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Senior DOJ Official Diana Flynn Moves to Lambda Legal

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By Lambda Legal

March 29, 2018

As Litigation Director, Flynn joins new COO Charles Fields and top-shelf senior management team at nation’s flagship LGBTQ legal organization

See Also: Staff, National Headquarters, Washington DC Office
Why You Should Still Be Paying Attention to Donald Trump's Transgender Military Ban

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By Sasha Buchert

March 27, 2018

Despite the Trump administration’s most recent late Friday night attempt to wrap up this old fish of a “policy” in today’s newspaper, it’s still the same old rotting fish.

See Also: California, Maryland, Washington, Washington, D.C.
Send the Bigoted Transgender Military Ban to the Dustbin of History

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By Lambda Legal

March 27, 2018

“Six courts at multiple levels have swatted down this ill-conceived and discriminatory ban, and the so-called implementation ‘plan’ changed nothing: it’s time to kick it to the curb for good.”

See Also: Out at Work, Washington
Lambda Legal, OutServe-SLDN Urge District Court to Block Permanently Discriminatory Transgender Military Ban

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By Lambda Legal

March 25, 2018

First oral argument after release of White House implementation ‘plan’ scheduled for Tuesday, March 27, 10:00am PT. Lawyers and plaintiffs to hold press conference upon conclusion of hearing.

See Also: Washington
New White House Transgender Ban Implementation Plan Solves Nothing

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By Lambda Legal

March 23, 2018

The White House today released the proposed plan to implement the discriminatory transgender military ban that President Trump called for in a series of tweets in July.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Military, Transgender Rights, Washington
YOU Can Help Stop Trump's Latest Anti-Civil Rights Judicial Nominee, Gordon Giampetro

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By Sasha Buchert

March 21, 2018

In a 2014 radio interview, Gordon Giampietro, one of Donald Trump’s latest judicial nominees, publicly denigrated marriage equality as “an assault on nature” that would undermine the “very idea of marriage” by reducing marriage to “the sex act.”

See Also: Judicial Nominees
Lambda Legal Attorneys Omar Gonzalez-Pagan and Richard Saenz Honored by Hispanic National Bar Association

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By Lambda Legal

March 16, 2018

The Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) named Lambda Legal Staff Attorneys Omar Gonzalez-Pagan and Richard Saenz two recipients of the 2018 HNBA Top Lawyers Under 40 Award.