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Lambda Legal Urges Court to Apply Fair Standards Protecting Transgender People From Health Care Discrimination

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June 8, 2016

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Religious Exemptions
Lambda Legal Applauds Introduction of Federal Do No Harm Act

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May 18, 2016

Today, U.S. Reps. Joseph Kennedy (D-MA) and Robert C.

See Also: Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions
Supreme Court Confirms No-Cost Contraceptive Coverage for Employees Without Deciding Religion Questions: Lambda Legal Says “We Need Nine”

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May 16, 2016

Although today’s ruling leaves ambiguity, what is clear is that we need nine justices sitting on the U.S. Supreme Court.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Health Care Fairness, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Transgender Rights
HHS Issues New Rules Confirming Ban on Health Care and Insurance Discrimination against LGBT People

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May 13, 2016

The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today finalized new rules confirming that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people are protected against health care discrimination under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Religious Exemptions
Frequently Asked Questions about Mississippi's HB 1523

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April 6, 2016

On April 5, 2016, Mississippi governor Phil Bryant signed HB1523, an anti-LGBT bill that invites a broad range of individuals, private businesses, and medical and social services agencies to discriminate based on religious beliefs about marriage, non-marital sexual relationships, and conformity with gender stereotypes. This FAQ is designed to help answer questions about this new law.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions
Lambda Legal Condemns Passage of Anti-LGBT Mississippi Bill HB 1523

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April 5, 2016

Mississippi legislators and Gov. Bryant have ignored the voices of reason and responsibility and have exposed many already terribly vulnerable in the state to yet more discrimination, abuse and violence.

See Also: LAWS AND AMENDMENTS, Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination
Why This Year’s Reproductive Freedom Supreme Court Cases are Important for LGBT People and Those Living with HIV

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March 1, 2016

The rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (“LGBT”) and people living with HIV are on the line again this year before the United States Supreme Court.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Health Care Fairness, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Transgender Rights
The Road Ahead: Fighting Anti-LGBT Legislation

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February 23, 2016

Recently, as these election-year LGBT-bashing bills have proliferated, some gay bloggers and reporters have started asking what members of the community also must be wondering: Are our LGBT organizations prepared to deal with this unprecedented level of legislative and ballot attacks? Lambda Legal has been preparing steadily during the past three years and implementing strategies to fight back and win. At the same time, we know our opponents are well-funded and determined, and winning will not be easy.

See Also: Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination
Lambda Legal Urges Georgia House to Reject Anti-LGBT Bill HB 757

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February 19, 2016

After the Georgia Senate passed the so-called "First Amendment Defense Act of Georgia (FADA)", Lambda Legal urged the House to reject HB 757. The anti-LGBT bill encourages private businesses, individuals and medical and social services agencies to discriminate against anyone in Georgia on religious grounds.

See Also: Law & Policy Project, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions
Lambda Legal Urges Supreme Court to Reject Argument that Religious Belief Trumps Equal Access to Health Care

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February 18, 2016

Yesterday, Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Zubik v. Burwell and six related cases urging the Court to reject arguments made by religiously affiliated nonprofit organizations who argue that it burdens their religious beliefs simply to notify the federal government that they are opting out of providing their employees insurance coverage for contraceptives under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Health Care Fairness, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Transgender Rights