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The Road Ahead: Fighting Anti-LGBT Legislation

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February 23, 2016

Recently, as these election-year LGBT-bashing bills have proliferated, some gay bloggers and reporters have started asking what members of the community also must be wondering: Are our LGBT organizations prepared to deal with this unprecedented level of legislative and ballot attacks? Lambda Legal has been preparing steadily during the past three years and implementing strategies to fight back and win. At the same time, we know our opponents are well-funded and determined, and winning will not be easy.

See Also: Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination
Lambda Legal Urges Georgia House to Reject Anti-LGBT Bill HB 757

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February 19, 2016

After the Georgia Senate passed the so-called "First Amendment Defense Act of Georgia (FADA)", Lambda Legal urged the House to reject HB 757. The anti-LGBT bill encourages private businesses, individuals and medical and social services agencies to discriminate against anyone in Georgia on religious grounds.

See Also: Law & Policy Project, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions
Open Letter to South Dakota Lawmakers: All I Want Is to Feel Safe in My Home State

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February 19, 2016

Lambda Legal client Corinne McCreery won a landmark settlement from her former employer, who had fired Cori after she informed him that she was taking steps to transition from male to female while at work.

See Also: Religiously Motivated Discrimination
Victory! Kentucky Supreme Court Unanimously Affirms Lesbian Mother’s Right to Custody Petition in Lambda Legal Case

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February 18, 2016

Today, in a unanimous decision, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that Lambda Legal client, Amy H., a lesbian mother, will have her day in court to petition for joint custody of her daughter.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships
Lambda Legal Urges Supreme Court to Reject Argument that Religious Belief Trumps Equal Access to Health Care

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February 18, 2016

Yesterday, Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Zubik v. Burwell and six related cases urging the Court to reject arguments made by religiously affiliated nonprofit organizations who argue that it burdens their religious beliefs simply to notify the federal government that they are opting out of providing their employees insurance coverage for contraceptives under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Health Care Fairness, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Transgender Rights
After Scalia

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February 17, 2016

With the sudden death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia this past Saturday, the attention of the nation has focused like a laser on the Court – its composition, the docket of cases now before it and the historic process ahead of Justice Scalia’s successor being nominated and confirmed.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Scalia, Supreme Court
Lambda Legal Warns South Carolina School District that Transgender Student Suspension Could Lead to Lawsuit

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February 17, 2016

Lambda Legal sent a letter to the Horry County School District today urging school officials to reverse their decision to suspend a transgender student and to adopt inclusive bathroom policies that respect the gender identities of its students and are in line with federal law, after news reports that a transgender student was suspended from Socastee High School for using the bathroom that matches his gender identity.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth in Schools