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The Trump Administration Just Moved to Allow Discrimination in Foster Care

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January 23, 2019

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Religious Exemptions, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Supreme Court Declines Transgender Military Ban Cases; Permits Enforcement of Ban for Now

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January 22, 2019

The Supreme Court granted the DOJ’s request for a stay on the preliminary rulings, allowing the administration to begin kicking openly transgender troops out of the armed services and to deny transgender people the opportunity to enlist.
This NC Widower Was Denied Social Security Survivor's Benefits. We're Suing.

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January 17, 2019

Lambda Legal today filed a motion on behalf of a 75-year-old gay man arguing that the Social Security Administration’s denial of spousal survivor’s benefits to him, on the grounds that he was not married for long enough despite discriminatory marriage laws that prevented him from marrying earlier, is unconstitutional.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships, Seniors
New York Passes Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) and Legislation Banning “Conversion Therapy”

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January 15, 2019

The New York legislature today passed two pro-LGBTQ bills, the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) and a law banning so-called “conversion therapy.”

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
LGBTQ People Are Not A "Trend", Neomi Rao

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January 15, 2019

Sharon McGowan, Legal Director and Chief Strategy Officer of Lambda Legal, issued the following statement after BuzzFeed News reported on a series of Naomi Rao’s inflammatory writings.

See Also: Fair Courts Project
LGBTQ Advocates Urge Eleventh Circuit to Uphold Lower Court Ruling to Provide Medical Care to Transgender Woman in Florida Prison

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January 10, 2019

See Also: Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Transgender Rights
Trump's Judicial Assault on LGBT Rights

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January 2, 2019

Bias and bigotry are the new norms after two years of Trump nominees. Read Lambda Legal's new report.
Supreme Court Should Maintain Injunction Against Implementation of Discriminatory Transgender Military Ban

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December 28, 2018

Lambda Legal today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to deny a request from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) asking the Court to stay enforcement of the preliminary injunctions that have kept the Trump administration from implementing its discriminatory plan to ban transgender people from serving openly in the U.S. Armed Services.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Military, Transgender Rights
The Supreme Court Should Deny Premature Request for Review of Transgender Military Ban Rulings

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December 26, 2018

Lambda Legal today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to deny a petition from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) asking that the Court review three preliminary federal district court rulings that have kept the Trump administration from implementing its discriminatory plan to ban transgender people from serving openly in the U.S. Armed Services.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Military, Transgender Rights
No, Businesses Cannot Exempt Themselves From Civil Rights Laws

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December 21, 2018

Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief late yesterday urging the Arizona Supreme Court to affirm an appellate court ruling that denied a Phoenix business’s request that it be exempt from the City of Phoenix anti-discrimination ordinance and instead be allowed to refuse service to same-sex couples because they claim it violates their religion to treat same- and different-sex couples equally.