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Lambda Legal and Indiana Youth Group Move to Join Lawsuit to Protect Transgender Students

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August 22, 2019

Today, Lambda Legal filed legal papers on behalf of Indiana Youth Group (IYG) to join a lawsuit in a case before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana to protect the interests of transgender students from attack by a teacher who sued the Brownsburg Community School Corporation after officials asked him to refer to transgender students in his classroom accurately by their full names, as requested by their parents and recorded in the school’s database.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
Proposed Trump Administration Rule Seeks to Roll Back ACA Protections for LGBTQ People

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August 14, 2019

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Law & Policy Project, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Transgender Rights
Court Approves Settlement in H.B. 2 Replacement Case

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July 23, 2019

The State of North Carolina cannot use H.B. 142, the law that replaced H.B. 2, to prevent transgender individuals from using public restrooms and other facilities in state government buildings that match their gender under an agreement approved today by a federal court.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Transgender Rights
Illinois Medicaid Should Cover Gender-Affirming Health Care

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July 3, 2019

Lambda Legal submitted comments and suggested changes to the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (“IHFS”).

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Trump Administration Announces Postponement of Denial of Care Rule

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July 2, 2019

The Denial of Care Rule will no longer go into effect on July 22.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights
200+ Major Businesses File Landmark Brief in Support of LGBTQ Workers

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July 2, 2019

The Supreme Court brief will be filed in a trio of cases that may determine whether LGBTQ people are protected from discrimination.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Transgender Rights
Victory! Kansas Agrees to Issue Accurate Birth Certificates to Transgender People

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June 24, 2019

Transgender people born in Kansas will now be able to correct the gender marker on their birth certificates under a consent judgment between Lambda Legal and state officials issued Friday evening by a federal court.

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Lambda Legal, Americans United and Center for Reproductive Rights Sue Trump Administration to Block Denial of Care Rule

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May 28, 2019

Today, Lambda Legal, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit challenging the “Denial of Care” Rule issued earlier this month by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, HIV, Transgender Rights
We're Suing The Department of Health & Human Services For Failure To Disclose Documents About LGBTQ People

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May 22, 2019

Lambda Legal today filed a federal lawsuit to compel the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to release information about their communications with outside organizations and decisions pertaining to the health care and well-being of LGBTQ people, including the alleged suspension of the publication and implementation of LGBTQ nondiscrimination rules and regulations.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal to Tenth Circuit: Affirm Ruling for Nonbinary Intersex Veteran Seeking an Accurate U.S. Passport

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May 9, 2019

Lambda Legal last night filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit urging the court to uphold a lower court ruling that the State Department cannot rely on its male-or-female-only gender policy to withhold a U.S. passport from Dana Zzyym, a U.S. Navy veteran who is intersex and nonbinary, and does not identify as male or female.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights