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Lambda Legal Urges Georgia Appeals Court to Grant Name Change for Second Transgender Man

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September 8, 2016

Lambda Legal filed a brief today in the Georgia Court of Appeals on behalf of Andrew Baumert, a transgender man whose petition to legally change his name was denied by the same trial court that denied Rowan Feldhaus’s name change in June.
Lambda Legal Represents Lesbian Couple in Wedding Cake Discrimination Case

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September 6, 2016

Lambda Legal has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Oregon Court of Appeals in a case of an Oregon bakery that refused to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian couple.

See Also: Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination
Victory! New York High Court Rules Non-Biological Parents Can Seek Custody and Visitation

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August 30, 2016

Today the New York State Court of Appeals ruled that non-biological, non-married, non-adoptive parents can seek custody and visitation of children who were born into their relationships with the consent of the child’s biological parent.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships
ACLU, Lambda Legal Seek Greater Relief for Transgender North Carolinians Harmed by H.B. 2

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August 29, 2016

LGBT rights groups challenging North Carolina’s House Bill 2, the state law that bans many transgender people from restrooms that match their gender, today announced they will appeal part of a Friday district court ruling in order to seek broader relief for all transgender people in North Carolina before the case heads to a full trial.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights
Federal Court Blocks North Carolina From Enforcing Anti-Transgender Law, H.B. 2, Against Transgender Plaintiffs While Lawsuit Proceeds

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August 26, 2016

A federal court today granted a request to stop the University of North Carolina from enforcing H.B. 2, the state law that bans many transgender people from restrooms that match their gender identity, against three transgender individuals who are challenging the law in court.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Seeks Rehearing by Full Seventh Circuit Court in Ivy Tech Employment Discrimination Case

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August 26, 2016

Today, Lambda Legal filed a petition seeking a rehearing by the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on behalf of Kimberly Hively, an instructor who was repeatedly denied promotions, full-time employment and ultimately fired from Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana because she is a lesbian.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace
Why I’m Suing Missouri’s Department of Corrections

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August 24, 2016

When I was 16, I was convicted of first-degree murder and criminal action and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, plus 100 years. In the 21 years since then, I have been incarcerated at Potosi Correctional Center (PCC), a maximum-security prison in Mineral Point, Missouri for male inmates.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Honors NCAA for Leadership in Fight for LGBT Civil Rights in Indiana and Nation-wide

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August 24, 2016

On Friday, September 16, Lambda Legal will honor the NCAA at its annual Indiana Benefit, the largest annual LGBT civil rights event in the state, in recognition of the NCAA’s leadership in promoting fairness and equality for LGBT people in the Hoosier state and throughout the country.

See Also: NCAA
Lambda Legal Welcomes Nancy Marcus as New Senior Staff Attorney in Western Regional Office

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August 23, 2016

Lambda Legal announced today Nancy Marcus has joined the organization as Law and Policy Project Senior Staff Attorney, working out of its Western Regional Office in Los Angeles.

See Also: Nancy Marcus
Lambda Legal Sues Missouri Department of Corrections and Corizon Health Inc. for Denying Health Care to Incarcerated Transgender Woman

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August 22, 2016

Today, Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Jessica Hicklin, a 37-year-old transgender woman incarcerated at the Potosi Correctional Center, a facility for male inmates, in Mineral Point, Missouri. The case challenges a Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) “freeze-frame” policy that bars access to hormone therapy for inmates and others in custody if they were not receiving treatment prior to incarceration.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Transgender Rights

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Lambda Legal Urges Georgia Appeals Court to Grant Name Change for Second Transgender Man

andrew_baumert_3.jpg

Lambda Legal Represents Lesbian Couple in Wedding Cake Discrimination Case

fb_img_1467440850934.jpg

Victory! New York High Court Rules Non-Biological Parents Can Seek Custody and Visitation

img_0480.jpg

ACLU, Lambda Legal Seek Greater Relief for Transgender North Carolinians Harmed by H.B. 2

wearenotthis_nc_protest_sign.jpg

Federal Court Blocks North Carolina From Enforcing Anti-Transgender Law, H.B. 2, Against Transgender Plaintiffs While Lawsuit Proceeds

north_carolina_gavel_nc_law.jpg

Lambda Legal Seeks Rehearing by Full Seventh Circuit Court in Ivy Tech Employment Discrimination Case

k_hively_blog.png

Why I’m Suing Missouri’s Department of Corrections

hicklin_blog.png

Lambda Legal Honors NCAA for Leadership in Fight for LGBT Civil Rights in Indiana and Nation-wide

ncaa_logo.png

Lambda Legal Welcomes Nancy Marcus as New Senior Staff Attorney in Western Regional Office

311433_10150380955510638_1665952399_n.jpg

Lambda Legal Sues Missouri Department of Corrections and Corizon Health Inc. for Denying Health Care to Incarcerated Transgender Woman

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