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We Reviewed All of Judge Gorsuch’s Record. Here's What We Found.

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January 31, 2017

After Donald Trump announced that he was considering nominating Neil Gorsuch, Judge of the 10th Circuit, to the U.S. Supreme Court, Lambda Legal’s Fair Courts Project embarked on a comprehensive review of his judicial record.

See Also: Resistance, U.S. Supreme Court
Statement of Lambda Legal, GLAD & NCLR on Trump’s Nomination of New Supreme Court Justice

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January 31, 2017

We call on the Senate to reject any nominee to the Court who does not clearly affirm a commitment to upholding the Constitution's guarantees of liberty and equal protection for all Americans.

See Also: Resistance, U.S. Supreme Court
Victory for Transgender Men Who Were Denied Name Changes

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January 23, 2017

Two Lambda Legal clients who are transgender are one step closer to having their names legally changed to match their gender identity.
Attack on Affordable Care Act: We Urge Action to Save Lives

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January 11, 2017

The Senate is preparing to defund the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

See Also: Resistance
Lambda Legal Files Federal Lawsuit Against NJ Catholic Hospital that Denied Care to Transgender Man

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January 5, 2017

Lambda Legal has filed a federal lawsuit against St. Joseph's Healthcare in NJ after the hospital refused to allow a transgender man's surgeon to perform a routine hysterectomy.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Religious Exemptions, Transgender Rights
Introducing Four of the People Who Will Be Leading the Trump Administration

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December 27, 2016

Mike Pence, Jeff Sessions, Tom Price and Betsy DeVos. Congress won't stop them. We will.

See Also: Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Resistance, Trump
Lambda Legal and ACLU Condemn North Carolina Lawmakers’ Failure to Repeal H.B. 2

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December 21, 2016

The North Carolina legislature today convened for a special session where it failed to pass a bill repealing H.B. 2, the state’s sweeping anti-LGBT law.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Co-Hosting Passport & Empowerment Clinics

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December 21, 2016

These legal clinics are being organized in response to the urgent national effort to help LGBT people amend identity documents.
30-Year Sentence Thrown Out: Court Orders New Trial for HIV-Positive Man Accused Under Outdated Criminal Law

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December 20, 2016

Today, the Missouri Court of Appeals reversed a lower court decision and granted a new trial to Michael Johnson, an HIV-positive black gay man, who is currently serving 30 years in prison under an out-of-date law that criminalizes the sexual conduct of people living with HIV.

See Also: Criminal Justice, HIV
Lambda Legal and ACLU Comment on Expected Vote to Repeal HB2

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December 19, 2016

The Charlotte City Council voted today to repeal their LGBT non-discrimination ordinance in a move that could lead to the repeal of North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law, H.B. 2.