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7 Questions LGBTQ People Have for the 2020 Presidential Candidates

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By Ariel Goldberg

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
Proposed Trump Administration Rule Seeks to Roll Back ACA Protections for LGBTQ People

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By Lambda Legal

August 14, 2019

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Law & Policy Project, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Transgender Rights
We're Suing The Department of Health & Human Services For Failure To Disclose Documents About LGBTQ People

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By Lambda Legal

May 22, 2019

Lambda Legal today filed a federal lawsuit to compel the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to release information about their communications with outside organizations and decisions pertaining to the health care and well-being of LGBTQ people, including the alleged suspension of the publication and implementation of LGBTQ nondiscrimination rules and regulations.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Transgender Rights, New York
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.
NCLR and Lambda Legal Sue Arizona over Anti-LGBTQ Curriculum Law

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By Lambda Legal

March 28, 2019

The National Center for Lesbian Rights and Lambda Legal, along with law professor Clifford Rosky and pro bono counsel Perkins Coie LLP, today filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Equality Arizona, including its members who are public school students, challenging the State of Arizona’s anti-LGBTQ curriculum law.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Teens & Young Adults, Youth and Schools, Arizona
Intersex-Affirming Hospital Policy Guide Published Following First U.S. Legislative Acknowledgement of Non-consensual Surgical Procedures on Intersex People

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By Lambda Legal

September 13, 2018

interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth, Lambda Legal, and Proskauer Rose LLP have released the nation’s first intersex-affirming hospital policy guide, offering concrete steps for medical providers to provide sensitive, non-discriminatory care to intersex patients.

See Also: Healthcare Fairness, Intersex, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, United States
Trump Admin Trying to Make It Easier for Medical Providers to Discriminate Against LGBT People (Again)

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By Camilla Taylor

January 19, 2018

Today’s proposed HHS rule represents nothing less than our own government attacking LGBT people, everyone living with HIV, women and many others in urgent need of health care.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, HIV, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Files FOIA Request After Trump Administration Restricts Use of Seven Words at CDC

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By Lambda Legal

December 20, 2017

Today, Lambda Legal filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for any and all documents and communications from the Trump-Pence administration regarding their prohibition of the words “vulnerable,” “entitlement,” “diversity,” “transgender,” “fetus,” “evidence-based” and “science-based” in any budget documents from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), other divisions of HHS or any government agency.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Health Care Fairness, HIV, LAWS AND AMENDMENTS, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Transgender Rights
California Sex Workers Deserve Their Day In Court

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By Lambda Legal

October 19, 2017

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments in the case of Erotic Service Provider Legal, Education and Research Project (ESPLERP) v. Gascón, a case challenging California laws that criminalize sex work.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, California
Valerie Huber, an Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Leader, Has Been Appointed to a Key Position in the Department of Health and Human Services

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By Sharon McGowan

June 6, 2017

Today, Valerie Huber, a leader in the movement against science-based and honest sex education in schools was appointed as Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary for Health for the US Department of Health and Human Services.

See Also: Advocacy & Inclusion, Community Education, Health Care Fairness, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Resistance, Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights, Washington, D.C.

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7 Questions LGBTQ People Have for the 2020 Presidential Candidates

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Proposed Trump Administration Rule Seeks to Roll Back ACA Protections for LGBTQ People

1200x630_social.png

We're Suing The Department of Health & Human Services For Failure To Disclose Documents About LGBTQ People

sad_stethoscope.jpeg

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

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NCLR and Lambda Legal Sue Arizona over Anti-LGBTQ Curriculum Law

a_non-binary_student_taking_notes_in_class.jpg

Intersex-Affirming Hospital Policy Guide Published Following First U.S. Legislative Acknowledgement of Non-consensual Surgical Procedures on Intersex People

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Trump Admin Trying to Make It Easier for Medical Providers to Discriminate Against LGBT People (Again)

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Lambda Legal Files FOIA Request After Trump Administration Restricts Use of Seven Words at CDC

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California Sex Workers Deserve Their Day In Court

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Valerie Huber, an Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Leader, Has Been Appointed to a Key Position in the Department of Health and Human Services

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