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Legal Advocates Urge Court to Block Florida Law Known as “Don’t Say Gay”

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August 26, 2022

Today, Lambda Legal, Southern Legal Counsel (SLC), the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), and private counsel Baker McKenzie urged a federal district court to halt implementation of enacted Florida House Bill 1557, commonly referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” law, which bans discussion of sexual orienta

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Youth and Schools
Reflecting on Making the Case Season 1 with Host Alex Berg

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August 24, 2022
How Lambda Legal is Responding to the Supreme Court’s Dobbs Decision

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August 22, 2022

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Ethan Rice Believes It’s Urgent to Restore Trust in Our Court System and That It Requires Big Changes

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August 22, 2022

"Bias is everywhere, and many attorneys and judges either haven't thought about it at all and don't know what to do, or they absolutely do it intentionally. But I will keep educating them on the importance of protecting LGBTQ+ people in the courts and advocating for change.”

See Also: Fair Courts Project
Legal Advocates Urge Supreme Court to Reject Effort Seeking Unprecedented Exemption from Anti-Discrimination Law

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August 19, 2022

LGBTQ civil and legal rights advocates today filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm long-standing precedent that preserves equal access to the commercial marketplace for all.

See Also: Marriage, Religious Exemptions
LGBTQ and Health Groups Denounce Florida’s Adoption of Anti-Transgender Health Care Rule

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August 11, 2022

Lambda Legal, Southern Legal Counsel, Florida Health Justice Project, and National Health Law Program today issued the following statement in response to the adoption of an anti-transgender healthcare rule by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), which oversees Florida’s Medicaid Program, that will deny Medicaid coverage for all medically necessary gender-affirming care for both youth and adults:

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Advocates Urge Florida Board of Medicine to Reject Anti-Transgender Health Care Guidance

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August 5, 2022

Health and LGBTQ Legal Advocates condemn State Surgeon General request that is based on junk science and cites discredited experts

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Victory! Court Rules for Transgender West Virginia Medicaid Participants Denied Health Care Coverage

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August 2, 2022

Today, federal District Court Judge Robert C. Chambers ruled that West Virginia’s Medicaid program could no longer discriminate by excluding coverage for gender-confirming surgical care for transgender West Virginia Medicaid participants.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Meet the Plaintiffs in Cousins et al. v. The School Board of Orange County et al.

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July 27, 2022

Lambda Legal, the Southern Poverty Law Center, Southern Legal Counsel, and private counsel Baker McKenzie filed a federal lawsuit challenging Florida enacted House Bill 1557, commonly referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” law.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments
Florida Families and Advocacy Groups Sue to Block the Florida Law Known as “Don’t Say Gay”

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July 26, 2022

Late yesterday, Lambda Legal, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Southern Legal Counsel (SLC), and private counsel Baker McKenzie filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Florida enacted House Bill 1557, commonly referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” law.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments