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Victory! Federal Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Transgender Student in Restroom Access Case

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April 19, 2016

Today's ruling makes plain that North Carolina’s House Bill 2 violates Title IX by discriminating against transgender students and forcing them to use the wrong restroom at school.
The Devastating Blow of HB 2 Will Not Be Fixed by the Band-Aid of an Executive Order

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April 12, 2016

Governor Pat McCrory issued an executive order today banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity for state employees.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Transgender Rights
Groups Challenging HB2 Respond to UNC Position on Discriminatory Law

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April 7, 2016

The University of North Carolina system today announced that it has chosen to follow House Bill 2, a sweeping anti-LGBT law that would prevent transgender students, employees, and visitors from using the restrooms that correspond to their gender identity.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Transgender Rights
Equality Advocates Respond to Attorney General’s Announcement on HB 2

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March 29, 2016

North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper said today that his office “will not defend the constitutionality of the discrimination in House Bill 2,” the sweeping anti-LGBT law the North Carolina General Assembly passed and Governor Pat McCrory signed last week.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, HB2, North Carolina, Transgender Rights
North Carolina Sued in Challenge to Anti-LGBT Law

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March 28, 2016

Lambda Legal, the ACLU and Equality NC filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of LGBT North Carolinians.

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Pro-Equality Groups Considering Legal Challenge to North Carolina’s Sweeping Anti-LGBT Law

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March 23, 2016

We expect the ACLU’s and Lambda Legal’s Legal Help Desks will light up with calls from those who suffer discrimination imposed by this law, and we stand ready to help.

See Also: Religiously Motivated Discrimination
Lambda Legal Condemns Passage of Anti-LGBT North Carolina Bill HB 2

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March 23, 2016

HB 2 unfairly sets its sight on transgender students, using fear to keep these children from being able to use the restrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity and having safe and affirming environments to learn.

See Also: Religiously Motivated Discrimination
Lambda Legal Sues North Carolina Hospital That Denied Health Coverage to Employee’s Same-Sex Spouse

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February 11, 2016

Lambda Legal filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Asheville Division, seeking compensation for Sandra Lively, a registered nurse at North Carolina hospital Park Ridge Health, for the thousands of dollars of expenses she incurred when the hospital refused to allow her to enroll her same-sex spouse in the employee health plan.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Health Care Fairness, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions
Lambda Legal Seeks Accurate Birth Certificates for Children Born to Married Same-Sex Couples in North Carolina

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December 17, 2015

Today, Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina on behalf Melissa and Meredith Weiss, a married lesbian couple, seeking birth certificates listing both mothers as parents of their two sons.

See Also: Family, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships, Weiss v. Brajer
Lambda Legal Condemns Passage of Discriminatory Religious Refusal Bills in Michigan and North Carolina

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June 11, 2015

Today was a discouraging day for equality and justice.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions

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Victory! Federal Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Transgender Student in Restroom Access Case

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The Devastating Blow of HB 2 Will Not Be Fixed by the Band-Aid of an Executive Order

carcano-gilmore.jpg

Groups Challenging HB2 Respond to UNC Position on Discriminatory Law

carcano-gilmore.jpg

Equality Advocates Respond to Attorney General’s Announcement on HB 2

angela-joaquin-nc.jpg

North Carolina Sued in Challenge to Anti-LGBT Law

carcano-gilmore.jpg

Pro-Equality Groups Considering Legal Challenge to North Carolina’s Sweeping Anti-LGBT Law

750px-flag_of_north_carolina.svg_.png

Lambda Legal Condemns Passage of Anti-LGBT North Carolina Bill HB 2

750px-flag_of_north_carolina.svg_.png

Lambda Legal Sues North Carolina Hospital That Denied Health Coverage to Employee’s Same-Sex Spouse

lively.jpg

Lambda Legal Seeks Accurate Birth Certificates for Children Born to Married Same-Sex Couples in North Carolina

melissaandmeredithweiss.jpg

Lambda Legal Condemns Passage of Discriminatory Religious Refusal Bills in Michigan and North Carolina

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