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Making "Next" a Reality: On Progress with Senator Tammy Baldwin

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November 3, 2016

Tammy Baldwin, the first openly gay U.S. Senator in history, has been busy. During the summer recess, she joined in submitting an amicus brief to support Lambda Legal's petition for rehearing in the Hively workplace discrimination case.

See Also: LAWS AND AMENDMENTS, Tell U.S. Senators: Do Your Job!
Things That Scare Us This Halloween

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October 31, 2016

Election day is a week a way, and anti-LGBT discrimination is on the ballot.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Elections
U.S. Supreme Court Decides to Hear Gavin Grimm's Case

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October 28, 2016

The U.S. Supreme Court today announced it will hear a case brought by the Gloucester County School Board in Virginia that adopted a discriminatory restroom policy that segregates transgender students from their peers and bars high school senior Gavin Grimm from using the restroom that matches his gender.
It's Intersex Awareness Day!

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October 26, 2016

Twenty years ago today, intersex activists took to the streets of Boston and demonstrated outside a conference of the American Academy of Pediatrics. It was the first public demonstration by intersex people in North America — an event commemorated yearly as Intersex Awareness Day.

See Also: Intersex, Intersex Awareness Day, Intersex Rights
Lambda Legal Mourns the Passing of Iowa Marriage Plaintiff Larry Hoch

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October 24, 2016

Lawrence “Larry” Hoch, 74, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, October 22. Larry and his husband David Twombley were plaintiffs in Lambda Legal’s landmark victory winning marriage in Iowa.
Child Welfare Advocates Praise DCF for Finalizing Rules Ensuring Safety and Well-Being for LGBTQ Foster Youth

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October 20, 2016

Equality Florida and Lambda Legal join Florida child welfare advocates in applauding the Department of Children and Families (DCF) for adopting final rules that protect the safety and well-being of LGBTQ youth in group home care in Florida.
Lambda Legal Asks Court to Block Pine-Richland High School’s New Restroom Policy Targeting Transgender Students

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October 20, 2016

Today, Lambda Legal filed a Motion for Preliminary Injunction in federal court to immediately halt a discriminatory policy passed by the Pine-Richland School District in suburban Pittsburgh, which singles out transgender students and prevents them from using restrooms that match who they are.
Lambda Legal, ACLU File Opening Brief in Appeal to Protect All Transgender People Harmed by Discriminatory H.B. 2

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October 19, 2016

LGBT rights groups challenging the North Carolina law that bans transgender people from using restrooms that correspond to their gender identity yesterday filed their opening brief on appeal requesting that the preliminary injunction in the case be broadened to protect all transgender people in the state from discrimination.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights
Joaquín Carcaño: My Latino Heritage Means Resilience, Strength and Survival

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October 15, 2016

My family had to fight for their lives and their place in this country. My heritage is about being able to take those blows and continue to stand our ground, to exist and resist. That’s what I’ve witnessed growing up, and it has motivated and empowered me in my HIV-related work.

See Also: HB2, Hispanic Heritage Month, Joaquin Carcaño, Latinx AIDS Awareness Day
Lambda Legal Applauds New York Court Ruling Affirming Adoption Rights for Married Same-Sex Couples

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October 12, 2016

A New York family court issued a decision last week affirming that married lesbian couples continue to be entitled to second parent adoptions to give added security to their children, who already are entitled to have both spouses recognized as their parents.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections