondering: Are our LGBT organizations prepared to deal with this unprecedented level of legislative and ballot attacks? Lambda Legal has been preparing steadily during the past three years and implementing strategies to fight back and win. At the same time, we know our opponents are well-funded and determined, and winning will not be easy.

See Also: Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination
Lambda Legal Urges Georgia House to Reject Anti-LGBT Bill HB 757

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By Lambda Legal

February 19, 2016

After the Georgia Senate passed the so-called "First Amendment Defense Act of Georgia (FADA)", Lambda Legal urged the House to reject HB 757. The anti-LGBT bill encourages private businesses, individuals and medical and social services agencies to discriminate against anyone in Georgia on religious grounds.

See Also: Law & Policy Project, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions, Georgia
Urgent Action Needed in South Dakota

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By Billy Scaltsas

February 19, 2016

There are currently four bills targeting the LGBT community pending in South Dakota, three of which are especially harmful to transgender people.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions, South Dakota
Lambda Legal Urges Supreme Court to Reject Argument that Religious Belief Trumps Equal Access to Health Care

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By Lambda Legal

February 18, 2016

Yesterday, Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Zubik v. Burwell and six related cases urging the Court to reject arguments made by religiously affiliated nonprofit organizations who argue that it burdens their religious beliefs simply to notify the federal government that they are opting out of providing their employees insurance coverage for contraceptives under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Health Care Fairness, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Sues North Carolina Hospital That Denied Health Coverage to Employee’s Same-Sex Spouse

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By Lambda Legal

February 11, 2016

Lambda Legal filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Asheville Division, seeking compensation for Sandra Lively, a registered nurse at North Carolina hospital Park Ridge Health, for the thousands of dollars of expenses she incurred when the hospital refused to allow her to enroll her same-sex spouse in the employee health plan.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Health Care Fairness, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions, North Carolina