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Lambda Legal Joins Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Healthcare Worker Fired for Being HIV Positive

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November 29, 2016

Lambda Legal today announced it will seek to join a federal discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against a Texas nursing facility that fired an employee after he disclosed he was living with HIV.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, HIV
Taking LGBT Workplace Discrimination to Federal Court

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November 29, 2016

Greg Nevins is Counsel and Employment Fairness Program Director at Lambda Legal. We asked him to explain why we argue anti-LGBT employment discrimination cases as sex discrimination cases.

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Full Seventh Circuit Agrees to Rehear Lambda Legal’s Indiana Employment Discrimination Case

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October 11, 2016

The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals today granted en banc review in Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College, meaning that the entire court will hear the employment discrimination appeal of Lambda Legal’s client, Kimberly Hively.

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Lambda Legal Seeks Rehearing by Full Seventh Circuit Court in Ivy Tech Employment Discrimination Case

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August 26, 2016

Today, Lambda Legal filed a petition seeking a rehearing by the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on behalf of Kimberly Hively, an instructor who was repeatedly denied promotions, full-time employment and ultimately fired from Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana because she is a lesbian.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace
District Court Hears Challenge to Federal Guidance Protecting Transgender Students and Employees

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August 12, 2016

Five leading national civil and LGBT rights organizations urged the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas to reject an effort to block the Obama administration’s interpretations of several federal laws pending trial in Texas v. United States, including federal guidance advising public school districts across the country that the federal Departments of Justice and Education believe that transgender students should be allowed to use restrooms that correspond with their gender identity.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
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
Transgender Police Officer Banned From Workplace Restroom

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February 2, 2016

Can the government require genital surgery as a condition for equal treatment at work? That’s essentially the question that Brad Roberts faced.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Roberts v. Clark County School District, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal to Eleventh Circuit: Federal Law Prohibits Discrimination Against Lesbian Employee

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January 7, 2016

Today, Lambda Legal urged the U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse a lower court ruling and allow Jameka Evans to present her case alleging that Georgia Regional Hospital of Savannah harassed and punished her, eventually forcing her resignation, because she is a lesbian.

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15 in 2015: Lambda Legal’s Year in Review

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December 26, 2015

2015 was a historic year in the fight for equality for LGBT people and those living with HIV, and Lambda Legal led the fight in courts and communities across the country. Here are some of the highlights of Lambda Legal’s work this year:

See Also: Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Fair Courts Project, Health Care Fairness, HIV, Housing, Immigration, LAWS AND AMENDMENTS, Marriage, RACIAL JUSTICE & LOW-INCOME ADVOCACY, Relationships and Family Protections, Seniors, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Lambda Legal to Seventh Circuit: Federal Law Prohibits Discrimination Against Lesbian Instructor

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September 30, 2015

Today, Lambda Legal urged the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse a lower court ruling and allow Kimberly Hively to present her case alleging that Ivy Tech Community College, where she worked as an instructor for 14 years, denied her fulltime employment and promotions, and eventually terminated her employment, because she is a lesbian.

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