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Lambda Legal Sues Virginia Department of Corrections on Behalf of Incarcerated Transgender Man Denied Medically Necessary Health Care

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August 26, 2021

“The only thing I am asking is to be treated fairly and have access to the same standard of healthcare that other incarcerated people receive."

See Also: Criminal Justice, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Celebrates “Keeping Youth Safe and Healthy Act” Becoming Illinois Law

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August 20, 2021

Creates age-appropriate learning standards for public schools that choose to teach comprehensive personal health and safety education and comprehensive sexual health education

See Also: Youth and Schools
Lambda Legal Celebrates Illinois Appellate Decision Vindicating Transgender Woman in Fight Against Hobby Lobby

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August 17, 2021

“This decision is a win for all transgender people in Illinois and their right to be affirmed in their identities and to be treated with respect.”

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Transgender Rights
MA Supreme Judicial Court Declares LGBTQ People Must Be Protected from Discrimination in Jury Selection, Reaffirms that Challenges to Discriminatory Strikes on the Basis of Race or Any Protected Class Must be Addressed Individually

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August 16, 2021

The SJC also explicitly articulated for the first time that sexual orientation is a protected class for purposes of a Batson-Soares objection to peremptory challenges

See Also: Fair Courts Project
Lambda Legal Mourns Passing of Openly Gay U.S. Ambassador and Champion for LGBTQ Rights, Jim Hormel

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August 13, 2021

“Lambda Legal, our movement, and I have lost a great and irreplaceable friend, one I will truly and deeply miss."
Tenth Circuit Affirms Federal Trial Court Ruling Rejecting Anti-LGBTQ License to Discriminate

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July 26, 2021

“The appellate court today saw through ADF’s transparent and continuing effort to secure a ‘free to discriminate’ card to exempt 303 Creative from abiding by the laws all other Colorado businesses are expected to follow.”

See Also: Religious Exemptions
Lambda Legal Welcomes Kristine Kippins as New Deputy Legal Director for Policy

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July 26, 2021

"After years of working alongside this impressive and dedicated attorney, we are thrilled to have someone as talented and respected within the civil rights community as Kristine join our Washington office."

See Also: Law & Policy Project
VICTORY! Federal Court Blocks West Virginia Law Banning Trans Students in School Sports

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July 21, 2021

Today, a federal court ruled that 11-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson must be allowed to try out for the girls’ cross-country and track teams at her school, blocking West Virginia from enforcing a law that bans transgender girls and women from participating in school sports.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
"Stack the Deck Against Hate" Campaign Recycles Anti-Trans Bills into Sports Trading Cards to Celebrate, Advocate on Behalf of Trans Athletes

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July 13, 2021

Lambda Legal and Campbell Ewald Join Coalition of Allies to Launch New Campaign to Fight Wave of Trans Sports Ban Legislation Introduced in More Than Half of States

See Also: Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Applauds Supreme Court Rejection of Anti-LGBT Religious Exemption Case

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July 2, 2021

“The Supreme Court here did what the justices should have done two years ago after Masterpiece Cakeshop: Reaffirm important, longstanding precedent and deny the case yet another hearing.”

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments

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Lambda Legal Sues Virginia Department of Corrections on Behalf of Incarcerated Transgender Man Denied Medically Necessary Health Care

192233990_208501517766858_7920514348518520285_n.jpg

Lambda Legal Celebrates “Keeping Youth Safe and Healthy Act” Becoming Illinois Law

shutterstock_141891325.jpg

Lambda Legal Celebrates Illinois Appellate Decision Vindicating Transgender Woman in Fight Against Hobby Lobby

shutterstock_418471252.jpg

MA Supreme Judicial Court Declares LGBTQ People Must Be Protected from Discrimination in Jury Selection, Reaffirms that Challenges to Discriminatory Strikes on the Basis of Race or Any Protected Class Must be Addressed Individually

shutterstock_1281067996.jpg

Lambda Legal Mourns Passing of Openly Gay U.S. Ambassador and Champion for LGBTQ Rights, Jim Hormel

screen_shot_2021-08-13_at_2.17.17_pm.png

Tenth Circuit Affirms Federal Trial Court Ruling Rejecting Anti-LGBTQ License to Discriminate

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Lambda Legal Welcomes Kristine Kippins as New Deputy Legal Director for Policy

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VICTORY! Federal Court Blocks West Virginia Law Banning Trans Students in School Sports

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"Stack the Deck Against Hate" Campaign Recycles Anti-Trans Bills into Sports Trading Cards to Celebrate, Advocate on Behalf of Trans Athletes

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Lambda Legal Applauds Supreme Court Rejection of Anti-LGBT Religious Exemption Case

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