Transgender Rights

Search Blog

Find Your State

Know the laws in your state that protect LGBT people and people living with HIV.

Legal Help Desk

Call us or submit your legal questions online.

RSS Feed

The State of Washington Just Joined Our Case Challenging The Trans Military Ban

1200x630_theystandwestand.png

By

November 14, 2017

A U.S. District Court judge today granted the state of Washington’s motion to intervene in support of the plaintiffs in Karnoski v. Trump, the federal lawsuit filed in August by Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN challenging the constitutionality of the Trump administration’s ban on military service by transgender people.

See Also: Military, Transgender Rights
Yesterday We Won. Today, We Keep Fighting.

36056856301_472aa0309b_k.jpg

By

November 8, 2017

You’ve seen the headlines. Last night was an exhilarating tonic.

See Also: Law & Policy Project, Racial Justice & Low Income Advocacy, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal & TLDEF Team Up to Help Transgender People Get Legal Name Changes in Atlanta

trans-flag.png

By

October 30, 2017

Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) is joining forces with Lambda Legal to collaborate on one of TLDEF’s signature programs, the Name Change Project. The Project provides free legal name change services to low-income transgender people through partnerships with some of the nation’s most prestigious law firms and corporate law departments. TLDEF will continue to run its program in New York City, while Lambda Legal will work with TLDEF to continue developing the initiative in Atlanta and throughout Georgia.

See Also: Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal and ACLU Announce Proposed Settlement With North Carolina in Lawsuit Challenging Anti-LGBT Law

nc.png

By

October 18, 2017

Transgender people in North Carolina will not be barred from using public restrooms and other facilities that match their gender identity.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Are Trying to Prevent Transgender Children from Lower-Income Families from Receiving Health Care

juliet2_copy.jpg

By

October 23, 2017

Pennsylvania lawmakers this week are considering a discriminatory and harmful amendment to the state’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) reauthorization legislation that would deny lower-income Pennsylvania transgender youth access to any transition-related health care services, including counseling.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Whether or Not You Stay in Jail Should Not Depend on How Poor You Are

daan-huttinga-135885.jpg

By

October 11, 2017

Our justice system should be designed to treat all people equally. Yet that does not happen for the estimated 450,000 Americans who remain in pretrial detention because they cannot afford to pay costly bail.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Racial Justice & Low Income Advocacy, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal and Advocates Urge Supreme Court to Strike Down Anti-LGBT Mississippi Law

1200x630_barber-plaintiffs.png

By

October 10, 2017

See Also: Anti-LGBT Legislation and Amendments, Marriage, Religious Exemptions, Same-sex relationships, Transgender Rights
Advocates Will Appeal Case Against Mississippi Anti-LGBT Law HB 1523 to Supreme Court

1200x630_barber-plaintiffs.png

By

October 2, 2017

Mississippi civil rights attorney Rob McDuff, along with Mississippi Center for Justice and Lambda Legal, today announced they will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied their en banc petition asking the full court to rehear the case challenging Mississippi House Bill 1523.

See Also: Law & Policy Project, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships, Transgender Rights
New Congressional Resolution Calls for Better Policies To Protect Trans Women of Color

spenser-h-194649_copy.jpg

By

September 28, 2017

Representative Ellison (D-M.N.) has introduced a Resolution in the House of Representatives recognizing the violence and other challenges faced by transgender women of color in the United States.

See Also: Racial Justice, Trans Women of Color, Transgender Rights
State of Washington Joins Lawsuit in Support of Transgender Military Service Members

1200x630_theystandwestand.png

By

September 25, 2017

The state of Washington filed a motion to intervene in support of the plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit against Donald Trump's transgender military ban.

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