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Victory! State Department Cannot Rely on its Binary-Only Gender Policy to Deny Passport to Nonbinary Intersex Citizen

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September 19, 2018

A U.S. District Court Judge today ruled that the U.S. State Department exceeded its authority under the Passport Act of 1926 when it denied a passport to Lambda Legal client Dana Zzyym, a U.S. Navy veteran who is intersex and non-binary, and does not identify as male or female.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Intersex, Transgender Rights
Victory! Lambda Legal Obtains Settlement for Oswego County Transgender Employee Denied Coverage for Transition-Related Care

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August 23, 2018

The settlement remedies the harm done to Mr. Simonson by the refusal of health care coverage because he is transgender.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Victory! Court Orders Florida School District to Allow Transgender Student to Use the Men’s Restroom

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July 26, 2018

Today a federal court ruled in a Lambda Legal lawsuit that St. Johns County School Board in St. Augustine, FL, a suburb of Jacksonville, discriminated against Drew Adams, a 17-year-old boy, by denying him access to the boys’ restroom because he is transgender.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
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
Puerto Rico Begins Allowing Transgender People to Change Their Birth Certificates

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July 16, 2018

Starting today, the Puerto Rican government must provide accurate birth certificates to transgender Puerto Ricans that reflect their gender identity.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, 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
Alaska Denied Health Care Coverage To A Transgender State Employee. We're Suing.

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June 5, 2018

Lambda Legal this morning filed a federal lawsuit against the State of Alaska on behalf of Jennifer Fletcher, a state legislative librarian who was forced to pay out-of-pocket for medically necessary surgical treatment because the state health insurance plan prohibits such coverage only for transgender state employees.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Victory! Federal Court Strikes Unlawful Policy That Denied Health Care to Incarcerated Missouri Transgender Woman

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May 23, 2018

A federal district court has struck down a Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) policy as cruel and unusual punishment because it denies vital health care to transgender people, including Lambda Legal client Jessica Hicklin, a transgender woman incarcerated at the Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
In Rescinding Transgender Prisoner Protections, Trump Administration Again Targets the Most Vulnerable

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May 11, 2018

Today, the Trump Administration released changes to the federal Bureau of Prisons Transgender Offender Manual that undercuts constitutional protections and efforts in federal law – specifically the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) – to protect all prisoners from sexual assault and violence.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Transgender Rights
When Visibility Is Not A Choice

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March 30, 2018

What happens when people are forced to be visible because their birth assigned sex on legal identity documents does not match their gender identity?

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

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Victory! State Department Cannot Rely on its Binary-Only Gender Policy to Deny Passport to Nonbinary Intersex Citizen

zzyym_social.png

Victory! Lambda Legal Obtains Settlement for Oswego County Transgender Employee Denied Coverage for Transition-Related Care

simonson.jpg

Victory! Court Orders Florida School District to Allow Transgender Student to Use the Men’s Restroom

36407261_10156481442296703_7761154441020964864_o.jpg

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

1200x630_karnoski-salut1.png

Puerto Rico Begins Allowing Transgender People to Change Their Birth Certificates

arroyo_social_share.png

Federal Court Denies Renewed Attempt to Implement Transgender Military Ban

1200x630_clients.png

Alaska Denied Health Care Coverage To A Transgender State Employee. We're Suing.

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Victory! Federal Court Strikes Unlawful Policy That Denied Health Care to Incarcerated Missouri Transgender Woman

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In Rescinding Transgender Prisoner Protections, Trump Administration Again Targets the Most Vulnerable

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When Visibility Is Not A Choice

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