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Federal Judge Hears Second Round of Oral Arguments in Case of Two-Year-Old Daughter of Married Same-Sex Couple Treated as “Born Out of Wedlock”

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By Lambda Legal

July 29, 2020

A federal judge in Atlanta heard oral arguments today in a case brought by Immigration Equality, Lambda Legal, and pro bono counsel Morgan Lewis against the U.S. State Department for refusing to recognize the citizenship from birth of Simone Mize-Gregg, the two-year-old daughter of U.S. citizens, Derek Mize and Jonathan Gregg.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Immigration, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Georgia
Lambda Legal Sues New York Over Refusal to Allow Gender Neutral Marker on Driver’s Licenses

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By Lambda Legal

July 28, 2020

Today Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit on behalf of Sander Saba, a nonbinary transgender New York resident who is seeking an accurate New York driver’s license that reflects their nonbinary gender identity.

See Also: Transgender Rights, New York
HUD’s New Shelter Rule Invites Further Discrimination against Transgender People

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By Lambda Legal

July 24, 2020

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today unveiled a proposed new rule that would empower federally funded emergency single-sex homeless shelters to turn away people seeking emergency housing based on the subjective determination of shelter staff about whether the person before them appears sufficiently masculine or feminine to be housed in that facility.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Housing, Transgender Rights, Washington, D.C.
Lambda Legal Mourns the Passing of Civil Rights Icon John Lewis

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By Kevin Jennings

July 18, 2020

We stand in awe and admiration of Mr. Lewis’ enormous contributions not only to the LGBTQ community but to the unending struggle to uproot inequality wherever it exists.
Lambda Legal Asks Court to Block Anti-Trans Health Care Rule

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By Lambda Legal

July 9, 2020

Today, Lambda Legal asked a federal district court to prevent the recently published health care discrimination rule from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from going into effect.

See Also: Health Care Fairness
Indiana LGBTQ Leaders Named as 2020 Indiana Benefit Co-Chairs

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By Lambda Legal

July 8, 2020

Lambda Legal announced the co-chairs of the 2020 Indiana Benefit, the largest annual LGBTQ civil rights event in the state.

See Also: Indiana
Supreme Court Rules That Employers Can Deny Reproductive Health Coverage Under the ACA

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By Lambda Legal

July 8, 2020

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 to approve the Trump administration’s expansion of large employers’ ability to largely ignore the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) birth-control insurance rule, which Congress enacted to increase equal treatment of women workers.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Religious Exemptions