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Lambda Legal Mourns Death of Kansas LGBTQ Leader Stephanie Mott and Honors Her Legacy

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March 5, 2019

After the passing of LGBTQ leader and trailblazer Stephanie Mott, former chair of Equality Kansas and founder of Kansas Statewide Transgender Education Project (K-STEP), Lambda Legal Senior Attorney Omar Gonzalez-Pagan released the following statement.

See Also: Transgender Rights
Meet Brian Richardson, Lambda Legal's New Midwest Regional Office Director in Chicago

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March 1, 2019

Brian J. Richardson, former Deputy Commissioner of the City of Chicago Department of Health, has been named Lambda Legal’s Midwest Regional Director, based in Chicago.

See Also: Midwest Regional Office, MRO
Senate Republicans Rubber-Stamp Neomi Rao’s Nomination

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February 28, 2019

Senate Republicans continue to turn a blind eye and rubber-stamp every nominee put forth by the Trump Administration.

See Also: Fair Courts Project
Eleventh Circuit Court Must Affirm Trial Ruling Allowing A Transgender Florida Student To Use the Right Restroom

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February 22, 2019

Lambda Legal today urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to affirm a lower court ruling and require a suburban Jacksonville, Florida, school district to allow a transgender male student to continue to use the restroom that matches who he is.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
Victory! Court Denies Stay; State Department Must Issue Accurate Passport to Nonbinary Intersex Citizen

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February 21, 2019

There is no defensible reason to delay the issuance of Dana’s passport.

See Also: Identitiy Documents, Intersex, Intersex Rights
Court Orders Trump Administration to Halt the Discharge of HIV-Positive Airmen

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February 15, 2019

Today, a federal judge ordered the U.S. Department of Defense and Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan to halt discharge proceedings against HIV-positive members of the U.S. Air Force.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, HIV, Military
We Applaud Bipartisan Legislation Introduced To Defend Transgender Service Members

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February 7, 2019

See Also: Military, Transgender Rights
Chairman Graham's Judiciary Committee Proves To Be A Drive-Thru For Trump Nominees

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February 7, 2019

Today, Sharon McGowan, Legal Director and Chief Strategy Officer of Lambda Legal, issued the following statement after the Senate Judiciary Committee held a markup to consider 46 nominees in one sitting.
What It Meant to Attend the State of the Union, as a Transgender Service Member

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February 6, 2019

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Military, transgender
Neomi Rao Proudly Stands at Odds with Marriage Equality

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February 4, 2019

Ahead of tomorrow’s hearing on Neomi Rao, President Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Lambda Legal sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) urging them to oppose Rao’s nomination.

See Also: Fair Courts Project

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Lambda Legal Mourns Death of Kansas LGBTQ Leader Stephanie Mott and Honors Her Legacy

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Meet Brian Richardson, Lambda Legal's New Midwest Regional Office Director in Chicago

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Senate Republicans Rubber-Stamp Neomi Rao’s Nomination

neomi_rao.jpg

Eleventh Circuit Court Must Affirm Trial Ruling Allowing A Transgender Florida Student To Use the Right Restroom

drew.jpg

Victory! Court Denies Stay; State Department Must Issue Accurate Passport to Nonbinary Intersex Citizen

zzyym_social.png

Court Orders Trump Administration to Halt the Discharge of HIV-Positive Airmen

us-air-force-1461658_1280.jpg

We Applaud Bipartisan Legislation Introduced To Defend Transgender Service Members

1200x630_karnoski-salut1.png

Chairman Graham's Judiciary Committee Proves To Be A Drive-Thru For Trump Nominees

1024px-lindsey_graham_official_portrait_2006.jpg

What It Meant to Attend the State of the Union, as a Transgender Service Member

mceachin-winters_small.jpg

Neomi Rao Proudly Stands at Odds with Marriage Equality

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