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Court Says NC Law Does Not Bar Transgender People from Public Facilities

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October 1, 2018

U.S. District Judge Thomas Schroeder also said that he would allow a challenge to the law’s ban on local LGBT nondiscrimination policies to go forward.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, HB142, HB2, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal and ACLU Announce Proposed Settlement With North Carolina in Lawsuit Challenging Anti-LGBT Law

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October 18, 2017

Transgender people in North Carolina will not be barred from using public restrooms and other facilities that match their gender identity.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights
Trump's #TransBan Shows He Has No Idea What Trans People Trying to Enlist Actually Deal With

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July 28, 2017

Lambda Legal client Payton McGarry recounts his experience in trying to enlist in the military as a transgender man.

See Also: Community Education, Advocacy & Inclusion, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Military, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
Lambda Legal and ACLU Challenging Fake Repeal of North Carolina’s Discriminatory "Bathroom Bill"

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July 21, 2017

Today, Lambda Legal, the ACLU and ACLU of North Carolina announced they have taken steps to expand the federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s sweeping anti-LGBT law HB 2 to include a challenge to its discriminatory replacement, HB 142.

See Also: Transgender Rights
FAQ: Why We're Still Suing Over HB 142, North Carolina's Fake HB 2 "Repeal"

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May 31, 2017

When North Carolina's government repealed the hateful HB 2 "bathroom bill," they replaced it with HB 142. Lambda Legal and the ACLU are still suing. Here's why.

See Also: Advocacy & Inclusion, Community Education, Law & Policy Project, Transgender Rights
Justice Department Dismisses Lawsuit Against North Carolina's Discriminatory HB 2 After Fake "Repeal"

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April 14, 2017

Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU of North Carolina today condemned the decision by the U.S. Department of Justice to dismiss its lawsuit challenging House Bill 2, the discriminatory North Carolina law that banned many transgender people from restrooms and other public facilities matching their gender and prohibited local municipalities from extending nondiscrimination protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights
This HB2 "Repeal" is Fake

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March 30, 2017

The North Carolina General Assembly today passed a bill that does not repeal the discriminatory HB 2 law. Instead, it keeps in place the most harmful parts of the law.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights
North Carolina Lawmakers Need to Stop Playing Around and Get Serious About Repealing HB2

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March 28, 2017

Lambda Legal & the ACLU today denounced a last-minute proposal from General Assembly leaders that would repeal the anti-LGBT law in name only while still including provisions that would enshrine discriminatory measures into state law.

See Also: Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal & ACLU Oppose Latest HB2 Repeal Proposal

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February 23, 2017

The American Civil Liberties Union and Lambda Legal, groups that are representing LGBT North Carolinians in a federal lawsuit challenging House Bill 2, say they oppose a new proposal to repeal the law because it still enables discrimination against LGBT people.
Victory! Court Rules That S.C. Violates Right to Accurate Birth Certificates for Children of Same-Sex Spouses

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February 16, 2017

The ruling is a victory for Lambda Legal and South Carolina Equality clients Casy and Jacqueline Carson, a married lesbian couple, and their twins, who were issued birth certificates listing only Jacquie, and treating Casy like a legal stranger to her own children.