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Lambda Legal Argues in Court to Halt Pentagon Discrimination Against People Living With HIV

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September 14, 2020

Today, Lambda Legal and the Modern Military Association of America (MMAA) asked a federal district court to bar the Trump Administration and the Pentagon from discriminating against people living with HIV by denying them the opportunity to enlist, deploy, or commission as an officer.

See Also: HIV, Military
Victory! Court Rules for Same-Sex Partners Denied Access to Social Security Survivor’s Benefits

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September 11, 2020

A federal district judge today adopted the recommendation of a magistrate judge and struck down as unconstitutional the U.S. Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) categorical denial of survivor’s benefits to surviving same-sex partners who were barred from marrying due to discriminatory state marriage bans.

See Also: Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Seniors
Trump’s SCOTUS Shortlist is Filled with Anti-LGBT and Extremist Judges

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September 9, 2020

The new shortlist of potential Supreme Court nominees is teeming with anti-LGBT extremists and dangerous ideologues.

See Also: Fair Courts Project
Victory! Two HIV-Positive Former Military Cadets to Have Their Day in Court

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September 3, 2020

A federal district court denied a request by the Trump administration to dismiss a lawsuit brought by two former U.S. military cadets challenging the administration’s discriminatory policies targeting servicemembers living with HIV.

See Also: HIV, Military
Court Orders Trump Administration to Halt Key Parts of Health Care Discrimination Rule

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September 2, 2020

This injunction stops the administration’s invitation for providers to discriminate against LGBTQ people.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
87 LGBTQ Organizations Call on U.S. Senate to Pass Delivering for America Act

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August 27, 2020

87 national, state, and local LGBTQ, civil rights, and community organizations urged the U.S. Senate to reconvene and move quickly to pass the Delivering for America Act.
Victory! Court Rules State Department Violated Law in Denying Passport to Married Same-Sex Couple’s Daughter

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August 27, 2020

A federal court in Georgia today ordered the Trump Administration to recognize the U.S. citizenship since birth of Simone Mize-Gregg, the two-year-old daughter of a married same-sex couple, and to issue her a U.S. passport.

See Also: Immigration, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections
Coalition of Indian Tribes, Foster Youth Group, and LGBTQ+ Youth Orgs File Suit to Protect Children in Foster Care From Trump Administration’s Statistical Erasure

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August 27, 2020

Today, two federally recognized Indian tribes, a California-based coalition of tribes, a foster youth and foster care alumni group, and three organizations that work with LGBTQ+ and two-spirit youth in foster care sued the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Administration for Children and Families (ACF).

See Also: Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Lambda Legal and HRC Urge Congress to Protect the USPS

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August 21, 2020

The two organizations sent a letter to Congress urging passage of the Delivering for America Act.
Lambda Legal Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Ruling Protecting LGBTQ Foster Youth and Parents

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August 20, 2020

Today, Lambda Legal submitted a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of itself and 26 local, state, and national organizations that serve LGBTQ youth urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold an appellate court ruling denying Catholic Social Services’ (“CSS”) request that Philadelphia be ordered to contract with CSS for foster parent licensing and recruitment while allowing CSS to refuse to license same-sex couples to foster children who can’t safely return to their own homes.

See Also: Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Youth in Out-of-Home Care