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Lambda Legal Urges City Council to Strike ID Requirement from Chicago Human Rights Ordinance

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June 8, 2016

Today, Christopher Clark, Counsel and Young Adults, Teens and Children Program Strategist for Lambda Legal testified before the Chicago City Council’s Commission on Human Relations in support of an amendment striking a provision of the city’s Human Rights Ordinance that requires people to use public facilities in Chicago that match the sex marker on their government-issued identification.

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Lambda Legal Sues California Barbershop for Refusing to Serve Transgender Customer

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May 25, 2016

Lambda Legal and the law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson today filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court against a southern California barbershop alleging the business violated California’s civil rights laws when it denied Kendall Oliver, who is transgender, a haircut based on religious objections to serving customers who are female or perceived as female.

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LGBT Advocates Issue Revised Guidelines for Hospitals Treating Transgender Patients

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May 25, 2016

Lambda Legal, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and the LGBT Rights Committee of the New York City Bar Association, with pro bono assistance from Hogan Lovells US, LLP, and Proskauer Rose LLP, today released an update to their ground-breaking 2013 publication that provided guidance to hospitals seeking to improve health care for transgender patients.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Supreme Court Confirms No-Cost Contraceptive Coverage for Employees Without Deciding Religion Questions: Lambda Legal Says “We Need Nine”

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May 16, 2016

Although today’s ruling leaves ambiguity, what is clear is that we need nine justices sitting on the U.S. Supreme Court.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Health Care Fairness, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal and ACLU Ask Court to Block Enforcement of North Carolina’s Anti-Transgender Law

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May 16, 2016

Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of North Carolina today asked a federal court to order an immediate halt to enforcement of a North Carolina law that targets transgender people for discrimination in single-sex facilities.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Applauds New Federal Guidance on Transgender Students’ Access to Bathrooms

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May 13, 2016

The Obama Administration today issued new guidance directing public school districts across the country to allow transgender students to use the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity.

See Also: Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
Lambda Legal and Transgender Law Center Petition VA to Provide Surgery for Transgender Veterans

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May 10, 2016

Late yesterday, Lambda Legal and Transgender Law Center, with co-counsel WilmerHale, petitioned with the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to change the rule that categorically excludes transition-related surgery for transgender veterans.

See Also: Military, Transgender Rights
ACLU and Lambda Legal Statement on North Carolina’s Lawsuit Against Federal Government

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May 9, 2016

North Carolina Gov. McCrory today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice that asks a federal court to determine that House Bill 2, the discriminatory law that removes local legal protections for LGBT people and prohibits transgender people from using public facilities that correspond to their gender identity, does not violate civil rights laws.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights
U.S. Justice Department: North Carolina’s HB 2 Violates Civil Rights Act

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May 4, 2016

The U.S. Department of Justice today notified North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory that HB 2, the sweeping anti-LGBT law that prevents transgender students, employees, and visitors from using restrooms that correspond to their gender identity, has placed the state in violation of Title VII of the U.S. Civil Rights Act, Title IX, and the Violence Against Women Act.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, HB2, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Applauds New Chicago Public Schools Guidelines for Transgender Students, Staff and Adults

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May 3, 2016

Today, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) announced new guidelines aimed at providing a more inclusive and welcoming environment for transgender students, employees and adults, including specific language establishing that transgender people have equal access to the facilities that correspond to their gender identity.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools

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Lambda Legal Urges City Council to Strike ID Requirement from Chicago Human Rights Ordinance

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Lambda Legal Sues California Barbershop for Refusing to Serve Transgender Customer

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LGBT Advocates Issue Revised Guidelines for Hospitals Treating Transgender Patients

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Supreme Court Confirms No-Cost Contraceptive Coverage for Employees Without Deciding Religion Questions: Lambda Legal Says “We Need Nine”

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Lambda Legal and ACLU Ask Court to Block Enforcement of North Carolina’s Anti-Transgender Law

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Lambda Legal Applauds New Federal Guidance on Transgender Students’ Access to Bathrooms

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Lambda Legal and Transgender Law Center Petition VA to Provide Surgery for Transgender Veterans

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ACLU and Lambda Legal Statement on North Carolina’s Lawsuit Against Federal Government

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U.S. Justice Department: North Carolina’s HB 2 Violates Civil Rights Act

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Lambda Legal Applauds New Chicago Public Schools Guidelines for Transgender Students, Staff and Adults

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