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This Trans Day of Visibility, We Must Do More Than Be Visible; We Must Resist

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March 31, 2018

Today marks the 9th annual International Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV), a day designated to lift up transgender and gender-nonconforming (TGNC) communities and our issues. And for Lambda Legal, it’s a day to be proud of the important work we do year-round in securing the full recognition of civil rights for TGNC people.

See Also: Intersectionality, Resistance, Trans Day of Visibility
Trump Nominee Kyle Duncan Has Spent His Whole Career Working to Annihilate Civil Rights Progress

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February 5, 2018

YOU can help stop his nomination from going through!

See Also: Donald Trump, duncan, fair courts, Fair Courts Project, kyle duncan, Resistance, Trump
Lambda Legal & 15 LGBT Groups Oppose Anti-LGBT John K. Bush & Damien Schiff for Federal Bench

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June 12, 2017

Today, Lambda Legal and 15 other national LGBT groups urged opposition to the confirmations of John K. Bush to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and Damien Schiff to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Fair Courts Project, Resistance
Valerie Huber, an Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Leader, Has Been Appointed to a Key Position in the Department of Health and Human Services

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June 6, 2017

Today, Valerie Huber, a leader in the movement against science-based and honest sex education in schools was appointed as Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary for Health for the US Department of Health and Human Services.

See Also: Advocacy & Inclusion, Community Education, Health Care Fairness, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Resistance, Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights
Not in Our Name, Mr. Sessions

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May 16, 2017

By touting the conviction and sentence given to Mercedes Williamson’s murderer yesterday, Sessions clearly — and cynically — hopes to use violence against transgender people as a way to disarm progressives who are speaking out against Sessions’ misguided and racially-charged approach to criminal justice.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Law & Policy Project, RACIAL JUSTICE & LOW-INCOME ADVOCACY, Resistance, Transgender Rights
What Donald Trump's Religious Liberty Executive Order Does – and Doesn’t Do – and Why You Should Still Be Worried

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May 5, 2017

With yesteday’s Executive Order, Donald Trump handed out razors to every anti-LGBTQ zealot that he has put in place in his administration.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, Resistance
Lambda Legal: Trump to Businesses—‘Federal Gov’t doesn’t care how you treat your employees’

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March 27, 2017

The White House today issued an Executive Order rescinding an Obama-era Executive Order 13673 which required companies that want to do business with the federal government to disclose whether they have been liable for discriminating against people, including against LGBT people.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Resistance
We Know Judge Gorsuch Dislikes Litigation to Protect Civil Rights. Now We Need Answers.

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March 3, 2017

Questions emerging from Lambda Legal’s scrutiny of Judge Gorsuch’s record on the role of the courts to which LGBT people and everyone living with HIV need answers.

See Also: Resistance
FAQ: What did Obama do for transgender students and how did Trump take it away?

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February 25, 2017

Answers to your questions about the effects of the Trump administration's rescinding of President Obama's trans student guidance.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Resistance, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
Trump’s Attacks on the Courts Are Downright Dangerous. Here’s Why.

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February 10, 2017

Among the things troubling us about President Trump is that it has become quite clear that he doesn’t really understand the role of the courts and how the three branches of government work as checks and balances on each other.

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This Trans Day of Visibility, We Must Do More Than Be Visible; We Must Resist

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Trump Nominee Kyle Duncan Has Spent His Whole Career Working to Annihilate Civil Rights Progress

meet_kyle_duncan.png

Lambda Legal & 15 LGBT Groups Oppose Anti-LGBT John K. Bush & Damien Schiff for Federal Bench

istock-157644558.jpg

Valerie Huber, an Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Leader, Has Been Appointed to a Key Position in the Department of Health and Human Services

istock-510231500.jpg

Not in Our Name, Mr. Sessions

1200x630_not-in-our-name.png

What Donald Trump's Religious Liberty Executive Order Does – and Doesn’t Do – and Why You Should Still Be Worried

rl_eo_copy.jpg

Lambda Legal: Trump to Businesses—‘Federal Gov’t doesn’t care how you treat your employees’

trump_bw_1200_630.jpg

We Know Judge Gorsuch Dislikes Litigation to Protect Civil Rights. Now We Need Answers.

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FAQ: What did Obama do for transgender students and how did Trump take it away?

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Trump’s Attacks on the Courts Are Downright Dangerous. Here’s Why.

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