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Lambda Legal and Americans United Reject Government Attempt to Duck LGBT Nondiscrimination Obligations

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November 17, 2021

“This proposal doubles down on the discrimination and harm caused when the federal government first sanctioned and enabled USCCB’s refusal to allow Fatma and Bryn to apply to foster a refugee child…”

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Religious Exemptions
Trump Administration Launches Another Eleventh Hour Attack on LGBTQ Community with New HHS Rule Inviting Grantees to Discriminate

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January 8, 2021

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Thursday announced a rule that will permit social service agencies and providers that receive HHS grant funding to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, as well as religion and sex.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
6 LGBTQ Rights Fights to Watch in 2020

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January 15, 2020

We’re only two weeks into 2020 and there is no shortage of action.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, HIV, Intersex, Law & Policy Project, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Military, Religious Exemptions, Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
7 Questions LGBTQ People Have for the 2020 Presidential Candidates

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October 10, 2019

As the 2020 election approaches, all eyes are on D.C. (and sometimes on Twitter).

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Fair Courts Project, Health Care Fairness, HIV, Housing, Intersex, Law & Policy Project, Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Military, Racial Justice & Low Income Advocacy, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Same-sex relationships, Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights
Same-Sex Couple Blocked from Serving as Foster Parents to Get Their Day in Court

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June 13, 2019

Late yesterday, a federal district court denied motions by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to dismiss Lambda Legal’s lawsuit challenging discrimination in a federal foster care program.

See Also: Marriage Relationships and Family Protections
Same-Sex Couple Blocked from Serving as Foster Parents Deserve Their Day in Court

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November 30, 2018

The couple was denied the opportunity to apply to serve as foster parents for refugee children because they did not “mirror the Holy Family.”

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Same-sex relationships
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.”

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