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After Arizona’s SB 1062, the Supreme Court Sees a Sequel

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March 25, 2014

This morning, March 25, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments in two cases brought by for-profit corporations demanding special exemptions from the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that large employers provide comprehensive health insurance for their workers.

See Also: Affordable Care Act, Health Care Fairness, Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, U.S. Supreme Court
Why Religious Exemptions to the Affordable Care Act Are an LGBT Issue

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January 30, 2014

Selling kitchen cabinets or glue guns and glitter for profit is not prayer.

See Also: Affordable Care Act, Health Care Fairness, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health
Lambda Legal Urges Supreme Court to Reject Religious Exemption for For-Profit Companies

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January 28, 2014

Lambda Legal filed a brief today urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject efforts by for-profit companies to block employee health insurance coverage for contraception as required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The companies’ owners claim birth control violates their religious beliefs.

See Also: Affordable Care Act, Health Care Fairness, Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, U.S. Supreme Court
Momentum: A Healthy Move Forward

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December 13, 2013

2013 will be remembered as the year the country took a quantum leap forward in securing access to quality healthcare. Implementation of the Affordable Care Act was a major victory for LGBT people and those with HIV.

See Also: Affordable Care Act, DOMA, Golinski v. OPM, Health Care Fairness, Health Care Reform, HIV, HIV Organ Policy Equity Act, HOPE Act, Transgender Rights
Filibusters and Smears: Advocating for Gender Equality Is "Controversial" in Obstructionist Senate

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November 13, 2013

President Obama has nominated three women to the U.S Court of Appeals for the D.C Circuit, which is often referred to as the second-most important court in the country. All three have been filibustered by Republicans in the Senate.

See Also: Affordable Care Act, Fair Courts Project
Transgender-Affirming Hospital Policies

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November 5, 2013

This blog post was co-authored by Dru Levasseur, Director of the Transgender Rights Project at Lambda Legal, and Shane Snowdon, Director of HRC's Health and Aging Program.

See Also: Affordable Care Act, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Doors Open Tomorrow for Affordable Health Insurance

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September 30, 2013

Do you need health insurance you can afford? Forget about the political wrangling and check out the available options, starting tomorrow, in the new Health Insurance Marketplaces.

See Also: Affordable Care Act, Health Care Fairness, Obamacare
Leaders Urge LGBT Movement to Re-Engage in Fight Against HIV/AIDS

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June 3, 2013

Executive directors from 35 national LGBT and HIV/AIDS groups released a joint letter committing themselves and their organizations to re-engaging the broader LGBT community in the fight against HIV.

See Also: Affordable Care Act, HIV
Affordable Care Act and Nondiscrimination

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August 7, 2012

This past month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a most welcome clarification regarding the Affordable Care Act. It is hard to overstate the importance of this guidance.

See Also: Affordable Care Act, Dept. of HHS v. Florida, Discrimination, Health Care Fairness, Health Care Reform, Transgender Rights
Note From the Executive Director: Eye on the Supreme Court

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July 12, 2012

With decisions last month in two high-profile cases in which we participated, and two Lambda Legal cases cued up for possible review next term, never before have we had so much at stake in a short period on the biggest legal stage in the country.

See Also: Affordable Care Act, Arizona v. United States, Dept. of HHS v. Florida, Diaz v. Brewer, Golinski v. OPM, U.S. Supreme Court