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Transgender Police Officer Banned From Workplace Restroom

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February 2, 2016

Can the government require genital surgery as a condition for equal treatment at work? That’s essentially the question that Brad Roberts faced.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Roberts v. Clark County School District, Transgender Rights
IN Senate: No Action on SB 344; Lambda Legal Says LGBT Hoosiers Still Need Protection

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February 2, 2016

The Indiana Senate will not debate or vote on Senate Bill 344, a deeply flawed piece of legislation that would have effectively hurt LGBT Hoosiers.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Indiana, Religious Exemptions, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, rfra
Lambda Legal Calls for "All Hands on Deck” as Indiana SB 344 Advances

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January 27, 2016

Tonight the Indiana Senate Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee advanced Senate Bill 344; it will now go to the Senate floor for a vote. Lambda Legal is calling on Indiana. LGBT people, allies, business leaders, athletes and advocates to re-engage in the fight against SB344, a bill that will damage LGBT Hoosiers.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Religious Exemptions, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, rfra
Victory for Fair Courts! Ninth Circuit Upholds Arizona Judicial Conduct Code

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January 27, 2016

In a major victory for fair courts, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled in Wolfson v. Concannon that the rules in the Arizona Judicial Conduct Code restricting political activities of judges and judicial candidates do not violate the U.S. Constitution.

See Also: Fair Courts Project
3-Alarm Emergency in Indiana

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January 26, 2016

Members of the Indiana Senate Judiciary and Rules committees are set to hear on Wednesday three bills that are harmful to LGBT Hoosiers — and we need your help to stop these bills from advancing.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Religious Exemptions, Religious Freedom and Restoration Act, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, rfra
Lambda Legal to Indiana Legislators: Reject these Bills!

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January 25, 2016

Lambda Legal today called for the Indiana Senate Judiciary and Rules Committees to vote down SB 100, SB 344 and SB 66, three bills which would enshrine discrimination and deliver a devastating blow to LGBT Hoosiers.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, rfra
Lambda Legal Applauds Appointment of First Openly Lesbian Justice to Minnesota Supreme Court

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January 22, 2016

Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton today announced that Minnesota Appeals Court Judge Margaret Chutich would be appointed to the state’s supreme court. With this appointment, Chutich became the state’s first openly gay justice. Following the announcement, Lambda Legal Fair Courts Project Director Eric Lesh said:

See Also: Fair Courts Project