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Lambda Legal to 11th Circuit Court: School District Must Treat Transgender Students Equally

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By Lambda Legal

December 5, 2019

Today, Lambda Legal asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to affirm a lower court ruling holding that a suburban Jacksonville, Florida, school district must treat transgender student Drew Adams equally by allowing him to use the restroom that matches his gender identity.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Georgia
7 Questions LGBTQ People Have for the 2020 Presidential Candidates

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By Ariel Goldberg

October 10, 2019

As the 2020 election approaches, all eyes are on D.C. (and sometimes on Twitter).

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Fair Courts Project, Health Care Fairness, HIV, Housing, Intersex, Law & Policy Project, Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Military, Racial Justice & Low Income Advocacy, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Same-sex relationships, Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal and Indiana Youth Group Move to Join Lawsuit to Protect Transgender Students

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By Lambda Legal

August 22, 2019

Today, Lambda Legal filed legal papers on behalf of Indiana Youth Group (IYG) to join a lawsuit in a case before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana to protect the interests of transgender students from attack by a teacher who sued the Brownsburg Community School Corporation after officials asked him to refer to transgender students in his classroom accurately by their full names, as requested by their parents and recorded in the school’s database.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Indiana
VICTORY! Arizona Repeals Anti-LGBTQ Curriculum Law After Filing of Lawsuit

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By Lambda Legal

April 11, 2019

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey today signed into law an amendment that repeals the state’s anti-LGBTQ curriculum law that barred LGBTQ students from receiving medically accurate, age-appropriate information about non-heterosexual people in their health education classes.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Teens & Young Adults, Youth and Schools, Arizona
NCLR and Lambda Legal Sue Arizona over Anti-LGBTQ Curriculum Law

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By Lambda Legal

March 28, 2019

The National Center for Lesbian Rights and Lambda Legal, along with law professor Clifford Rosky and pro bono counsel Perkins Coie LLP, today filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Equality Arizona, including its members who are public school students, challenging the State of Arizona’s anti-LGBTQ curriculum law.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Teens & Young Adults, Youth and Schools, Arizona
Eleventh Circuit Court Must Affirm Trial Ruling Allowing A Transgender Florida Student To Use the Right Restroom

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By Lambda Legal

February 22, 2019

Lambda Legal today urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to affirm a lower court ruling and require a suburban Jacksonville, Florida, school district to allow a transgender male student to continue to use the restroom that matches who he is.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Florida
New York Passes Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) and Legislation Banning “Conversion Therapy”

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By Lambda Legal

January 15, 2019

The New York legislature today passed two pro-LGBTQ bills, the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) and a law banning so-called “conversion therapy.”

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Youth in Out-of-Home Care, New York
Lambda Legal Applauds as California Becomes First State to Guarantee Gender-Affirming Health Care for Transgender Foster Youth

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By Lambda Legal

September 21, 2018

Lambda Legal today added its voice to the chorus of praise for AB 2119, which was signed into law by California Governor Jerry Brown.

See Also: Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Victory! Court Orders Florida School District to Allow Transgender Student to Use the Men’s Restroom

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By Lambda Legal

July 26, 2018

Today a federal court ruled in a Lambda Legal lawsuit that St. Johns County School Board in St. Augustine, FL, a suburb of Jacksonville, discriminated against Drew Adams, a 17-year-old boy, by denying him access to the boys’ restroom because he is transgender.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Florida
Update: Lambda Legal Teen Clients Will Attend Prom Together!

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By Lambda Legal

February 14, 2018

Lambda Legal received a response from east Alabama’s Calhoun County School District today that an Alexandria High School lesbian couple will be able to attend prom together.

See Also: Prom, Youth and Schools, Alabama

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Lambda Legal to 11th Circuit Court: School District Must Treat Transgender Students Equally

img_2495.jpg

7 Questions LGBTQ People Have for the 2020 Presidential Candidates

shutterstock_1120658507_copy.jpg

Lambda Legal and Indiana Youth Group Move to Join Lawsuit to Protect Transgender Students

high_school_students_backview_walking.jpg

VICTORY! Arizona Repeals Anti-LGBTQ Curriculum Law After Filing of Lawsuit

two_non-binary_students_doing_work_together_in_class.jpg

NCLR and Lambda Legal Sue Arizona over Anti-LGBTQ Curriculum Law

a_non-binary_student_taking_notes_in_class.jpg

Eleventh Circuit Court Must Affirm Trial Ruling Allowing A Transgender Florida Student To Use the Right Restroom

drew.jpg

New York Passes Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) and Legislation Banning “Conversion Therapy”

pride_flag.jpg

Lambda Legal Applauds as California Becomes First State to Guarantee Gender-Affirming Health Care for Transgender Foster Youth

trans-flag.png

Victory! Court Orders Florida School District to Allow Transgender Student to Use the Men’s Restroom

36407261_10156481442296703_7761154441020964864_o.jpg

Update: Lambda Legal Teen Clients Will Attend Prom Together!

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