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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
Lambda Legal To Alabama School District: Let Lesbian Couple Go To Prom, Or Get Sued

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By Lambda Legal

February 8, 2018

Lambda Legal sent a letter to eastern Alabama’s Calhoun County School District today warning school officials not to prevent a lesbian couple from attending the prom.

See Also: Same-sex relationships, Teens & Young Adults, Youth and Schools, Alabama
Supreme Court of Hawai’i Hears Parenting Case Testing Marriage Equality Ruling

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By Lambda Legal

December 14, 2017

The Supreme Court of Hawai’i today heard oral argument in the case of C.C. v. D.D., in which Lambda Legal is urging the Court to uphold a lower court ruling that, just like different-sex spouses, same-sex spouses must be treated as the presumed parents of children born during their marriage, with equal rights and equal responsibilities, including legal parentage and child support.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships, Youth and Schools, Hawaii
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Are Trying to Prevent Transgender Children from Lower-Income Families from Receiving Health Care

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By Lambda Legal

October 23, 2017

Pennsylvania lawmakers this week are considering a discriminatory and harmful amendment to the state’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) reauthorization legislation that would deny lower-income Pennsylvania transgender youth access to any transition-related health care services, including counseling.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Youth in Out-of-Home Care, Pennsylvania

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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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Lambda Legal To Alabama School District: Let Lesbian Couple Go To Prom, Or Get Sued

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Supreme Court of Hawai’i Hears Parenting Case Testing Marriage Equality Ruling

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Pennsylvania Lawmakers Are Trying to Prevent Transgender Children from Lower-Income Families from Receiving Health Care

juliet2_copy.jpg

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