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It’s Not ‘All Psychological’: How the Medical Establishment Fails Transgender Patients

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January 31, 2014

Seeking health care when you’re sick or injured can sometimes be a confusing, nerve-racking, or frustrating experience.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Federal Court Allows Lambda Legal’s West Virginia Marriage Case to Proceed

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January 29, 2014

Today a U.S. District Court ruled that Lambda Legal will be allowed to proceed with its case on behalf of three same-sex couples seeking the freedom to marry in West Virginia.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Video: Flying Solo, A Transgender Widow Fights Discrimination

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January 29, 2014

At 92, Robina Asti, a WWII veteran and pilot, tells her story of living as a transgender woman since 1976 and her fight to be treated like any other widow.

See Also: Robina Asti, Social Security Administration, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Urges Supreme Court to Reject Religious Exemption for For-Profit Companies

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January 28, 2014

Lambda Legal filed a brief today urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject efforts by for-profit companies to block employee health insurance coverage for contraception as required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The companies’ owners claim birth control violates their religious beliefs.

See Also: Affordable Care Act, Health Care Fairness, Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, U.S. Supreme Court
Lambda Legal at Creating Change

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January 27, 2014

Lambda Legal will have a big presence at the 26th annual Creating Change conference this week in Houston, TX.

See Also: Creating Change
Lambda Legal Reacts to Nevada AG Statement Regarding Lawsuit Challenging State Marriage Ban

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January 25, 2014

Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto late yesterday issued a statement declaring that her office was reconsidering the State’s arguments in Lambda Legal’s lawsuit challenging Nevada’s discriminatory marriage ban.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
HHS Missed the Mark for LGBT Seniors

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January 23, 2014

The new regulations from HHS are meant to protect seniors receiving health care services in their homes or in their communities.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Seniors
Virginia Attorney General Finds State Marriage Ban Unconstitutional

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January 23, 2014

The Virginia attorney general will announce today that his office has concluded Virginia’s bans on marriages for same-sex couples are unconstitutional, and he will no longer defend legal challenges to the bans now pending in federal court.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Ninth Circuit Rules Sexual Orientation Discrimination Requires Careful Scrutiny By Courts

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January 21, 2014

The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today overturned a lower court ruling because the trial judge erred in allowing one litigant to use a peremptory challenge (a challenge to a juror not based on demonstrated cause) to remove a juror because of the juror’s sexual orientation.

See Also: Fair Courts Project
Oklahoma News Roundup

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January 17, 2014

On Tuesday, a federal judge in #Oklahoma struck down the state's marriage ban for same-sex couples. The ruling is stayed pending appeal.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships