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Our Response to President Trump's 2020 State of the Union Address

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By Lambda Legal

February 4, 2020
Lambda Legal Mourns Passing of Judge Deborah Batts

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By Sharon McGowan

February 4, 2020

Federal District Judge Deborah A Batts, the first openly lesbian federal judge when she was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by President Bill Clinton in in 1994, died Sunday at the age of 72.

See Also: New York
Judge Sides with Same-Sex Partners Denied Equal Access to Social Security Survivor’s Benefits

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By Lambda Legal

January 31, 2020

A federal magistrate judge today recommended striking down as unconstitutional the U.S. Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) categorical denial of survivor’s benefits to surviving same-sex partners who were barred from marrying due to discriminatory state marriage bans.

See Also: Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships, Seniors, Washington
Lambda Legal Urges Tenth Circuit to Uphold Ruling in Favor of Intersex Vet Seeking Accurate Passport

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By Lambda Legal

January 22, 2020

The State Department cannot rely on its male-or-female-only gender policy to withhold a U.S. passport from Dana Zzyym, a U.S. Navy veteran who is intersex and nonbinary.

See Also: Intersex, Transgender Rights
Children Born Abroad to Married U.S. Same-Sex Parents Are U.S. Citizens, Lambda Legal Tells Courts

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By Lambda Legal

January 16, 2020

Lambda Legal, Immigration Equality and pro bono counsel Morgan Lewis this week urged federal district courts in Georgia and Maryland to compel the U.S. State Department to recognize the U.S. citizenship of two children born abroad to married same-sex couples who are themselves U.S. citizens.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Immigration, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, New York
Lambda Legal and ACLU Urge Federal Court in Ohio to Strike Down Anti-Transgender Birth Certificate Policy

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By Lambda Legal

January 16, 2020

The policy prohibits transgender people from correcting the gender marker on their birth certificates.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Ohio
6 LGBTQ Rights Fights to Watch in 2020

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By Ariel Goldberg

January 15, 2020

We’re only two weeks into 2020 and there is no shortage of action.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, HIV, Intersex, Law & Policy Project, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Military, Religious Exemptions, Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Youth in Out-of-Home Care

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Our Response to President Trump's 2020 State of the Union Address

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Lambda Legal Mourns Passing of Judge Deborah Batts

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Judge Sides with Same-Sex Partners Denied Equal Access to Social Security Survivor’s Benefits

thornton_-_helen_in_black_marge_with_vest.jpg

Lambda Legal Urges Tenth Circuit to Uphold Ruling in Favor of Intersex Vet Seeking Accurate Passport

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Children Born Abroad to Married U.S. Same-Sex Parents Are U.S. Citizens, Lambda Legal Tells Courts

1200x630_kivitimize.png

Lambda Legal and ACLU Urge Federal Court in Ohio to Strike Down Anti-Transgender Birth Certificate Policy

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6 LGBTQ Rights Fights to Watch in 2020

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