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At Height of COVID-19 Pandemic, Trump Administration Finalizes Anti-LGBTQ Health Care Rule

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By Lambda Legal

June 12, 2020

Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a rule change that attempts to roll back anti-discrimination protections in health care, including for LGBTQ people under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex.

See Also: Health Care Fairness
Amidst Pandemic & Nation-Wide Protests, Senate Republicans Advance Anti-Civil Rights Nominee Cory Wilson

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By Lambda Legal

June 11, 2020

In response to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s party-line vote to advance the nomination of Judge Cory Wilson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit,, Sharon McGowan, Legal Director and Chief Strategy Officer at Lambda Legal, released the following statement.

See Also: Fair Courts Project
Anti-Transgender Exclusion Removed from Colorado Group Health Plan

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By Lambda Legal

June 10, 2020

Niamh Anderson took all the necessary steps in preparation for their gender confirming procedure last July, including securing prior insurance authorization for a surgery doctors had said was medically necessary to treat their gender dysphoria.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, Colorado
Lambda Legal: Black and Brown LGBTQ People Particularly Vulnerable to State-sponsored Violence

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By Lambda Legal

June 9, 2020

Lambda Legal late yesterday submitted written testimony to the newly formed Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice highlighting the disproportionate levels of violence and abuse that LGBTQ people, especially LGBTQ people of color, experience in the U.S. criminal legal system.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Washington, D.C.
Federal Court Hears Argument in Case of Child of Gay Maryland Couple Denied Citizenship Recognition

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By Lambda Legal

June 5, 2020

A federal court in Maryland heard arguments today in a case brought by Lambda Legal and Immigration Equality and pro bono counsel Morgan Lewis on behalf of a married gay couple and their daughter Kessem Kiviti, whom the Trump Administration continues to refuse to recognize as a U.S. citizen since birth, even though both of her parents are U.S. citizens.

See Also: Immigration, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Maryland
Lambda Legal Condemns Senate Republicans for Advancing Anti-Health Care Nominee Walker to DC Circuit in Middle of a Pandemic

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By Lambda Legal

June 4, 2020

In response to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s party-line vote to advance the nomination of U.S. District Judge Justin Walker (E.D. Ky.) for a lifetime appointment to the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Sharon McGowan, Legal Director and Chief Strategy Officer at Lambda Legal released the following statement.

See Also: Fair Courts Project
The Deadly Cost of COVID-19 for LGBTQ+ Youth

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By Lambda Legal

June 4, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic reveals a reality we need to face: LGBTQ+ youth are pipelined into carceral systems at higher rates than their non-LGBTQ+ peers, placed at disproportionately high risk of contracting the virus, and too often receive substandard care. It’s time we understand LGBTQ+ youth mass incarceration as a critical public health issue.

See Also: Youth and Schools, Youth in Out-of-Home Care