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Health and LGBTQ Legal Advocates to Florida: Gender-Affirming Care Is Safe, Effective and Essential; Transgender Floridians Cannot Be Erased

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By Lambda Legal

June 6, 2022

Lambda Legal, Southern Legal Counsel, Florida Health Justice Project, and National Health Law Program today issued the following statement in response to yesterday’s announcement from the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), which oversees Florida’s Medicaid Program, that it will start a rule-making process concerning Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming health care

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Meet Our Lawyers: Sruti J. Swaminathan

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By Lambda Legal

June 1, 2022

Name: Sruti J. Swaminathan Job Title: Staff Attorney for Youth Pronouns: they/them, she/her Location: New York (H.D.Q.)
Lambda Legal Files Second EEOC Complaint against Dallas Arboretum on Behalf of Terminated Employee

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By Lambda Legal

June 1, 2022

“I was promoted, promised training and support, and received positive evaluations. The minute they found out I was gay, that all changed.”

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Texas
Meet Our Lawyers: Huong Lam

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By Lambda Legal

May 27, 2022

Huong Lam (she/her/hers) Legal Help Desk Attorney
Lambda Legal Mourns the Passing of Legendary Activist Urvashi Vaid

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By Lambda Legal

May 14, 2022

Today Lambda Legal learned that legendary queer activist Urvashi Vaid passed away.
Lambda Legal, ACLU Statement on Texas Supreme Court Ruling Partially Upholding Injunction Blocking Investigations into Families of Transgender Youth

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By Lambda Legal

May 13, 2022

The Texas Supreme Court issued a ruling this morning that upholds part of an appeals court order preventing the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) from investigating parents who work with medical professionals to provide their adolescent transgender children with medically necessary healthcare.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Texas
Lambda Legal Names John E. Roane, Jr. as Chief Operating Officer

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By Lambda Legal

May 11, 2022

Today, Lambda Legal announced it has named John E. Roane, Jr. as the organization's next Chief Operating Officer.