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Court Removes Trump-Era Rule That Eliminated Discrimination Protections

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By Lambda Legal

July 5, 2022

In response to a lawsuit filed by a foster youth and alumni group as well as LGBTQ service and advocacy organizations, a court has remanded and vacated a Trump-era policy permitting taxpayer-funded discrimination against people who receive services from HHS grant programs.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Youth in Out-of-Home Care, United States
Lambda Legal: The Supreme Court’s Erasure of Essential Rights Demands Urgent Corrective Action

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By Lambda Legal

July 1, 2022

The nation’s oldest and largest LGBTQ+ legal rights organization spells out the Supreme Court’s profoundly mistaken erasure of essential civil and voting rights and calls for a series of specific, urgently needed corrections.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, United States
LGBTQ+ Litigating Organizations Call for Immediate Action to Reform the Supreme Court and Restore Democracy

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By Lambda Legal

July 1, 2022

“The Supreme Court has lost the public’s confidence in its integrity and has eroded its own legitimacy.”

See Also: Fair Courts Project, United States
Lambda Legal Announces Jones Day Foundation Grant in Honor of Retiring Partner Curt Kirschner

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By Lambda Legal

June 27, 2022

Lambda Legal today announced the establishment of the F. Curt Kirschner Senior Counsel and Senior Strategist position, funded by a $1 million grant to Lambda Legal from the Jones Day Foundation to honor retiring Jones Day Labor and Employment partner F. Curt Kirschner, Jr.
Lambda Legal: Supreme Court Today Greenlights More Sectarian Prayer in Public Schools

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By Lambda Legal

June 27, 2022

“There is hardly anything more public than kneeling and praying on the 50-yard-line at the end of the game, nor more coercive than one’s coach leading the prayer.”

See Also: Religious Exemptions, United States
Americans United and Lambda Legal: Victory For Woman Rejected By Federally Funded Foster Care Agency Because She Is A Lesbian

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By Lambda Legal

June 24, 2022

Organizations Voluntarily Dismiss Lawsuit Against U.S. Dept. Of HHS After Securing Ability For Tennessee Woman To Foster Refugee Children

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Tennessee, United States
Lambda Legal: “People Will Die”

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By Lambda Legal

June 24, 2022

Lambda Legal today condemned the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, severely undermining more than 50 years of individual liberty, bodily autonomy, and gender equality rights.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, United States