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Lambda Legal Sues North Carolina to End Birth Certificate Discrimination for Transgender People

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November 16, 2021

Today, Lambda Legal, alongside the firms Baker Botts LLP and Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP, filed a federal lawsuitchallenging the State of North Carolina’s discriminatory policy requiring transgender people to have undergone “sex reassignment surgery” in order for them to obtain an accurate birth certif

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights
I Want to Play Golf with Other Boys. I’m Suing Tennessee for That Chance.

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November 5, 2021

I am a boy, and I want to be on the boys’ golf team so I can play among other boys.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
Civil Rights Advocates Bring Federal Court Challenge to Tennessee Law Banning Trans Students in School Sports

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November 4, 2021

“Luc just wants to play golf with other boys, to be part of the team, and to improve his game. Like all kids, he just wants to play.”

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
Billie Jean King, Megan Rapinoe, Layshia Clarendon, and Brianna Turner join more than 150 Athletes and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association in Supporting Trans Youth Participation in Sports

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October 14, 2021

"There is no place in any sport for discrimination of any kind…The global athletic community grows stronger when we welcome and champion all athletes – including LGBTQI+ athletes.”

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
Lambda Legal Add Two Additional Transgender Plaintiffs to its Challenge to West Virginia’s Unlawful Ban On Health Care Coverage

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September 23, 2021

Today, Lambda Legal filed a motion seeking leave to add two additional plaintiffs—a Medicaid participant and a public employee—to its federal class-action lawsuit challenging West Virginia's blanket exclusion of health care coverage for transgender people in West Virgini

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
VICTORY! Fourth Circuit Rules North Carolina Can Be Sued for Violating the Affordable Care Act Over Discriminatory Anti-Transgender State Employee Health Care Plan

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September 1, 2021

Groundbreaking decision marks first time that a federal appellate court rules that ‘sovereign immunity’ does not protect state entities from liability under Affordable Care Act if they receive federal funding.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Sues Virginia Department of Corrections on Behalf of Incarcerated Transgender Man Denied Medically Necessary Health Care

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August 26, 2021

“The only thing I am asking is to be treated fairly and have access to the same standard of healthcare that other incarcerated people receive."

See Also: Criminal Justice, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Celebrates Illinois Appellate Decision Vindicating Transgender Woman in Fight Against Hobby Lobby

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August 17, 2021

“This decision is a win for all transgender people in Illinois and their right to be affirmed in their identities and to be treated with respect.”

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Transgender Rights
VICTORY! Federal Court Blocks West Virginia Law Banning Trans Students in School Sports

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July 21, 2021

Today, a federal court ruled that 11-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson must be allowed to try out for the girls’ cross-country and track teams at her school, blocking West Virginia from enforcing a law that bans transgender girls and women from participating in school sports.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
"Stack the Deck Against Hate" Campaign Recycles Anti-Trans Bills into Sports Trading Cards to Celebrate, Advocate on Behalf of Trans Athletes

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July 13, 2021

Lambda Legal and Campbell Ewald Join Coalition of Allies to Launch New Campaign to Fight Wave of Trans Sports Ban Legislation Introduced in More Than Half of States

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Lambda Legal Sues North Carolina to End Birth Certificate Discrimination for Transgender People

shutterstock_1433782895.jpg

I Want to Play Golf with Other Boys. I’m Suing Tennessee for That Chance.

luc_aclu-0554.jpg

Civil Rights Advocates Bring Federal Court Challenge to Tennessee Law Banning Trans Students in School Sports

luc_aclu-0029.jpg

Billie Jean King, Megan Rapinoe, Layshia Clarendon, and Brianna Turner join more than 150 Athletes and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association in Supporting Trans Youth Participation in Sports

shutterstock_1100557307.jpg

Lambda Legal Add Two Additional Transgender Plaintiffs to its Challenge to West Virginia’s Unlawful Ban On Health Care Coverage

fainplaintiffheader-b.jpeg

VICTORY! Fourth Circuit Rules North Carolina Can Be Sued for Violating the Affordable Care Act Over Discriminatory Anti-Transgender State Employee Health Care Plan

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Lambda Legal Sues Virginia Department of Corrections on Behalf of Incarcerated Transgender Man Denied Medically Necessary Health Care

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Lambda Legal Celebrates Illinois Appellate Decision Vindicating Transgender Woman in Fight Against Hobby Lobby

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VICTORY! Federal Court Blocks West Virginia Law Banning Trans Students in School Sports

ll_cover-photo_website-1.png

"Stack the Deck Against Hate" Campaign Recycles Anti-Trans Bills into Sports Trading Cards to Celebrate, Advocate on Behalf of Trans Athletes

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