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Victory! Mississippi Supreme Court Rules That Lesbian Spouses Are Both Legal Parents to Their Marital Children

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By Lambda Legal

April 5, 2018

Today, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that married same-sex couples should have the same parenting rights as different sex couples in a Lambda Legal case on behalf of Chris Strickland, a non-biological lesbian mother who was denied legal parentage for children she and her now ex-wife planned for and raised together.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships, Mississippi
Victory! Court Tells Puerto Rico to Issue Accurate Birth Certificates for Transgender Puerto Ricans

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By Lambda Legal

April 4, 2018

Yesterday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico struck down a policy that prevented transgender people born in Puerto Rico from correcting the gender marker on their birth certificates and ordered Commonwealth officials to allow such corrections.

See Also: Puerto Rico
Lambda Legal Sues California HIV/AIDS Drug Program Administrator for Privacy Breach

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By Lambda Legal

April 3, 2018

Lambda Legal today filed a class-action lawsuit in California Superior Court against A.J. Boggs & Company on behalf of 93 low-income Californians living with HIV whose confidential medical records – including their HIV status – were compromised by a data breach of A.J. Boggs’s California AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) online enrollment system.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, HIV
This Trans Day of Visibility, We Must Do More Than Be Visible; We Must Resist

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By Transgender Rights Project

March 31, 2018

Today marks the 9th annual International Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV), a day designated to lift up transgender and gender-nonconforming (TGNC) communities and our issues. And for Lambda Legal, it’s a day to be proud of the important work we do year-round in securing the full recognition of civil rights for TGNC people.

See Also: Intersectionality, Resistance, Trans Day of Visibility
When Visibility Is Not A Choice

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By Alexis Paige

March 30, 2018

What happens when people are forced to be visible because their birth assigned sex on legal identity documents does not match their gender identity?

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights, Ohio
From Emma Gonzalez to Sara Ramirez, Bisexual Activists Are Erasing Stigma in the Public (And in Health Care)

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By Nancy Marcus

March 29, 2018

In its fifth year, this campaign is more important than ever. In 2018, threats to LGBTQ health care are increasing -- even at the hands of the United States Department of Health and Humans Services (HHS) -- while troubling health disparities within the bisexual population persist.

See Also: Bisexuality
Lambda Legal and ACLU File Lawsuit to Challenge Ohio’s Discriminatory Birth Certificate Policy

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By Lambda Legal

March 29, 2018

The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, the American Civil Liberties Union, and Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit challenging Ohio’s refusal to correct the gender marker on birth certificates for transgender individuals, for any reason, at any time

See Also: Birth Certificates, Transgender Rights, Ohio