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Trump Signs Anti-LGBTQ Child Welfare Executive Order

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June 30, 2020

The motives behind the order aren’t pure and genuinely rooted in concern for the wellbeing of all vulnerable children, youth, and families.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Lambda Legal to Colorado Supreme Court: Marriage is Marriage!

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June 24, 2020

Today the Colorado Supreme Court heard two cases addressing the recognition of common law marriages of same-sex couples.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships
VICTORY! Federal Court Orders Department of State to Recognize U.S. Citizenship of Child of Gay Couple Born Abroad

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June 17, 2020

A federal court in Maryland today ordered the U.S. Department of State to recognize the U.S. citizenship and issue a U.S. passport to 1-year old Kessem Kiviti, a baby born abroad to a same-sex married couple who was refused recognition as a U.S. citizen from the moment of her birth by the Trump Administration despite federal law giving her that right.

See Also: Immigration, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections
Federal Court Hears Argument in Case of Child of Gay Maryland Couple Denied Citizenship Recognition

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June 5, 2020

A federal court in Maryland heard arguments today in a case brought by Lambda Legal and Immigration Equality and pro bono counsel Morgan Lewis on behalf of a married gay couple and their daughter Kessem Kiviti, whom the Trump Administration continues to refuse to recognize as a U.S. citizen since birth, even though both of her parents are U.S. citizens.

See Also: Immigration, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections
VICTORY! Same-Sex Spouses Nationwide Gain Equal Access to Social Security Survivor's Benefits

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May 27, 2020

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Seniors
VICTORY: Lesbian Couple to Have Their Day in Court in Challenge to HHS and South Carolina Foster Care Policy

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May 8, 2020

The couple was turned away by a government-funded foster care agency because they, as a lesbian couple, did not meet the agency’s religious criteria, which excludes prospective foster parents who are not evangelical Protestant Christian or who are same-sex couples of any faith.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Lambda Legal Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Lower Court Ruling and Reject Religion as Legal Grounds for Discrimination

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February 24, 2020

The U.S. Supreme Court today agreed to hear Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, an appeal by Catholic Social Services (CSS), a taxpayer-funded child welfare agency, which claims a constitutional right to turn away same-sex couples seeking to provide loving homes to children in the public foster care system.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Judge Sides with Same-Sex Partners Denied Equal Access to Social Security Survivor’s Benefits

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January 31, 2020

A federal magistrate judge today recommended striking down as unconstitutional the U.S. Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) categorical denial of survivor’s benefits to surviving same-sex partners who were barred from marrying due to discriminatory state marriage bans.

See Also: Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships, Seniors
Children Born Abroad to Married U.S. Same-Sex Parents Are U.S. Citizens, Lambda Legal Tells Courts

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January 16, 2020

Lambda Legal, Immigration Equality and pro bono counsel Morgan Lewis this week urged federal district courts in Georgia and Maryland to compel the U.S. State Department to recognize the U.S. citizenship of two children born abroad to married same-sex couples who are themselves U.S. citizens.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Immigration, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections
6 LGBTQ Rights Fights to Watch in 2020

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January 15, 2020

We’re only two weeks into 2020 and there is no shortage of action.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, HIV, Intersex, Law & Policy Project, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Military, Religious Exemptions, Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Youth in Out-of-Home Care

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Trump Signs Anti-LGBTQ Child Welfare Executive Order

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Lambda Legal to Colorado Supreme Court: Marriage is Marriage!

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VICTORY! Federal Court Orders Department of State to Recognize U.S. Citizenship of Child of Gay Couple Born Abroad

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Federal Court Hears Argument in Case of Child of Gay Maryland Couple Denied Citizenship Recognition

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VICTORY! Same-Sex Spouses Nationwide Gain Equal Access to Social Security Survivor's Benefits

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VICTORY: Lesbian Couple to Have Their Day in Court in Challenge to HHS and South Carolina Foster Care Policy

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Lambda Legal Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Lower Court Ruling and Reject Religion as Legal Grounds for Discrimination

gnc_person_of_colour_dad_outside_home_med.jpg

Judge Sides with Same-Sex Partners Denied Equal Access to Social Security Survivor’s Benefits

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Children Born Abroad to Married U.S. Same-Sex Parents Are U.S. Citizens, Lambda Legal Tells Courts

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6 LGBTQ Rights Fights to Watch in 2020

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