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Victory! Court Confirms Idaho's Anti-Transgender Birth Certificate Law Violates Ruling

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August 7, 2020

The federal district court in Idaho today slapped down an effort by the Idaho legislature and Idaho Gov. Brad Little to resuscitate a ban preventing transgender people born in Idaho from changing the gender marker on their birth certificates to match their gender identity.

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Lambda Legal Sues New York Over Refusal to Allow Gender Neutral Marker on Driver’s Licenses

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July 28, 2020

Today Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit on behalf of Sander Saba, a nonbinary transgender New York resident who is seeking an accurate New York driver’s license that reflects their nonbinary gender identity.

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HUD’s New Shelter Rule Invites Further Discrimination against Transgender People

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July 24, 2020

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today unveiled a proposed new rule that would empower federally funded emergency single-sex homeless shelters to turn away people seeking emergency housing based on the subjective determination of shelter staff about whether the person before them appears sufficiently masculine or feminine to be housed in that facility.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Housing, Transgender Rights
Trump-Pence Administration Rolls Out Invitation to Discriminate Against Transgender People in Homeless Shelters

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July 1, 2020

Today, the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a proposed new rule for federally-funded homeless shelters that would encourage shelters to deny admission to transgender people.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Housing, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Sues Trump Administration Over Anti-Transgender Health Care Rule

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June 22, 2020

Lawsuit challenging HHS's rule that purports to carve out LGBTQ people and other vulnerable populations from the protections of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Anti-Transgender Exclusion Removed from Colorado Group Health Plan

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June 10, 2020

Niamh Anderson took all the necessary steps in preparation for their gender confirming procedure last July, including securing prior insurance authorization for a surgery doctors had said was medically necessary to treat their gender dysphoria.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Federal Court Warns Idaho Against Disobedience of Injunction Barring Anti-Transgender Discrimination

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June 1, 2020

The Idaho Federal Court has confirmed that its injunction continues to apply, in full force and effect, and it has now expressly cautioned that HB 509 does not whatsoever absolve state officials from their obligation to comply with the federal injunction.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Statement on Senate Vote Amending Puerto Rico’s Civil Code

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May 11, 2020

Today, after the Puerto Rico Senate approved a new Civil Code for the Commonwealth affecting the rights of LGBTQ people, Lambda Legal, through Senior Attorney and Puerto Rico native, Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, released the following statement.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Transgender Rights
COVID-19 Resources for LGBTQ Employees (And Those Who Have Been Laid Off or Furloughed)

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April 24, 2020

The United States is currently facing a public health crisis unlike any other in modern history, one that has greatly affected our workforce.

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It’s Never Okay to Attack Trans Youth, But Especially Not During a Global Health Crisis

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March 31, 2020

State and federal leaders are prioritizing harming trans young people during a historic catastrophe.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Coronavirus, Health Care Fairness, Trans Day of Visibility, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools

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Victory! Court Confirms Idaho's Anti-Transgender Birth Certificate Law Violates Ruling

transgender.jpg

Lambda Legal Sues New York Over Refusal to Allow Gender Neutral Marker on Driver’s Licenses

sander_saba_2_social_sized.jpg

HUD’s New Shelter Rule Invites Further Discrimination against Transgender People

114172349_2750745328535782_8424072808426698979_n.png

Trump-Pence Administration Rolls Out Invitation to Discriminate Against Transgender People in Homeless Shelters

3915d25a-f9b7-4189-b3d3-88aac70eaa24.jpeg

Lambda Legal Sues Trump Administration Over Anti-Transgender Health Care Rule

a_transgender_woman_in_a_hospital_gown_being_treated_by_a_doctor_a_transgender_man.jpg

Anti-Transgender Exclusion Removed from Colorado Group Health Plan

niamh_anderson_cropped.png

Federal Court Warns Idaho Against Disobedience of Injunction Barring Anti-Transgender Discrimination

pexels-photo-108942.jpeg

Lambda Legal Statement on Senate Vote Amending Puerto Rico’s Civil Code

photo-1511627456396-f96502ae8124.jpeg

COVID-19 Resources for LGBTQ Employees (And Those Who Have Been Laid Off or Furloughed)

covid_rainbow.png

It’s Never Okay to Attack Trans Youth, But Especially Not During a Global Health Crisis

day_3_-_callen-lorde4196.jpg

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