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Lambda Legal to 4th Circuit: Affirm Lower Court Ruling Striking North Carolina’s Discriminatory Transgender Health Care Ban for Transgender State Employees

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January 25, 2023

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See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Victory! North Carolina to Issue Accurate Birth Certificates for Transgender People Without Requiring Surgery

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June 23, 2022

“This is a victory for all transgender people born in North Carolina that will help enable them to navigate life with safety and dignity.”

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Victory! Court Rules for Transgender North Carolina State Employees Denied Health Care Coverage

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June 10, 2022

In lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal and TLDEF, U.S. District Court finds that the North Carolina state health plan’s categorical exclusion of medically necessary gender-affirming health care is discriminatory and unlawful.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Victory! U.S. Supreme Court Rejects North Carolina State Health Plan’s Effort to Shield Itself from Health Care Discrimination Lawsuits

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January 18, 2022

“Today’s decision protects the rights of marginalized people, including LGBTQ people and people living with HIV, to seek justice and obtain relief in court if they are subjected to health care discrimination.”

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Sues North Carolina to End Birth Certificate Discrimination for Transgender People

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November 16, 2021

Today, Lambda Legal, alongside the firms Baker Botts LLP and Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP, filed a federal lawsuitchallenging the State of North Carolina’s discriminatory policy requiring transgender people to have undergone “sex reassignment surgery” in order for them to obtain an accurate birth certif

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VICTORY! Fourth Circuit Rules North Carolina Can Be Sued for Violating the Affordable Care Act Over Discriminatory Anti-Transgender State Employee Health Care Plan

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September 1, 2021

Groundbreaking decision marks first time that a federal appellate court rules that ‘sovereign immunity’ does not protect state entities from liability under Affordable Care Act if they receive federal funding.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Victory! NC Transgender Employees and Family Will Have Their Day in Court

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March 11, 2020

A U.S. District Court judge today denied North Carolina state officials’ request to dismiss a lawsuit filed last March challenging North Carolina’s blanket exclusion of medically necessary transition-related health care from the state’s employee health plan.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Court Approves Settlement in H.B. 2 Replacement Case

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July 23, 2019

The State of North Carolina cannot use H.B. 142, the law that replaced H.B. 2, to prevent transgender individuals from using public restrooms and other facilities in state government buildings that match their gender under an agreement approved today by a federal court.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal and TLDEF Sue North Carolina Officials for Denying Health Coverage to Transgender Employees And Children

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March 10, 2019

Lambda Legal and Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) filed a federal lawsuit against North Carolina officials today for discrimination in state employee health care.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
This NC Widower Was Denied Social Security Survivor's Benefits. We're Suing.

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January 17, 2019

Lambda Legal today filed a motion on behalf of a 75-year-old gay man arguing that the Social Security Administration’s denial of spousal survivor’s benefits to him, on the grounds that he was not married for long enough despite discriminatory marriage laws that prevented him from marrying earlier, is unconstitutional.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships, Seniors

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Lambda Legal to 4th Circuit: Affirm Lower Court Ruling Striking North Carolina’s Discriminatory Transgender Health Care Ban for Transgender State Employees

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Victory! North Carolina to Issue Accurate Birth Certificates for Transgender People Without Requiring Surgery

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Victory! Court Rules for Transgender North Carolina State Employees Denied Health Care Coverage

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Victory! U.S. Supreme Court Rejects North Carolina State Health Plan’s Effort to Shield Itself from Health Care Discrimination Lawsuits

shutterstock_1433782895.jpg

Lambda Legal Sues North Carolina to End Birth Certificate Discrimination for Transgender People

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VICTORY! Fourth Circuit Rules North Carolina Can Be Sued for Violating the Affordable Care Act Over Discriminatory Anti-Transgender State Employee Health Care Plan

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Victory! NC Transgender Employees and Family Will Have Their Day in Court

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Court Approves Settlement in H.B. 2 Replacement Case

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Lambda Legal and TLDEF Sue North Carolina Officials for Denying Health Coverage to Transgender Employees And Children

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This NC Widower Was Denied Social Security Survivor's Benefits. We're Suing.

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