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Ninth Circuit Denies Another Trump Administration Effort to Implement Transgender Military Ban

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By Lambda Legal

July 18, 2018

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied yet another attempt by the Trump Administration to implement its discriminatory plan to ban transgender people from serving openly in the U.S. Armed Services.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Military, Transgender Rights, Washington
Puerto Rico Begins Allowing Transgender People to Change Their Birth Certificates

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By Lambda Legal

July 16, 2018

Starting today, the Puerto Rican government must provide accurate birth certificates to transgender Puerto Ricans that reflect their gender identity.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Transgender Rights, Puerto Rico
Federal Court Denies Renewed Attempt to Implement Transgender Military Ban

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By Lambda Legal

June 15, 2018

Today, a federal court in Seattle denied yet another attempt by the Trump Administration to implement its discriminatory plan to ban transgender people from serving openly in the U.S. Armed Services.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Military, Transgender Rights
Alaska Denied Health Care Coverage To A Transgender State Employee. We're Suing.

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By Lambda Legal

June 5, 2018

Lambda Legal this morning filed a federal lawsuit against the State of Alaska on behalf of Jennifer Fletcher, a state legislative librarian who was forced to pay out-of-pocket for medically necessary surgical treatment because the state health insurance plan prohibits such coverage only for transgender state employees.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, Alaska
Victory! Federal Court Strikes Unlawful Policy That Denied Health Care to Incarcerated Missouri Transgender Woman

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By Lambda Legal

May 23, 2018

A federal district court has struck down a Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) policy as cruel and unusual punishment because it denies vital health care to transgender people, including Lambda Legal client Jessica Hicklin, a transgender woman incarcerated at the Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, Missouri
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 Elimination 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

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Ninth Circuit Denies Another Trump Administration Effort to Implement Transgender Military Ban

1200x630_karnoski-salut1.png

Puerto Rico Begins Allowing Transgender People to Change Their Birth Certificates

arroyo_social_share.png

Federal Court Denies Renewed Attempt to Implement Transgender Military Ban

1200x630_clients.png

Alaska Denied Health Care Coverage To A Transgender State Employee. We're Suing.

jennifer_fletcher_social.png

Victory! Federal Court Strikes Unlawful Policy That Denied Health Care to Incarcerated Missouri Transgender Woman

1200x630_hicklin.png

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

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