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

Today I'm Testifying Against SB6 Before the Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs

img_0719.jpg

By

March 7, 2017

Omar Narvaéz's testimony against SB6 to the Texas Legislature.

See Also: Transgender Rights
We Object to a Government That Bullies Our Young People

16905055_10107600027974830_8697169974343635060_o.jpg

By

March 1, 2017

Now more than ever, we must make sure that all LGBTQ young people know that they are not alone.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
Federal Court Tells Pine-Richland High School to Let Transgender Students Use the Bathroom

037a0503.jpg

By

February 27, 2017

A federal district court judge today ruled in favor of three Lambda Legal clients – transgender students at Pine-Richland High School – and ordered the suburban Pittsburgh school district to allow the students to use the bathroom that matches who they are.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
FAQ: What did Obama do for transgender students and how did Trump take it away?

protest_alice-donovan-rouse-195453.jpg

By

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
Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Repeal H.B. 2, Expand LGBT Protections

wearenotthis_nc_protest_sign.jpg

By

February 9, 2017

North Carolina House representatives today introduced a bill that would fully repeal the state’s anti-LGBT law, House Bill 2, and expand state nondiscrimination laws for housing, employment, credit, insurance, public accommodations and education to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender North Carolinians.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Reaches Settlement with California Barbershop that Discriminated Against Transgender Client

kendall-28.png

By

February 1, 2017

Lambda Legal today announced it has reached a settlement with a southern California barbershop that turned away Kendall Oliver, who is transgender, based on claimed religious objections to serving customers not perceived as male.

See Also: Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Files Federal Lawsuit Against NJ Catholic Hospital that Denied Care to Transgender Man

Jionni Conforti

By

January 5, 2017

Lambda Legal has filed a federal lawsuit against St. Joseph's Healthcare in NJ after the hospital refused to allow a transgender man's surgeon to perform a routine hysterectomy.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Religious Exemptions, Transgender Rights
Don’t Panic, Get Informed: Updating ID Docs Under the Trump Administration

trans_id_documents.jpg

By

December 23, 2016

In the weeks since the presidential election, we have heard from many who want to know what this new era of conservative domination in the federal government will mean for the transgender community.

See Also: Donald Trump, Transgender Rights, Trump
Lambda Legal and ACLU Condemn North Carolina Lawmakers’ Failure to Repeal H.B. 2

ncga.jpg

By

December 21, 2016

The North Carolina legislature today convened for a special session where it failed to pass a bill repealing H.B. 2, the state’s sweeping anti-LGBT law.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Transgender Rights
Mississippi’s Anti-LGBT Law Reaches Fifth Circuit: Lambda Legal Joins Legal Advocates Filing Opening Briefs

gavel_rainbow_istock-481086498.jpg

By

December 16, 2016

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions, Transgender Rights

Transgender Rights

Browse By

Search Blog

Find Your State

Legal Help Desk

Today I'm Testifying Against SB6 Before the Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs

img_0719.jpg

We Object to a Government That Bullies Our Young People

16905055_10107600027974830_8697169974343635060_o.jpg

Federal Court Tells Pine-Richland High School to Let Transgender Students Use the Bathroom

037a0503.jpg

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

protest_alice-donovan-rouse-195453.jpg

Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Repeal H.B. 2, Expand LGBT Protections

wearenotthis_nc_protest_sign.jpg

Lambda Legal Reaches Settlement with California Barbershop that Discriminated Against Transgender Client

kendall-28.png

Lambda Legal Files Federal Lawsuit Against NJ Catholic Hospital that Denied Care to Transgender Man

Jionni Conforti

Don’t Panic, Get Informed: Updating ID Docs Under the Trump Administration

trans_id_documents.jpg

Lambda Legal and ACLU Condemn North Carolina Lawmakers’ Failure to Repeal H.B. 2

ncga.jpg

Mississippi’s Anti-LGBT Law Reaches Fifth Circuit: Lambda Legal Joins Legal Advocates Filing Opening Briefs

gavel_rainbow_istock-481086498.jpg

Pages

Search form

Transgender Rights

Browse By

Search Blog

Stay Informed!

Find Your State

Legal Help Desk

Pages

Connect Online