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In Rescinding Transgender Prisoner Protections, Trump Administration Again Targets the Most Vulnerable

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By Lambda Legal

May 11, 2018

Today, the Trump Administration released changes to the federal Bureau of Prisons Transgender Offender Manual that undercuts constitutional protections and efforts in federal law – specifically the Prison Rape Enforcement Act (PREA) – to protect all prisoners from sexual assault and violence.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Transgender Rights
When Visibility Is Not A Choice

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By Alexis Paige

March 30, 2018

What happens when people are forced to be visible because their birth assigned sex on legal identity documents does not match their gender identity?

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights, Ohio
Lambda Legal and ACLU File Lawsuit to Challenge Ohio’s Discriminatory Birth Certificate Policy

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By Lambda Legal

March 29, 2018

The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, the American Civil Liberties Union, and Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit challenging Ohio’s refusal to correct the gender marker on birth certificates for transgender individuals, for any reason, at any time

See Also: Birth Certificates, Transgender Rights, Ohio
New White House Transgender Ban Implementation Plan Solves Nothing

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By Lambda Legal

March 23, 2018

The White House today released the proposed plan to implement the discriminatory transgender military ban that President Trump called for in a series of tweets in July.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Military, Transgender Rights, Washington
Lambda Legal Reaches Favorable Settlement for Passion Star, Transgender Woman Sexually Assaulted in Texas Men's Prisons

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By Lambda Legal

March 15, 2018

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Criminal Justice, Transgender Rights
Victory! Federal Court Orders Health Care for Transgender Missouri Inmate

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By Lambda Legal

February 9, 2018

Today, a federal district court ordered the Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) and its contracted healthcare provider, Corizon LLC, to immediately provide Jessica Hicklin, a 38-year-old transgender woman incarcerated at the Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point, with care that her doctors deem to be medically necessary treatment for her gender dysphoria.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN Ask Court to Permanently Block Transgender Military Ban

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By Lambda Legal

January 25, 2018

Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN today asked a federal district court to permanently block enforcement of the Trump Administration’s plan to ban transgender people from serving openly in the U.S. Armed Services.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Military, Transgender Rights, Washington
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
DOJ Backs Down, Dismissing Appeal of Order Putting Trans Military Ban on Hold

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By Lambda Legal

December 29, 2017

Today, the Trump administration withdrew its appeal of a lower court ruling halting implementation of its discriminatory plan to ban transgender people from serving openly in the U.S. Armed Services.

See Also: Military, Transgender Rights
Victory! Court Orders U.S. Military to Immediately Halt Ban of Transgender Troops

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By Lambda Legal

December 11, 2017

The ruling came in the lawsuit brought by Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN challenging the ban, and prevents the ban while the case proceeds.

See Also: Military, Transgender Rights, Washington

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In Rescinding Transgender Prisoner Protections, Trump Administration Again Targets the Most Vulnerable

prison.jpg

When Visibility Is Not A Choice

alexis_3.png

Lambda Legal and ACLU File Lawsuit to Challenge Ohio’s Discriminatory Birth Certificate Policy

ohio.png

New White House Transgender Ban Implementation Plan Solves Nothing

3_clients.png

Lambda Legal Reaches Favorable Settlement for Passion Star, Transgender Woman Sexually Assaulted in Texas Men's Prisons

passion.png

Victory! Federal Court Orders Health Care for Transgender Missouri Inmate

hicklin-ed_0.png

Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN Ask Court to Permanently Block Transgender Military Ban

plaintiffs_1.png

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

doctor_no.png

DOJ Backs Down, Dismissing Appeal of Order Putting Trans Military Ban on Hold

by_gage_skidmore_5440388253_6b88990134_o_copy.jpg

Victory! Court Orders U.S. Military to Immediately Halt Ban of Transgender Troops

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