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Every Child Deserves a Family Act Introduced in Congress

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June 5, 2019

Eliminating discrimination against relatives and those seeking to foster and adopt will allow more children to have loving homes while in foster care.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
California District Court Grants Judgment to HIV+ Man Denied Haircut at Los Angeles Barbershop

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June 4, 2019

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LGBT Advocates Sue Trump HHS and South Carolina for Discriminating Against Same-Sex Foster Parents

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May 30, 2019

Lambda Legal, the ACLU, ACLU of South Carolina, and South Carolina Equality Coalition are suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the state of South Carolina on behalf of a married lesbian couple, Eden Rogers and Brandy Welch, who were turned away by a government-funded foster care agency for failing to meet the agency’s religious criteria, which exclude prospective foster parents who are not evangelical Protestant Christian or who are same-sex couples of any faith.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Lambda Legal, Americans United and Center for Reproductive Rights Sue Trump Administration to Block Denial of Care Rule

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May 28, 2019

Today, Lambda Legal, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit challenging the “Denial of Care” Rule issued earlier this month by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, HIV, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal: Trump Administration Assault on LGBT People Continues with New ACA Regulation

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May 24, 2019

Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed new regulations designed to roll back regulations issued during the Obama Administration that clarified that, pursuant to federal law, the sex discrimination protections of the Affordable Care Act forbid discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness
We're Suing The Department of Health & Human Services For Failure To Disclose Documents About LGBTQ People

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May 22, 2019

Lambda Legal today filed a federal lawsuit to compel the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to release information about their communications with outside organizations and decisions pertaining to the health care and well-being of LGBTQ people, including the alleged suspension of the publication and implementation of LGBTQ nondiscrimination rules and regulations.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Transgender Rights
HISTORIC: House Of Representatives Votes To Pass The Equality Act

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May 17, 2019

Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed by a xxx-xx vote H.R.5, the Equality Act, the federal bill introduced by U.S. Reps. David Cicilline (D-RI) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), as well as Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Susan Collins (R-ME), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Cory Booker (D-NJ), that updates existing federal nondiscrimination laws, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Housing Act, to confirm that discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is unlawful discrimination based on sex.