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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
Betsy DeVos Has Radically Reduced Protections for Survivors of Campus Sexual Violence

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By Sasha Buchert

September 23, 2017

The Trump administration this week unleashed yet another attack on a vulnerable population.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Youth and Schools
Lambda Legal Sues U.S. Departments of Education and Justice for Documents about Trans Student Guidance Withdrawal

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By Lambda Legal

August 23, 2017

Yesterday, Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit to compel the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice to release information about their decision to withdraw guidance detailing the protections transgender students have under Title IX.

See Also: Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, New York
Toilet Flushing: Adiós TX SB3

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August 17, 2017

In a stunning move Tuesday night, the Texas House and Senate ended the month-long special session a full day early. That wise conclusion lifted a cloud of fear from thousands of Texas families because it ended the imminent threat of “bathroom bills” that were pending in both chambers of the Texas legislature.

See Also: Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Texas
Settled: Lawsuit Forces An End To School District's Anti-Transgender Bathroom Policy

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By Lambda Legal

August 1, 2017

Lambda Legal today announced it has reached a settlement with the Pine-Richland School District, forcing the district to end a discriminatory, anti-transgender policy that prevented transgender students from using the bathroom that matches who they are.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Pennsylvania
Trump's #TransBan Shows He Has No Idea What Trans People Trying to Enlist Actually Deal With

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By Payton McGarry

July 28, 2017

Lambda Legal client Payton McGarry recounts his experience in trying to enlist in the military as a transgender man.

See Also: Community Education, Advocacy & Inclusion, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Military, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, North Carolina
My High School Won't Let Me Use the Bathroom, so I’m Suing It

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By Lambda Legal

June 28, 2017

My name is Drew Adams. I’m a 16-year-old soon-to-be-junior in Florida. I'm also transgender.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Florida
Lambda Legal Sues Florida School District Barring Transgender Student From Correct Bathroom

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By Lambda Legal

June 28, 2017

Lambda Legal today filed a federal discrimination lawsuit in the Middle District of Florida against the St. Johns County School Board in St. Augustine, FL, near Jacksonville, on behalf of Drew Adams, a 16-year-old boy, who is being denied access to the boys’ restroom because he is transgender.

See Also: Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Florida
There’s Already A Federal Law Protecting Transgender Students, and Today Is Its 45th Birthday

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By Sasha Buchert

June 23, 2017

Happy birthday, Title IX!

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
Equality Act, LGBTQ Federal Non-Discrimination Bill, Reintroduced in Congress

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By Lambda Legal

May 2, 2017

Today Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley and Rhode Island Representative David Cicilline were joined by Democratic Leaders in the Senate and House as well as members of the bipartisan LGBTQ Equality Caucus to reintroduce the Equality Act, a bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in employment, housing, credit, education, and jury service.

See Also: Advocacy & Inclusion, Community Education, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Health Care Fairness, Law & Policy Project, Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections.Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Washington, D.C.

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

juliet2_copy.jpg

Betsy DeVos Has Radically Reduced Protections for Survivors of Campus Sexual Violence

betsy_devos_c_gage_skidmore.jpg

Lambda Legal Sues U.S. Departments of Education and Justice for Documents about Trans Student Guidance Withdrawal

jomar-thomas-271602.jpg

Toilet Flushing: Adiós TX SB3

1200x630_yallmeansall.png

Settled: Lawsuit Forces An End To School District's Anti-Transgender Bathroom Policy

je_copy_1.png

Trump's #TransBan Shows He Has No Idea What Trans People Trying to Enlist Actually Deal With

payton_1.jpg

My High School Won't Let Me Use the Bathroom, so I’m Suing It

img_1279_edited_small.jpg

Lambda Legal Sues Florida School District Barring Transgender Student From Correct Bathroom

img_1280_edited_small.jpg

There’s Already A Federal Law Protecting Transgender Students, and Today Is Its 45th Birthday

jon-tyson-228429.jpg

Equality Act, LGBTQ Federal Non-Discrimination Bill, Reintroduced in Congress

equalityact_branding_logo74111.png

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