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Lambda Legal Applauds Atlanta's Mayor for Naming the Atlanta Eagle an Historic Landmark

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December 21, 2020

Lambda Legal applauds the City of Atlanta for designating the Atlanta Eagle as an historic landmark. Like the Stonewall Inn in New York City, the Atlanta Eagle is an historic gathering place for LGBTQ people in Atlanta and it has become a special spot in the story for our struggle for freedom and dignity.
Victory! Federal Court Strikes Down Ohio’s Anti-Transgender Birth Certificate Policy

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December 16, 2020

Today, the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio struck down a discriminatory state policy that prevented transgender people born in Ohio from correcting the gender marker on their birth certificates.

See Also: Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal and Immigration Equality to Challenge Cruel New Asylum Ban in Court

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December 10, 2020

The ban will make it virtually impossible for LGBTQ people and those living with HIV who fled persecution in their countries of origin to secure asylum in the U.S.

See Also: Immigration
Lambda Legal Condemns the Confirmation of Stephen Schwartz to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims

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December 9, 2020

This confirmation of Stephen Schwartz to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims is another dark day for the U.S. judiciary and the latest attack on LGBTQ people from the Trump-Pence Administration.

See Also: Fair Courts Project
New Federal Contractors’ Rule Creates “Essentially Limitless” Exemption for Discrimination

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December 7, 2020

The rule dramatically expands the ability of federal contractors to claim religious exemptions from federal nondiscrimination and equal employment opportunity laws and regulations.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace
Abuse and Neglect of Transgender People in Prisons and Jails: A Lawyer’s Perspective

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November 25, 2020

We must invest in and center transgender people who are the most impacted.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Transgender Rights
New York State is Not Issuing “X” Gender Markers (Yet)

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November 25, 2020

Sander Saba, a 25-year-old New York University Law School graduate, is seeking an accurate driver’s license with an “X” marker.

See Also: Transgender Rights

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Lambda Legal Applauds Atlanta's Mayor for Naming the Atlanta Eagle an Historic Landmark

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Victory! Federal Court Strikes Down Ohio’s Anti-Transgender Birth Certificate Policy

shutterstock_1429387109.jpg

Lambda Legal and Immigration Equality to Challenge Cruel New Asylum Ban in Court

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Lambda Legal Condemns the Confirmation of Stephen Schwartz to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims

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New Federal Contractors’ Rule Creates “Essentially Limitless” Exemption for Discrimination

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Abuse and Neglect of Transgender People in Prisons and Jails: A Lawyer’s Perspective

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New York State is Not Issuing “X” Gender Markers (Yet)

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