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The Deadly Cost of COVID-19 for LGBTQ+ Youth

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June 4, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic reveals a reality we need to face: LGBTQ+ youth are pipelined into carceral systems at higher rates than their non-LGBTQ+ peers, placed at disproportionately high risk of contracting the virus, and too often receive substandard care. It’s time we understand LGBTQ+ youth mass incarceration as a critical public health issue.

See Also: Youth and Schools, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Lambda Legal Affirms Right to Protest Police Violence After Trump Remarks

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June 1, 2020

Peaceful protest is an American birthright.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Racial Justice & Low Income Advocacy
Federal Court Warns Idaho Against Disobedience of Injunction Barring Anti-Transgender Discrimination

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June 1, 2020

The Idaho Federal Court has confirmed that its injunction continues to apply, in full force and effect, and it has now expressly cautioned that HB 509 does not whatsoever absolve state officials from their obligation to comply with the federal injunction.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Transgender Rights
We Condemn the Trump Administration's Latest Attack on Transgender Youth in Sports

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May 29, 2020

Today, Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings, who served as Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe & Drug-Free Schools in the Department of Education for the Obama administration, issued the following statement in response to the Trump-Pence administration’s latest attack on transgender youth.
VICTORY! Same-Sex Spouses Nationwide Gain Equal Access to Social Security Survivor's Benefits

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May 27, 2020

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Seniors
Lambda Legal Mourns Passing of Pioneer HIV Activist and Icon Larry Kramer

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May 27, 2020

Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings today issued this statement following the passing of pioneering HIV activist and LGBT civil rights icon Larry Kramer.
Mitch McConnell Is Putting Senators at Risk to Vote on Trump's Unqualified Nominees

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May 19, 2020

As most of us continue on with our social distancing as recommended by the CDC to help curb the spread of the increasingly deadly pandemic, the members of the United States Senate are back in Washington to do what Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell calls “the job we need to do for the American people.”

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Coronavirus, Fair Courts Project

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The Deadly Cost of COVID-19 for LGBTQ+ Youth

a_non-binary_student_talking_to_a_friend_in_front_of_their_locker.jpg

Lambda Legal Affirms Right to Protest Police Violence After Trump Remarks

black_lives_matter.jpg

Federal Court Warns Idaho Against Disobedience of Injunction Barring Anti-Transgender Discrimination

pexels-photo-108942.jpeg

We Condemn the Trump Administration's Latest Attack on Transgender Youth in Sports

pexels-photo-3886083.jpeg

VICTORY! Same-Sex Spouses Nationwide Gain Equal Access to Social Security Survivor's Benefits

1200x1200_ely-graphic.png

Lambda Legal Mourns Passing of Pioneer HIV Activist and Icon Larry Kramer

natla_2017_-_larry_photo_-_cuny_-_1_0.jpg

Mitch McConnell Is Putting Senators at Risk to Vote on Trump's Unqualified Nominees

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