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Lambda Legal Sues Kansas Over Discriminatory Anti-Transgender Policy: “Kansas is out of step with the rest of America.”

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October 15, 2018

“By not allowing transgender people like me to correct our birth certificates, the state complicates every aspect of our lives”

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This Groundbreaking Legal Opinion on Behalf of Transgender Puerto Ricans Will Give You Chills

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April 20, 2018

"Plaintiffs know they are not fodder for memoranda legalese. They have stepped up for those whose voices, debilitated by raw discrimination, have been hushed into silence."

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Idaho Makes History Today by Recognizing the Identities of Transgender People

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April 6, 2018

Lambda Legal scored an important victory last month when a federal court ruled that Idaho was constitutionally required to provide accurate birth certificates to transgender people that reflect their gender identity.

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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

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Victory! Court Orders Idaho to Issue Accurate Birth Certificates to Transgender People

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March 6, 2018

A U.S. District Court judge ordered Idaho state officials to allow transgender people born in Idaho to apply to correct the gender markers on their State of Idaho birth certificates by April 6, 2018. Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit last April challenging Idaho’s categorical ban on such corrections.

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