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The Hope and Incompleteness of Pride: LGBTQ Refugees are Repeatedly Denied the Right to the Complexity of their Identities and Lives

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June 28, 2021

By Nora Huppert and Jennifer C. Pizer

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Immigration
10 Things LGBTQ People and People Living with HIV Need from the Biden-Harris Administration

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January 20, 2021

Lambda Legal has filed 46 federal lawsuits against the Trump administration to beat back their efforts to harm LGBTQ people and everyone living with HIV.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Fair Courts Project, Health Care Fairness, HIV, Immigration, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Military, Racial Justice & Low Income Advocacy, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration's "Death to Asylum" Rule

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January 8, 2021

In response to a request from Lambda Legal, Immigration Equality, and Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, the U.S.

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Lambda Legal and Immigration Equality Challenge Trump Administration's "Death to Asylum" Rule

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December 21, 2020

Lambda Legal, Immigration Equality, and co-counsel Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, filed a federal lawsuit, Immigration Equality v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, challenging the Trump administration’s recently published “death to asylum” rule, which makes sweeping, essentially fatal changes to the United States asylum system.

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Lambda Legal and Immigration Equality to Challenge Cruel New Asylum Ban in Court

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December 10, 2020

The ban will make it virtually impossible for LGBTQ people and those living with HIV who fled persecution in their countries of origin to secure asylum in the U.S.

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Victory! State Department Withdraws Appeal in Cases of Same-Sex Couples' Children Refused Passports

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October 27, 2020

Multiple federal district courts found the U.S. Department of State’s refusal to recognize the U.S. citizenship of the children born abroad to two married same-sex, U.S. citizen couples to be unlawful.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Immigration, Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships
Victory! Court Rules State Department Violated Law in Denying Passport to Married Same-Sex Couple’s Daughter

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August 27, 2020

A federal court in Georgia today ordered the Trump Administration to recognize the U.S. citizenship since birth of Simone Mize-Gregg, the two-year-old daughter of a married same-sex couple, and to issue her a U.S. passport.

See Also: Immigration, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections
Trump Administration Appeals Court Decision Recognizing Citizenship of Same-Sex Couple’s Child

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August 17, 2020

On Friday, the U.S. State Department appealed the June 17th decision of a Maryland federal district court that recognized the birthright citizenship of Kessem Kiviti, the child of married U.S. citizens, Roee and Adiel Kiviti.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Immigration
Federal Judge Hears Second Round of Oral Arguments in Case of Two-Year-Old Daughter of Married Same-Sex Couple Treated as “Born Out of Wedlock”

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July 29, 2020

A federal judge in Atlanta heard oral arguments today in a case brought by Immigration Equality, Lambda Legal, and pro bono counsel Morgan Lewis against the U.S. State Department for refusing to recognize the citizenship from birth of Simone Mize-Gregg, the two-year-old daughter of U.S. citizens, Derek Mize and Jonathan Gregg.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Immigration, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections
Supreme Court Rules to Preserve DACA Program

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June 18, 2020

The Supreme Court today blocked the Trump administration’s effort to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

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The Hope and Incompleteness of Pride: LGBTQ Refugees are Repeatedly Denied the Right to the Complexity of their Identities and Lives

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10 Things LGBTQ People and People Living with HIV Need from the Biden-Harris Administration

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Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration's "Death to Asylum" Rule

shutterstock_111338309_1.jpg

Lambda Legal and Immigration Equality Challenge Trump Administration's "Death to Asylum" Rule

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Lambda Legal and Immigration Equality to Challenge Cruel New Asylum Ban in Court

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Victory! State Department Withdraws Appeal in Cases of Same-Sex Couples' Children Refused Passports

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Victory! Court Rules State Department Violated Law in Denying Passport to Married Same-Sex Couple’s Daughter

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Trump Administration Appeals Court Decision Recognizing Citizenship of Same-Sex Couple’s Child

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Federal Judge Hears Second Round of Oral Arguments in Case of Two-Year-Old Daughter of Married Same-Sex Couple Treated as “Born Out of Wedlock”

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Supreme Court Rules to Preserve DACA Program

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