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It’s Not ‘All Psychological’: How the Medical Establishment Fails Transgender Patients

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January 31, 2014

Seeking health care when you’re sick or injured can sometimes be a confusing, nerve-racking, or frustrating experience.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Why Religious Exemptions to the Affordable Care Act Are an LGBT Issue

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January 30, 2014

Selling kitchen cabinets or glue guns and glitter for profit is not prayer.

See Also: Affordable Care Act, Health Care Fairness, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health
From Marriage Recognition to the Jury Box, the Windsor Decision Continues to Extend the Promise of Equality

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January 30, 2014

Last week, a federal appeals court ruled that the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution prohibits excluding lesbians and gay men from juries based on their sexual orientation.

See Also: Discrimination, DOMA, Fair Courts Project, U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Court Allows Lambda Legal’s West Virginia Marriage Case to Proceed

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January 29, 2014

Today a U.S. District Court ruled that Lambda Legal will be allowed to proceed with its case on behalf of three same-sex couples seeking the freedom to marry in West Virginia.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Video: Flying Solo, A Transgender Widow Fights Discrimination

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January 29, 2014

At 92, Robina Asti, a WWII veteran and pilot, tells her story of living as a transgender woman since 1976 and her fight to be treated like any other widow.

See Also: Robina Asti, Social Security Administration, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Urges Supreme Court to Reject Religious Exemption for For-Profit Companies

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January 28, 2014

Lambda Legal filed a brief today urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject efforts by for-profit companies to block employee health insurance coverage for contraception as required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The companies’ owners claim birth control violates their religious beliefs.

See Also: Affordable Care Act, Health Care Fairness, Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, U.S. Supreme Court
Lambda Legal at Creating Change

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January 27, 2014

Lambda Legal will have a big presence at the 26th annual Creating Change conference this week in Houston, TX.

See Also: Creating Change

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It’s Not ‘All Psychological’: How the Medical Establishment Fails Transgender Patients

levasseur_274.jpg

Why Religious Exemptions to the Affordable Care Act Are an LGBT Issue

acablog.png

From Marriage Recognition to the Jury Box, the Windsor Decision Continues to Extend the Promise of Equality

fair-courts_274.jpg

Federal Court Allows Lambda Legal’s West Virginia Marriage Case to Proceed

nancy-jane_392.jpg

Video: Flying Solo, A Transgender Widow Fights Discrimination

robina-392.jpg

Lambda Legal Urges Supreme Court to Reject Religious Exemption for For-Profit Companies

acablog.png

Lambda Legal at Creating Change

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