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Illinois Medicaid Should Cover Gender-Affirming Health Care

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By Lambda Legal

July 3, 2019

Lambda Legal submitted comments and suggested changes to the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (“IHFS”).

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, Illinois
Trump Administration Announces Postponement of Denial of Care Rule

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By Lambda Legal

July 2, 2019

The Denial of Care Rule will no longer go into effect on July 22.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights
200+ Major Businesses File Landmark Brief in Support of LGBTQ Workers

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By Lambda Legal

July 2, 2019

The Supreme Court brief will be filed in a trio of cases that may determine whether LGBTQ people are protected from discrimination.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Transgender Rights
Victory! Kansas Agrees to Issue Accurate Birth Certificates to Transgender People

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By Lambda Legal

June 24, 2019

Transgender people born in Kansas will now be able to correct the gender marker on their birth certificates under a consent judgment between Lambda Legal and state officials issued Friday evening by a federal court.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Kansas
Lambda Legal, Americans United and Center for Reproductive Rights Sue Trump Administration to Block Denial of Care Rule

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By Lambda Legal

May 28, 2019

Today, Lambda Legal, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit challenging the “Denial of Care” Rule issued earlier this month by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, HIV, Transgender Rights
We're Suing The Department of Health & Human Services For Failure To Disclose Documents About LGBTQ People

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By Lambda Legal

May 22, 2019

Lambda Legal today filed a federal lawsuit to compel the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to release information about their communications with outside organizations and decisions pertaining to the health care and well-being of LGBTQ people, including the alleged suspension of the publication and implementation of LGBTQ nondiscrimination rules and regulations.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Transgender Rights, New York
Lambda Legal to Tenth Circuit: Affirm Ruling for Nonbinary Intersex Veteran Seeking an Accurate U.S. Passport

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By Lambda Legal

May 9, 2019

Lambda Legal last night filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit urging the court to uphold a lower court ruling that the State Department cannot rely on its male-or-female-only gender policy to withhold a U.S. passport from Dana Zzyym, a U.S. Navy veteran who is intersex and nonbinary, and does not identify as male or female.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights, Colorado
Lambda Legal Condemns New Trump Health Care Rule Inviting Discrimination Against LGBTQ People and Women

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By Lambda Legal

May 2, 2019

Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it will soon issue a new final rule protecting health care providers who refuse to treat LGBTQ people and women and/or trans people seeking reproductive health care, solely on the basis of the providers’ religious or moral objections.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, HIV, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Transgender Rights, Washington, D.C.
Lambda Legal Sues Tennessee Over Anti-Transgender Birth Certificate Policy

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By Lambda Legal

April 23, 2019

Today Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s policy prohibiting transgender people born in Tennessee from correcting the gender marker on their birth certificates.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Tennessee
Lambda Legal Applauds Passage of House Resolution Condemning Transgender Military Ban

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By Sharon McGowan

March 28, 2019

Today, Sharon McGowan, Legal Director and Chief Strategy Officer of Lambda Legal, issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed a non-binding resolution rejecting President Trump’s ban on transgender people serving openly in the military.

See Also: Military, Transgender Rights

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Illinois Medicaid Should Cover Gender-Affirming Health Care

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Trump Administration Announces Postponement of Denial of Care Rule

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200+ Major Businesses File Landmark Brief in Support of LGBTQ Workers

1200x630-rollback.png

Victory! Kansas Agrees to Issue Accurate Birth Certificates to Transgender People

1200x630_ks-plaintiffs_2.png

Lambda Legal, Americans United and Center for Reproductive Rights Sue Trump Administration to Block Denial of Care Rule

trump_pence.jpg

We're Suing The Department of Health & Human Services For Failure To Disclose Documents About LGBTQ People

sad_stethoscope.jpeg

Lambda Legal to Tenth Circuit: Affirm Ruling for Nonbinary Intersex Veteran Seeking an Accurate U.S. Passport

dana_cropped.jpeg

Lambda Legal Condemns New Trump Health Care Rule Inviting Discrimination Against LGBTQ People and Women

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Lambda Legal Sues Tennessee Over Anti-Transgender Birth Certificate Policy

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Lambda Legal Applauds Passage of House Resolution Condemning Transgender Military Ban

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