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Religious Exemptions in Child Welfare System Would Harm Millions of Children

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August 18, 2020

New Report Highlights Potential Outcomes of Upcoming Supreme Court Case and Implications for Broader Social Services and Nondiscrimination Protections

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Religious Exemptions in Child Welfare System Would Harm Millions of Children

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August 18, 2020

Today the Movement Advancement Project (MAP) released The High Stakes in the Fulton Case: Undermining the Vital Role of Child Welfare Laws & Regulations in Protecting America’s Children.

See Also: Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Federal Trial Court Issues Injunction Against Anti-LGBTQ Provisions of HHS’ Health Care Discrimination Rule

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August 17, 2020

The case challenges to the Trump administration’s health care discrimination rule.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Trump Administration Appeals Court Decision Recognizing Citizenship of Same-Sex Couple’s Child

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August 17, 2020

On Friday, the U.S. State Department appealed the June 17th decision of a Maryland federal district court that recognized the birthright citizenship of Kessem Kiviti, the child of married U.S. citizens, Roee and Adiel Kiviti.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Immigration
Lambda Legal Names Sherise Bright as Chief Communications Officer

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August 17, 2020

Today, Lambda Legal announced it has named Sherise Bright as the organization's next Chief Communications Officer.
Victory! Federal Court Rules Trans Students Must Have Access to Bathrooms That Match Their Gender

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August 7, 2020

Drew Adams’ case was the country’s first trial involving a transgender student’s equal access to restrooms.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
Victory! Court Confirms Idaho's Anti-Transgender Birth Certificate Law Violates Ruling

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August 7, 2020

The federal district court in Idaho today slapped down an effort by the Idaho legislature and Idaho Gov. Brad Little to resuscitate a ban preventing transgender people born in Idaho from changing the gender marker on their birth certificates to match their gender identity.

See Also: Transgender Rights
Federal Judge Hears Second Round of Oral Arguments in Case of Two-Year-Old Daughter of Married Same-Sex Couple Treated as “Born Out of Wedlock”

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July 29, 2020

A federal judge in Atlanta heard oral arguments today in a case brought by Immigration Equality, Lambda Legal, and pro bono counsel Morgan Lewis against the U.S. State Department for refusing to recognize the citizenship from birth of Simone Mize-Gregg, the two-year-old daughter of U.S. citizens, Derek Mize and Jonathan Gregg.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Immigration, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections
Lambda Legal Sues New York Over Refusal to Allow Gender Neutral Marker on Driver’s Licenses

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July 28, 2020

Today Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit on behalf of Sander Saba, a nonbinary transgender New York resident who is seeking an accurate New York driver’s license that reflects their nonbinary gender identity.

See Also: Transgender Rights
HUD’s New Shelter Rule Invites Further Discrimination against Transgender People

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July 24, 2020

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today unveiled a proposed new rule that would empower federally funded emergency single-sex homeless shelters to turn away people seeking emergency housing based on the subjective determination of shelter staff about whether the person before them appears sufficiently masculine or feminine to be housed in that facility.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Housing, Transgender Rights

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Religious Exemptions in Child Welfare System Would Harm Millions of Children

gnc_person_of_colour_dad_outside_home_med.jpg

Religious Exemptions in Child Welfare System Would Harm Millions of Children

twitter-fulton-1.png

Federal Trial Court Issues Injunction Against Anti-LGBTQ Provisions of HHS’ Health Care Discrimination Rule

a_transgender_woman_in_a_hospital_gown_being_treated_by_a_doctor_a_transgender_man.jpg

Trump Administration Appeals Court Decision Recognizing Citizenship of Same-Sex Couple’s Child

kiviti_cropped.jpeg

Lambda Legal Names Sherise Bright as Chief Communications Officer

sherise2020_147_edit_smaller_size_large_copy.jpg

Victory! Federal Court Rules Trans Students Must Have Access to Bathrooms That Match Their Gender

drew_cropped_sized.jpeg

Victory! Court Confirms Idaho's Anti-Transgender Birth Certificate Law Violates Ruling

transgender.jpg

Federal Judge Hears Second Round of Oral Arguments in Case of Two-Year-Old Daughter of Married Same-Sex Couple Treated as “Born Out of Wedlock”

mize-greggs.jpg

Lambda Legal Sues New York Over Refusal to Allow Gender Neutral Marker on Driver’s Licenses

sander_saba_2_social_sized.jpg

HUD’s New Shelter Rule Invites Further Discrimination against Transgender People

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