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Advocates Urge Federal Court to Affirm Ruling Striking Down Trump Administration Denial of Care Rule

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By Lambda Legal

October 14, 2020

The Denial of Care Rule invited health care workers to deny medical treatment, information and services to patients because of personal religious or moral beliefs

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Mourns the Passing of Pioneer Journalist and LGBTQ Advocate Monica Roberts

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By Lambda Legal

October 8, 2020

Her love for and her commitment to her community saved lives.

See Also: Transgender Rights
Court Orders Trump Administration to Halt Key Parts of Health Care Discrimination Rule

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By Lambda Legal

September 2, 2020

This injunction stops the administration’s invitation for providers to discriminate against LGBTQ people.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
I'm Trans. Trump's Health Care Rule Is Life-Threatening.

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By Charles Brown

August 18, 2020

My name is Charlie Brown. I'm a Lambda Legal intern in the Midwest Regional Office (although currently working from home).

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Federal Trial Court Issues Injunction Against Anti-LGBTQ Provisions of HHS’ Health Care Discrimination Rule

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By Lambda Legal

August 17, 2020

The case challenges to the Trump administration’s health care discrimination rule.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Victory! Federal Court Rules Trans Students Must Have Access to Bathrooms That Match Their Gender

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By Lambda Legal

August 7, 2020

Drew Adams’ case was the country’s first trial involving a transgender student’s equal access to restrooms.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Florida
Victory! Court Confirms Idaho's Anti-Transgender Birth Certificate Law Violates Ruling

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By Lambda Legal

August 7, 2020

The federal district court in Idaho today slapped down an effort by the Idaho legislature and Idaho Gov. Brad Little to resuscitate a ban preventing transgender people born in Idaho from changing the gender marker on their birth certificates to match their gender identity.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Idaho
Lambda Legal Sues New York Over Refusal to Allow Gender Neutral Marker on Driver’s Licenses

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By Lambda Legal

July 28, 2020

Today Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit on behalf of Sander Saba, a nonbinary transgender New York resident who is seeking an accurate New York driver’s license that reflects their nonbinary gender identity.

See Also: Transgender Rights, New York
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.

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Advocates Urge Federal Court to Affirm Ruling Striking Down Trump Administration Denial of Care Rule

denial-of-care-fb.png

Lambda Legal Mourns the Passing of Pioneer Journalist and LGBTQ Advocate Monica Roberts

monica.jpg

Court Orders Trump Administration to Halt Key Parts of Health Care Discrimination Rule

a_transgender_woman_in_a_hospital_gown_being_treated_by_a_doctor_a_transgender_man.jpg

I'm Trans. Trump's Health Care Rule Is Life-Threatening.

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Federal Trial Court Issues Injunction Against Anti-LGBTQ Provisions of HHS’ Health Care Discrimination Rule

a_transgender_woman_in_a_hospital_gown_being_treated_by_a_doctor_a_transgender_man.jpg

Victory! Federal Court Rules Trans Students Must Have Access to Bathrooms That Match Their Gender

drew_cropped_sized.jpeg

Victory! Court Confirms Idaho's Anti-Transgender Birth Certificate Law Violates Ruling

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Lambda Legal Sues New York Over Refusal to Allow Gender Neutral Marker on Driver’s Licenses

sander_saba_2_social_sized.jpg

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

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

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