Transgender Rights

“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.”

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.

Lambda Legal has filed 46 federal lawsuits against the Trump administration to beat back their efforts to harm LGBTQ people and everyone living with HIV.

Today, the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio struck down a discriminatory state policy that prevented transgender people born in Ohio from correcting the gender marker on their birth certificates.