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"Love Unites Us" Hits Bookstores June 14

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June 7, 2016

Lambda Legal celebrates the first anniversary of marriage equality nationwide with the publication of "Love Unites Us: Winning the Freedom to Marry in America," edited by former Executive Director Kevin Cathcart and Education and Public Affairs Director Leslie Gabel-Brett.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Lambda Legal Urges New York High Court to Protect Legal Bond Between Child and Non-Biological Mother

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June 2, 2016

This heartbreaking case calls on our high court to address the best interests of the child – and all children like him -- by recognizing and preserving his relationship with the person he has always known as one of his mothers, his Mama B.
Five Ways That the Newly Released Hospital Guidelines Protect Transgender People Seeking Medical Care

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May 27, 2016

We want you to know your rights as you advocate for yourself in health care settings.
Lambda Legal Sues California Barbershop for Refusing to Serve Transgender Customer

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May 25, 2016

Lambda Legal and the law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson today filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court against a southern California barbershop alleging the business violated California’s civil rights laws when it denied Kendall Oliver, who is transgender, a haircut based on religious objections to serving customers who are female or perceived as female.

See Also: Transgender Rights
LGBT Advocates Issue Revised Guidelines for Hospitals Treating Transgender Patients

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May 25, 2016

Lambda Legal, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and the LGBT Rights Committee of the New York City Bar Association, with pro bono assistance from Hogan Lovells US, LLP, and Proskauer Rose LLP, today released an update to their ground-breaking 2013 publication that provided guidance to hospitals seeking to improve health care for transgender patients.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Supreme Court Strengthens Constitutional Prohibition Against Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection

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May 24, 2016

Discrimination against LGBT people often finds its way into the courtroom, denying them equal access to justice and an equal opportunity to participate in civic life.
Lambda Legal Applauds Introduction of Federal Do No Harm Act

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May 18, 2016

Today, U.S. Reps. Joseph Kennedy (D-MA) and Robert C.

See Also: Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions
Lambda Legal and ACLU Ask Court to Block Enforcement of North Carolina’s Anti-Transgender Law

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May 16, 2016

Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of North Carolina today asked a federal court to order an immediate halt to enforcement of a North Carolina law that targets transgender people for discrimination in single-sex facilities.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights
HHS Issues New Rules Confirming Ban on Health Care and Insurance Discrimination against LGBT People

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May 13, 2016

The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today finalized new rules confirming that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people are protected against health care discrimination under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Religious Exemptions
Arizona Lawmakers Refuse to Stop Discriminating Against LGBT Students

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May 12, 2016

If you’re teaching students about their health, especially sexual health, you shouldn’t omit information that’s critical for some people. Yet this is exactly what an Arizona law mandates.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Teens and Young Adults, Youth and Schools