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Lambda Legal Asks Court to Stop Pentagon from Discharging HIV-Positive Service Members

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July 19, 2018

Today, Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN, along with pro bono counsel from Winston & Strawn LLP, asked a federal court to halt implementation of a new Department of Defense policy resulting in the discharge of service members living with HIV.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, HIV, Military
Ninth Circuit Denies Another Trump Administration Effort to Implement Transgender Military Ban

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July 18, 2018

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied yet another attempt by the Trump Administration to implement its discriminatory plan to ban transgender people from serving openly in the U.S. Armed Services.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Military, Transgender Rights
Veteran of Two Overseas Combat Zones Faces Possible Discharge Simply Because He Lives with HIV

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May 30, 2018

Today, Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN filed a lawsuit on behalf of a sergeant in the D.C. Army National Guard who was denied the opportunity to serve as an officer and faces possible discharge from the United States armed services because he is living with HIV.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, HIV, Military
New White House Transgender Ban Implementation Plan Solves Nothing

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March 23, 2018

The White House today released the proposed plan to implement the discriminatory transgender military ban that President Trump called for in a series of tweets in July.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Military, Transgender Rights
VICTORY: Second Federal Appeals Court Rules You Can't Be Fired for Being Queer

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February 26, 2018

Today, in a 10-3 decision, the full Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal law that prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin and religion.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace
The Trump Administration Wants to Let Restaurant Owners Pocket Employees’ Tips. Here’s Why Queer People Should Care.

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January 29, 2018

For wait staff earning the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, a proposed Trump administration regulation would make all of their tips the property of their employer – thus permitting the employer to legally pilfer them. This new regulation would reverse the longstanding practice of the Department of Labor and an Obama-era regulation that tips are property of the employee.

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Federal Court Affirms Lesbian Firefighter’s Sex Discrimination Claim Under the Civil Rights Act

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January 26, 2018

The U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday upheld a $700,000 jury award for Lori Franchina, a lesbian firefighter who experienced extensive unchecked harassment from her co-workers at the Providence Fire Department.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace
Defunding Public Sector Unions Will Threaten Workplace Protections

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January 19, 2018

Public sector unions provided among the earliest protections anywhere in the US to LGBT people.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Unions
US Supreme Court Denies Appeal of LGBT Lambda Legal Employment Discrimination Case

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December 11, 2017

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will not review the Lambda Legal case on behalf of Jameka Evans, a Savannah security guard who was harassed at work and forced from her job because she is a lesbian.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, LAWS AND AMENDMENTS, SCOTUS
We're Suing a Louisiana Sheriff's Parish Over HIV Discrimination

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October 24, 2017

Today, Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana on behalf of William “Liam” Pierce, after the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s office rescinded a job offer as a Sheriff’s Deputy because he is a person living with HIV.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, HIV