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Update: Lambda Legal Teen Clients Will Attend Prom Together!

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February 14, 2018

Lambda Legal received a response from east Alabama’s Calhoun County School District today that an Alexandria High School lesbian couple will be able to attend prom together.

See Also: Prom, Youth and Schools
Lambda Legal To Alabama School District: Let Lesbian Couple Go To Prom, Or Get Sued

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February 8, 2018

Lambda Legal sent a letter to eastern Alabama’s Calhoun County School District today warning school officials not to prevent a lesbian couple from attending the prom.

See Also: Same-sex relationships, Teens & Young Adults, Youth and Schools
Supreme Court of Hawai’i Hears Parenting Case Testing Marriage Equality Ruling

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December 14, 2017

The Supreme Court of Hawai’i today heard oral argument in the case of C.C. v. D.D., in which Lambda Legal is urging the Court to uphold a lower court ruling that, just like different-sex spouses, same-sex spouses must be treated as the presumed parents of children born during their marriage, with equal rights and equal responsibilities, including legal parentage and child support.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships, Youth and Schools
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Are Trying to Prevent Transgender Children from Lower-Income Families from Receiving Health Care

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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
Betsy DeVos Has Radically Reduced Protections for Survivors of Campus Sexual Violence

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September 23, 2017

The Trump administration this week unleashed yet another attack on a vulnerable population.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Youth and Schools
Lambda Legal Sues U.S. Departments of Education and Justice for Documents about Trans Student Guidance Withdrawal

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August 23, 2017

Yesterday, Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit to compel the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice to release information about their decision to withdraw guidance detailing the protections transgender students have under Title IX.

See Also: Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
Toilet Flushing: Adiós TX SB3

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August 17, 2017

In a stunning move Tuesday night, the Texas House and Senate ended the month-long special session a full day early. That wise conclusion lifted a cloud of fear from thousands of Texas families because it ended the imminent threat of “bathroom bills” that were pending in both chambers of the Texas legislature.

See Also: Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
Settled: Lawsuit Forces An End To School District's Anti-Transgender Bathroom Policy

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August 1, 2017

Lambda Legal today announced it has reached a settlement with the Pine-Richland School District, forcing the district to end a discriminatory, anti-transgender policy that prevented transgender students from using the bathroom that matches who they are.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
Trump's #TransBan Shows He Has No Idea What Trans People Trying to Enlist Actually Deal With

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July 28, 2017

Lambda Legal client Payton McGarry recounts his experience in trying to enlist in the military as a transgender man.

See Also: Community Education, Advocacy & Inclusion, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Military, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
My High School Won't Let Me Use the Bathroom, so I’m Suing It

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June 28, 2017

My name is Drew Adams. I’m a 16-year-old soon-to-be-junior in Florida. I'm also transgender.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools