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July 2022

Meet the Plaintiffs in Cousins et al. v. The School Board of Orange County et al.

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July 27, 2022

Lambda Legal, the Southern Poverty Law Center, Southern Legal Counsel, and private counsel Baker McKenzie filed a federal lawsuit challenging Florida enacted House Bill 1557, commonly referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” law.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments
Florida Families and Advocacy Groups Sue to Block the Florida Law Known as “Don’t Say Gay”

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July 26, 2022

Late yesterday, Lambda Legal, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Southern Legal Counsel (SLC), and private counsel Baker McKenzie filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Florida enacted House Bill 1557, commonly referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” law.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments
Lambda Legal: Proposed New ACA Rule Critical First Step to Restore Protections for LGBTQ+ People

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July 25, 2022

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Meet Our Lawyers: Shelly Skeen

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July 25, 2022

Name: Shelly Skeen Title: Senior Attorney Pronouns: she/her/hers Location: South Central Regional Office (Dallas, TX)
Lambda Legal Calls for Swift U.S. Senate Action on Respect for Marriage Act

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July 20, 2022

“We applaud our champions in the House, and today call on the U.S. Senate to act with similar speed and bipartisanship to reassure American families that marriage discrimination is and remains unlawful.”

See Also: Marriage Relationships and Family Protections
Lambda Legal Announces Co-Chairs of 2022 Indiana Benefit

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July 12, 2022
Texas Court Blocks State From Investigating More Trans Youth and Their Families

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July 8, 2022

Today the Travis County District Court entered a second injunction against the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) and Commissioner Masters, barring them from implementing the agency’s rule expanding the definition of child abuse to presumptively treat the provision of gender affirming care as child abuse against two more families, Mirabel Voe and her son Antonio, and Wanda Roe and her son Tommy.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Court Removes Trump-Era Rule That Eliminated Discrimination Protections

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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
Lambda Legal: The Supreme Court’s Erasure of Essential Rights Demands Urgent Corrective Action

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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
LGBTQ+ Litigating Organizations Call for Immediate Action to Reform the Supreme Court and Restore Democracy

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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

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