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Lambda Legal to Challenge Discriminatory Military Service Policy Preventing People Living with HIV from Enlisting in U.S. Armed Forces

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November 10, 2022

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, HIV, Military
Lambda Legal Announces Government to Pay $1.325M to Settle Legal Fees in Cases on Behalf of HIV-Positive Service Members

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September 20, 2022

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Quigley Leads Letter Urging Administration to End Discriminatory Military Policy

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August 29, 2022

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Lambda Legal Celebrates Biden Administration’s Decision to Abandon Appeal of Court Order Striking Down Discriminatory Restrictions on Service Members Living with HIV and Welcomes Pentagon’s Policy Change

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June 8, 2022

Lambda Legal celebrates the Biden administration’s announcement yesterday that it will no longer defend discriminatory restrictions that prevented service members living with HIV from deploying and commissioning as officers in the U.S. military.

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Federal Court Strikes Down Pentagon’s Discriminatory Restrictions on Military Service of People Living with HIV as Arbitrary and Unconstitutional; Hailed by Lambda Legal as “Landmark Victory”

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April 7, 2022

Yesterday, a federal district court handed down one of the strongest judicial rulings in over two decades for people living with HIV, ordering the Department of Defense (DOD)—the world’s largest employer—to stop discriminating against people living with HIV and to allow them to deploy and commission as officers in the U.S. military.

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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
Lambda Legal Argues in Court to Halt Pentagon Discrimination Against People Living With HIV

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September 14, 2020

Today, Lambda Legal and the Modern Military Association of America (MMAA) asked a federal district court to bar the Trump Administration and the Pentagon from discriminating against people living with HIV by denying them the opportunity to enlist, deploy, or commission as an officer.

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Victory! Two HIV-Positive Former Military Cadets to Have Their Day in Court

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September 3, 2020

A federal district court denied a request by the Trump administration to dismiss a lawsuit brought by two former U.S. military cadets challenging the administration’s discriminatory policies targeting servicemembers living with HIV.

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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
Victory! Federal Court Upholds Injunction Preventing Discharge of HIV-Positive Airmen by Trump Administration

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January 10, 2020

The Court said that "any understanding of HIV that could justify this ban is outmoded and at odds with current science."

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Lambda Legal to Challenge Discriminatory Military Service Policy Preventing People Living with HIV from Enlisting in U.S. Armed Forces

isaiah_wilkins_photo.jpg

Lambda Legal Announces Government to Pay $1.325M to Settle Legal Fees in Cases on Behalf of HIV-Positive Service Members

shutterstock_1711680580.jpg

Quigley Leads Letter Urging Administration to End Discriminatory Military Policy

shutterstock_1711680580.jpg

Lambda Legal Celebrates Biden Administration’s Decision to Abandon Appeal of Court Order Striking Down Discriminatory Restrictions on Service Members Living with HIV and Welcomes Pentagon’s Policy Change

shutterstock_1711680580.jpg

Federal Court Strikes Down Pentagon’s Discriminatory Restrictions on Military Service of People Living with HIV as Arbitrary and Unconstitutional; Hailed by Lambda Legal as “Landmark Victory”

shutterstock_1711680580.jpg

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

ll_fb_tw_1.22_2b.jpg

Lambda Legal Argues in Court to Halt Pentagon Discrimination Against People Living With HIV

nick_harrison.jpeg

Victory! Two HIV-Positive Former Military Cadets to Have Their Day in Court

graduation_with_sydney.jpg

6 LGBTQ Rights Fights to Watch in 2020

pride_phone.jpg

Victory! Federal Court Upholds Injunction Preventing Discharge of HIV-Positive Airmen by Trump Administration

nick_harrison.jpeg

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