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Billie Jean King, Megan Rapinoe, Layshia Clarendon, and Brianna Turner join more than 150 Athletes and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association in Supporting Trans Youth Participation in Sports

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By Lambda Legal

October 14, 2021

"There is no place in any sport for discrimination of any kind…The global athletic community grows stronger when we welcome and champion all athletes – including LGBTQI+ athletes.”

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, United States
Lambda Legal Add Two Additional Transgender Plaintiffs to its Challenge to West Virginia’s Unlawful Ban On Health Care Coverage

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By Lambda Legal

September 23, 2021

Today, Lambda Legal filed a motion seeking leave to add two additional plaintiffs—a Medicaid participant and a public employee—to its federal class-action lawsuit challenging West Virginia's blanket exclusion of health care coverage for transgender people in West Virgini

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, West Virginia
VICTORY! Fourth Circuit Rules North Carolina Can Be Sued for Violating the Affordable Care Act Over Discriminatory Anti-Transgender State Employee Health Care Plan

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By Lambda Legal

September 1, 2021

Groundbreaking decision marks first time that a federal appellate court rules that ‘sovereign immunity’ does not protect state entities from liability under Affordable Care Act if they receive federal funding.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, North Carolina
Lambda Legal Sues Virginia Department of Corrections on Behalf of Incarcerated Transgender Man Denied Medically Necessary Health Care

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By Lambda Legal

August 26, 2021

“The only thing I am asking is to be treated fairly and have access to the same standard of healthcare that other incarcerated people receive."

See Also: Criminal Justice, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, Virginia
Lambda Legal Celebrates Illinois Appellate Decision Vindicating Transgender Woman in Fight Against Hobby Lobby

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By Lambda Legal

August 17, 2021

“This decision is a win for all transgender people in Illinois and their right to be affirmed in their identities and to be treated with respect.”

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Transgender Rights, Illinois
VICTORY! Federal Court Blocks West Virginia Law Banning Trans Students in School Sports

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By Lambda Legal

July 21, 2021

Today, a federal court ruled that 11-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson must be allowed to try out for the girls’ cross-country and track teams at her school, blocking West Virginia from enforcing a law that bans transgender girls and women from participating in school sports.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, West Virginia
"Stack the Deck Against Hate" Campaign Recycles Anti-Trans Bills into Sports Trading Cards to Celebrate, Advocate on Behalf of Trans Athletes

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By Lambda Legal

July 13, 2021

Lambda Legal and Campbell Ewald Join Coalition of Allies to Launch New Campaign to Fight Wave of Trans Sports Ban Legislation Introduced in More Than Half of States

See Also: Transgender Rights, United States
BREAKING: State Department to Allow X Gender Markers on U.S. Passports

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By Lambda Legal

June 30, 2021

Lambda Legal Plaintiff Dana Zzyym, Intersex and Nonbinary U.S. Navy Veteran, Anticipates the Accurate Passport They’ve Been Seeking for Six Years.

See Also: Transgender Rights, United States
VICTORY! Alaska Removes Medicaid Ban on Transition-Related Health Care

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By Lambda Legal

June 29, 2021

“Transition-related health care is essential health care, full stop. Our clients are delighted that the State of Alaska has, at long last, recognized that fact.”

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, Alaska
In Victory for Transgender Student, Supreme Court Declines to Hear Bathroom Dispute

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By Paul D. Castillo

June 28, 2021

“Gavin’s persistent fight for the rights of transgender young people stands as a reminder that the fight is far from over; he is a beacon of hope. Thank you, Gavin.”

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, United States

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Billie Jean King, Megan Rapinoe, Layshia Clarendon, and Brianna Turner join more than 150 Athletes and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association in Supporting Trans Youth Participation in Sports

shutterstock_1100557307.jpg

Lambda Legal Add Two Additional Transgender Plaintiffs to its Challenge to West Virginia’s Unlawful Ban On Health Care Coverage

fainplaintiffheader-b.jpeg

VICTORY! Fourth Circuit Rules North Carolina Can Be Sued for Violating the Affordable Care Act Over Discriminatory Anti-Transgender State Employee Health Care Plan

kadelmax_03.jpg

Lambda Legal Sues Virginia Department of Corrections on Behalf of Incarcerated Transgender Man Denied Medically Necessary Health Care

192233990_208501517766858_7920514348518520285_n.jpg

Lambda Legal Celebrates Illinois Appellate Decision Vindicating Transgender Woman in Fight Against Hobby Lobby

shutterstock_418471252.jpg

VICTORY! Federal Court Blocks West Virginia Law Banning Trans Students in School Sports

ll_cover-photo_website-1.png

"Stack the Deck Against Hate" Campaign Recycles Anti-Trans Bills into Sports Trading Cards to Celebrate, Advocate on Behalf of Trans Athletes

01_stackthedeckagainsthate1.jpg

BREAKING: State Department to Allow X Gender Markers on U.S. Passports

dana_zzyym.jpg

VICTORY! Alaska Removes Medicaid Ban on Transition-Related Health Care

shutterstock_1844144053.jpg

In Victory for Transgender Student, Supreme Court Declines to Hear Bathroom Dispute

shutterstock_1429387109.jpg

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