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New York Passes Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) and Legislation Banning “Conversion Therapy”

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By Lambda Legal

January 15, 2019

The New York legislature today passed two pro-LGBTQ bills, the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) and a law banning so-called “conversion therapy.”

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Youth in Out-of-Home Care, New York
LGBTQ People Are Not A "Trend", Neomi Rao

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By Lambda Legal

January 15, 2019

Sharon McGowan, Legal Director and Chief Strategy Officer of Lambda Legal, issued the following statement after BuzzFeed News reported on a series of Naomi Rao’s inflammatory writings.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Washington, D.C.
LGBTQ Advocates Urge Eleventh Circuit to Uphold Lower Court Ruling to Provide Medical Care to Transgender Woman in Florida Prison

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By Lambda Legal

January 10, 2019

See Also: Criminal Justice, Transgender Rights, Florida
Trump's Judicial Assault on LGBT Rights

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By Lambda Legal

January 2, 2019

Bias and bigotry are the new norms after two years of Trump nominees. Read Lambda Legal's new report.
Supreme Court Should Maintain Injunction Against Implementation of Discriminatory Transgender Military Ban

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By Lambda Legal

December 28, 2018

Lambda Legal today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to deny a request from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) asking the Court to stay enforcement of the preliminary injunctions that have kept the Trump administration from implementing its discriminatory plan to ban transgender people from serving openly in the U.S. Armed Services.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Military, Transgender Rights, Washington, D.C.
The Supreme Court Should Deny Premature Request for Review of Transgender Military Ban Rulings

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By Lambda Legal

December 26, 2018

Lambda Legal today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to deny a petition from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) asking that the Court review three preliminary federal district court rulings that have kept the Trump administration from implementing its discriminatory plan to ban transgender people from serving openly in the U.S. Armed Services.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Military, Transgender Rights, Washington, D.C.
No, Businesses Cannot Exempt Themselves From Civil Rights Laws

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By Lambda Legal

December 21, 2018

Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief late yesterday urging the Arizona Supreme Court to affirm an appellate court ruling that denied a Phoenix business’s request that it be exempt from the City of Phoenix anti-discrimination ordinance and instead be allowed to refuse service to same-sex couples because they claim it violates their religion to treat same- and different-sex couples equally.