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Trump Quietly Starts Firing Servicemembers Living with HIV Just Before the Holidays

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December 19, 2018

Two HIV-positive Air Force members were given discharge orders just days before the holiday season.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, HIV, Military
Lambda Legal: DOJ Request for Supreme Court Review on Transgender Military Ban is Premature

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November 23, 2018

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review three preliminary federal district court rulings that have kept the Trump administration from implementing its discriminatory plan to prevent transgender people from serving in the U.S. Armed Services.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Military, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN to Ninth Circuit: Don’t Breathe Life into Discriminatory Transgender Military Ban

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October 10, 2018

Lawyers in the lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN challenging the Trump Administration’s plan to ban transgender people from serving openly in the U.S. Armed Services today urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to maintain the preliminary injunction blocking implementation of the discriminatory ban.

See Also: Military, Transgender Rights
Court Rules Case Challenging Defense Department's Discriminatory HIV Policies to Proceed

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September 14, 2018

Today, a Virginia federal court ruled a case filed by Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN, along with pro bono counsel from Winston & Strawn LLP, challenging the military's discriminatory policies governing the enlistment, deployment, and promotion of service members living with HIV will continue by denying the government's motion to dismiss.

See Also: HIV, Military
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
Federal Court Denies Renewed Attempt to Implement Transgender Military Ban

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June 15, 2018

Today, a federal court in Seattle 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 Rulings, Laws and Amendments, 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
Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN Ask Court to Permanently Block Transgender Military Ban

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January 25, 2018

Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN today asked a federal district court to permanently block enforcement of the Trump Administration’s plan to ban transgender people from serving openly in the U.S. Armed Services.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Military, Transgender Rights

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Trump Quietly Starts Firing Servicemembers Living with HIV Just Before the Holidays

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Lambda Legal: DOJ Request for Supreme Court Review on Transgender Military Ban is Premature

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Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN to Ninth Circuit: Don’t Breathe Life into Discriminatory Transgender Military Ban

web_karnoski-salut1.png

Court Rules Case Challenging Defense Department's Discriminatory HIV Policies to Proceed

nick_harrison.png

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

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Ninth Circuit Denies Another Trump Administration Effort to Implement Transgender Military Ban

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Federal Court Denies Renewed Attempt to Implement Transgender Military Ban

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Veteran of Two Overseas Combat Zones Faces Possible Discharge Simply Because He Lives with HIV

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New White House Transgender Ban Implementation Plan Solves Nothing

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Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN Ask Court to Permanently Block Transgender Military Ban

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