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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
Kansas Adds Name to Roll of States Denying Children Loving Families

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By Lambda Legal

May 18, 2018

Today, Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer signed into law Kansas SB 284, a license-to-discriminate bill that allows taxpayer-funded child welfare agencies to reject foster or adoptive parents based upon the agency's religious beliefs.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Teens & Young Adults, Youth in Out-of-Home Care, Kansas
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
Oklahoma Becomes First State In 2018 To Sign Anti-LGBTQ Legislation Into Law

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By Lambda Legal

May 11, 2018

Today, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed SB 1140, a license-to-discriminate bill that would allow taxpayer-funded child welfare agencies to reject foster or adoptive parents based upon the agency’s religious beliefs.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Teens & Young Adults, Youth in Out-of-Home Care, Oklahoma
With Brennan’s Confirmation, One in 10 Judges on U.S. Courts of Appeals Now a Trump Pick

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By Lambda Legal

May 9, 2018

Today, Sharon McGowan, Director of Strategy at Lambda Legal, issued a statement on Leader McConnell’s legacy of judicial nominations after the Senate voted to invoke cloture on the nomination of Michael Brennan, Donald Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Law & Policy Project, Washington, D.C.
Lambda Legal: Ninth Circuit Nominee’s Demonstrated Lack of Judgment is Disqualifying

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By Lambda Legal

May 9, 2018

Today, Lambda Legal and 31 other organizations urged Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Feinstein to oppose the nomination of Ryan Bounds, President Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Oklahoma and Kansas License-to-Discriminate Bills Deny Children Loving Families

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By Lambda Legal

May 4, 2018

The governors of Oklahoma and Kansas must veto these damaging child welfare bills, not compete to see who will become the first in 2018 to sign discrimination into law and withhold loving homes from vulnerable children.