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Victory! Court Orders Idaho to Issue Accurate Birth Certificates to Transgender People

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March 6, 2018

A U.S. District Court judge ordered Idaho state officials to allow transgender people born in Idaho to apply to correct the gender markers on their State of Idaho birth certificates by April 6, 2018. Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit last April challenging Idaho’s categorical ban on such corrections.

See Also: Birth Certificates
VICTORY: Second Federal Appeals Court Rules You Can't Be Fired for Being Queer

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February 26, 2018

Today, in a 10-3 decision, the full Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal law that prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin and religion.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace
Hawai'i Appeals Court Rejects Religious Justification for B&B that Refused Room to Lesbian Couple

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February 23, 2018

The Intermediate Court of Appeals of the State of Hawai`i affirmed a lower court ruling against a Hawai`i bed and breakfast that denied a room to a lesbian couple because of their sexual orientation.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Religious Discrimination
Lambda Legal Sues HHS after Same-Sex Couple Blocked from Serving as Foster Parents

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February 20, 2018

Fatma Marouf and Bryn Esplin were denied the opportunity even to apply to serve as foster parents for refugee children by a USCCB affiliate because, they were told, they did not “mirror the Holy Family.”
Black Lives Matter's Patrisse Khan-Cullors on Her New Book and the Power of Self-Care

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February 22, 2018

The queer cofounder of the Black Lives Matter movement has a new book out, When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir. In Lambda Legal's Winter 2018 issue of Impact magazine, we talked to her about her work, her family, and fighting for justice in the Trump era.

See Also: Black Lives Matter, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Racial Justice & Low Income Advocacy
Update: Lambda Legal Teen Clients Will Attend Prom Together!

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February 14, 2018

Lambda Legal received a response from east Alabama’s Calhoun County School District today that an Alexandria High School lesbian couple will be able to attend prom together.

See Also: Prom, Youth and Schools
Victory! Federal Court Orders Health Care for Transgender Missouri Inmate

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February 9, 2018

Today, a federal district court ordered the Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) and its contracted healthcare provider, Corizon LLC, to immediately provide Jessica Hicklin, a 38-year-old transgender woman incarcerated at the Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point, with care that her doctors deem to be medically necessary treatment for her gender dysphoria.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Sass On Ice: Catching up with Olympic Figure Skater Johnny Weir

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February 9, 2018

Figure skater Johnny Weir talks with Lambda Legal about his fashion, his attempts to remain apolitical in tense times and his feelings about openly gay Olympic heartthrob Gus Kenworthy.

See Also: Same-sex relationships
Lambda Legal To Alabama School District: Let Lesbian Couple Go To Prom, Or Get Sued

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February 8, 2018

Lambda Legal sent a letter to eastern Alabama’s Calhoun County School District today warning school officials not to prevent a lesbian couple from attending the prom.

See Also: Same-sex relationships, Teens & Young Adults, Youth and Schools
Lambda Legal: Senate Judiciary Committee Forces Through Yet Another Anti-LGBT Nominee, Howard Nielson

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February 8, 2018

Today, Sharon McGowan, Director of Strategy at Lambda Legal, issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s party-line vote to approve Howard Nielson, yet another Trump nominee with a significant history of anti-LGBT advocacy:

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Fair Courts Project