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Victory! Federal Court Strikes Down Ohio’s Anti-Transgender Birth Certificate Policy

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December 16, 2020

Today, the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio struck down a discriminatory state policy that prevented transgender people born in Ohio from correcting the gender marker on their birth certificates.

See Also: Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal and ACLU Urge Federal Court in Ohio to Strike Down Anti-Transgender Birth Certificate Policy

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January 16, 2020

The policy prohibits transgender people from correcting the gender marker on their birth certificates.

See Also: Transgender Rights
VICTORY! Transgender Ohioans to Get Their Day in Court in Lawsuit Against the State

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September 12, 2019

A U.S. District Court judge today ruled that the lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU Ohio on behalf of four transgender plaintiffs seeking accurate birth certificates from the state of Ohio can proceed.

See Also: Transgender Rights
Meet Brian Richardson, Lambda Legal's New Midwest Regional Office Director in Chicago

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March 1, 2019

Brian J. Richardson, former Deputy Commissioner of the City of Chicago Department of Health, has been named Lambda Legal’s Midwest Regional Director, based in Chicago.

See Also: Midwest Regional Office, MRO
When Visibility Is Not A Choice

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March 30, 2018

What happens when people are forced to be visible because their birth assigned sex on legal identity documents does not match their gender identity?

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal and ACLU File Lawsuit to Challenge Ohio’s Discriminatory Birth Certificate Policy

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March 29, 2018

The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, the American Civil Liberties Union, and Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit challenging Ohio’s refusal to correct the gender marker on birth certificates for transgender individuals, for any reason, at any time

See Also: Birth Certificates, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Applauds Cleveland City Council Vote to Strike Transgender Exclusion from Nondiscrimination Law

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July 13, 2016

The Cleveland City Council tonight passed an amendment to the city nondiscrimination ordinance that strikes a provision that allowed private business owners with public accommodations to dictate which bathroom a patron could use. The amendment helps ensure that transgender people have safe and equal access to the facilities that match their gender identity.

See Also: Transgender Rights
What Happened Today at the Supreme Court

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June 26, 2015

What a day! After decades of work by Lambda Legal and many others, we have at long last secured the freedom to marry for all same-sex couples throughout the entire United States. Today’s moving and inspirational decision in Obergefell v. Hodges is one for the history books. Here are five important things to know about the decision:

See Also: Henry v. Hodges, Marriage, Same-sex relationships
When Justice Is Poetry

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June 26, 2015

Some highlights of the majority opinion in favor of the freedom to marry, authored by Justice Anthony Kennedy.

See Also: Henry v. Hodges, Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships
Liveblog: Marriage Equality Decision

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June 18, 2015

Liveblog on the Supreme Court's upcoming marriage equality decisions.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships