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South Dakota Legislature Passes Discriminatory Bill Targeting Transgender Students; Lambda Legal Urges Governor to Veto

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February 16, 2016

Today the South Dakota Senate passed House Bill 1008, a discriminatory bill that prevents transgender students from accessing restrooms and single-sex facilities that correspond with their gender identity.
Transgender People Need Safe and Dignified Access to Homeless Shelters

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February 16, 2016

National research indicates that 29 percent of transgender people who attempted to access a shelter were turned away due to their transgender status.
Lambda Legal on the Passing of Justice Scalia

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February 13, 2016

Despite his not being a friend to our community or to the causes of racial and reproductive justice, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia was a staunch defender of important aspects of the Constitution, especially rights to free speech and against unreasonable search and seizure.

See Also: U.S. Supreme Court
Lambda Legal Hails Nomination of First Openly Lesbian Chief Justice in the Country to Puerto Rico Supreme Court

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February 12, 2016

Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro García Padilla nominated Associate Justice Maite Oronoz Rodriguez as Chief Justice of the commonwealth’s highest court. She would be the first openly LGBT chief justice in the country.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Proyecto Igualdad, Puerto Rico
Lambda Legal Sues North Carolina Hospital That Denied Health Coverage to Employee’s Same-Sex Spouse

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February 11, 2016

Lambda Legal filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Asheville Division, seeking compensation for Sandra Lively, a registered nurse at North Carolina hospital Park Ridge Health, for the thousands of dollars of expenses she incurred when the hospital refused to allow her to enroll her same-sex spouse in the employee health plan.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Health Care Fairness, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions
Ask Lambda Legal: Can My Boss Legally Ban My Transgender Coworker from Using the Restroom?

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February 10, 2016

No employer gets to impose their sex stereotypes on their employees. And that protection does not stop at the restroom door. Access to appropriate restrooms is an essential element of all workplaces, and one most of us take for granted.

See Also: Ask Lambda Legal
Rethinking Safer Sex: PrEP

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February 8, 2016

What is PrEP? In 2012, the FDA approved the use of Truvada, an antiretroviral medication normally used to treat HIV, as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV-negative people.

See Also: HIV, PrEP