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Information for Surviving Same-Sex Partners and Spouses Previously Excluded from Social Security Survivor’s Benefits Because of Unconstitutional State Marriage Laws

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November 1, 2021

Lambda Legal has won victories in two class action lawsuits on behalf of surviving same-sex partners and spouses across the country who were denied Social Security survivor’s benefits because they were unable to be married for at least nine months before their partners and spouses died because of discriminatory state marriage laws.
Lambda Legal Client Dana Zzyym Receives First 'X' U.S. Passport

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October 27, 2021

“It took six years, but to have an accurate passport, one that doesn’t force me to identify as male or female but recognizes I am neither, is liberating.”

See Also: Intersex
Billie Jean King, Megan Rapinoe, Layshia Clarendon, and Brianna Turner join more than 150 Athletes and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association in Supporting Trans Youth Participation in Sports

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October 14, 2021

"There is no place in any sport for discrimination of any kind…The global athletic community grows stronger when we welcome and champion all athletes – including LGBTQI+ athletes.”

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
Lambda Legal and Americans United Sue U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services for Funding LGBTQ Discrimination in Refugee Foster Care Program

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October 13, 2021

Case Filed on Behalf of Tennessee Woman Rejected by Government-Funded Agency Because She Is a Lesbian

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Religious Exemptions, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Celebrate National Coming Out Day!

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October 11, 2021

On National Coming Out Day we celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, encourage people to live openly and proudly, and take a stand against homophobia and transphobia. Every time we muster the courage to come out, we affirm our right to human dignity and an equal place in the world.
Lambda Legal Add Two Additional Transgender Plaintiffs to its Challenge to West Virginia’s Unlawful Ban On Health Care Coverage

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September 23, 2021

Today, Lambda Legal filed a motion seeking leave to add two additional plaintiffs—a Medicaid participant and a public employee—to its federal class-action lawsuit challenging West Virginia's blanket exclusion of health care coverage for transgender people in West Virgini

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Files Brief On Behalf of LGBTQ+ Rights Organizations Urging Supreme Court to Uphold New York Gun Regulations, Citing Disproportionate Impact Gun Violence Has on LGBTQ+ People, Communities of Color

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September 21, 2021

Amicus Brief Filed Today in 'New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen' Argues Sweeping Away Sensible Gun Regulations On Who May Carry a Firearm Endangers LGBTQ+ People Targeted With Deadly Hate Crimes Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender

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Information for Surviving Same-Sex Partners and Spouses Previously Excluded from Social Security Survivor’s Benefits Because of Unconstitutional State Marriage Laws

adobestock_gavel_with_rainbow_flag.jpeg

Lambda Legal Client Dana Zzyym Receives First 'X' U.S. Passport

dana_zzyym.jpg

Billie Jean King, Megan Rapinoe, Layshia Clarendon, and Brianna Turner join more than 150 Athletes and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association in Supporting Trans Youth Participation in Sports

shutterstock_1100557307.jpg

Lambda Legal and Americans United Sue U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services for Funding LGBTQ Discrimination in Refugee Foster Care Program

easter_v._hhs_-_kelly_easter.jpg

Celebrate National Coming Out Day!

ll-ig-10.07_-_copy.jpg

Lambda Legal Add Two Additional Transgender Plaintiffs to its Challenge to West Virginia’s Unlawful Ban On Health Care Coverage

fainplaintiffheader-b.jpeg

Lambda Legal Files Brief On Behalf of LGBTQ+ Rights Organizations Urging Supreme Court to Uphold New York Gun Regulations, Citing Disproportionate Impact Gun Violence Has on LGBTQ+ People, Communities of Color

shutterstock_1073390873.jpg

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