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Indiana LGBTQ Leaders Named as 2020 Indiana Benefit Co-Chairs

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July 8, 2020

Lambda Legal announced the co-chairs of the 2020 Indiana Benefit, the largest annual LGBTQ civil rights event in the state.
Supreme Court Rules That Employers Can Deny Reproductive Health Coverage Under the ACA

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July 8, 2020

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 to approve the Trump administration’s expansion of large employers’ ability to largely ignore the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) birth-control insurance rule, which Congress enacted to increase equal treatment of women workers.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Religious Exemptions
Supreme Court Rules Against Religious School Teachers Who Were Discriminatorily Fired

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July 8, 2020

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 to grant religious schools great latitude in determining who among their employees will be considered “ministers” and therefore be stripped of employment nondiscrimination protections.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Religious Exemptions
Federal Court Reverses Lower Court Ruling for Gay Man Denied Job

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July 6, 2020

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed a lower court decision and revived a lawsuit by Mark Horton, a health care sales specialist whose job offer at St. Louis-based Midwest Geriatric Management (MGM) was withdrawn when the employer learned Horton is gay.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace
Trump-Pence Administration Rolls Out Invitation to Discriminate Against Transgender People in Homeless Shelters

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July 1, 2020

Today, the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a proposed new rule for federally-funded homeless shelters that would encourage shelters to deny admission to transgender people.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Housing, Transgender Rights
Trump Signs Anti-LGBTQ Child Welfare Executive Order

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June 30, 2020

The motives behind the order aren’t pure and genuinely rooted in concern for the wellbeing of all vulnerable children, youth, and families.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
The Supreme Court Just Ruled to Protect Access to Abortion

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June 29, 2020

Today, in a 5-4 judgment, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law which required abortion service providers to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Health Care Fairness