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Lambda Legal and American Oversight Sue HHS in Quest for Kavanaugh Documents

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September 13, 2018

See Also: Fair Courts Project
Intersex-Affirming Hospital Policy Guide Published Following First U.S. Legislative Acknowledgement of Non-consensual Surgical Procedures on Intersex People

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September 13, 2018

interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth, Lambda Legal, and Proskauer Rose LLP have released the nation’s first intersex-affirming hospital policy guide, offering concrete steps for medical providers to provide sensitive, non-discriminatory care to intersex patients.

See Also: Healthcare Fairness, Intersex, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health
Lambda Legal and 18 LGBT Organizations Urge Senate to Reject Stephen Clark, Another Anti-LGBTQ Trump Federal Court Nominee

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September 12, 2018

Today, Lambda Legal joined with 18 national, state and local LGBT civil rights organizations to oppose the nomination of Stephen Clark to the U.S. District Court for the District of Missouri.
Victory! NYC Government & Department of Correction Pays Victim of Antigay Attack $280K

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September 12, 2018

Lambda Legal client Thomas Hamm, brutally attacked while he visited his incarcerated partner at a men’s facility on Rikers Island, was awarded $280,000 in the resolution of a federal lawsuit against the City of New York and New York City Department of Correction, its officers and supervisors.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Same-sex relationships
SUED! Lambda Legal is Taking Trump to Court for Kavanaugh Documents

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September 4, 2018

As the U.S. Senate today started the confirmation hearings for Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Lambda Legal and American Oversight filed a lawsuit to compel the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to immediately produce records related to Kavanaugh’s work in the George W. Bush White House.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Fair Courts Project
Victory! Lambda Legal Obtains Settlement for Oswego County Transgender Employee Denied Coverage for Transition-Related Care

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August 23, 2018

The settlement remedies the harm done to Mr. Simonson by the refusal of health care coverage because he is transgender.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission Adopts Guidance Protecting LGBTQ People

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August 17, 2018

The guidelines interpret sex discrimination prohibition in Pennsylvania statutes to cover sexual orientation and gender identity.

See Also: Law & Policy Project
The American People Deserve the Truth about Kavanaugh’s LGBTQ Record Before His Hearings Begin on September 4th

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August 13, 2018

Over the weekend, Lambda Legal filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for documents and communications related to Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, regarding his time serving as the White House Staff Secretary from 2003 to 2006.

See Also: Fair Courts Project
Lambda Legal at Lavender Law 2018

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August 7, 2018

Join Lambda Legal at the National LGBT Bar Association's 30th Annual Conference & Career Fair (Lavender Law) this week!
6 Civil Rights Groups Urge Eighth Circuit to Accept Appeal of Man Who May Have Been Sentenced to Death Because He is Gay

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August 2, 2018

Six civil rights organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of South Dakota, Lambda Legal, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, National Center for Lesbian Rights, and National LGBT Bar Association, filed an amici brief today urging the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals to hear the appeal of Charles Rhines, a gay man on death row in South Dakota.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct