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Chairman Graham's Judiciary Committee Proves To Be A Drive-Thru For Trump Nominees

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February 7, 2019

Today, Sharon McGowan, Legal Director and Chief Strategy Officer of Lambda Legal, issued the following statement after the Senate Judiciary Committee held a markup to consider 46 nominees in one sitting.
What It Meant to Attend the State of the Union, as a Transgender Service Member

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February 6, 2019

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Military, transgender
Free State of the Union Bingo Cards

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February 5, 2019

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Neomi Rao Proudly Stands at Odds with Marriage Equality

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February 4, 2019

Ahead of tomorrow’s hearing on Neomi Rao, President Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Lambda Legal sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) urging them to oppose Rao’s nomination.

See Also: Fair Courts Project
The Trump Administration Just Moved to Allow Discrimination in Foster Care

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January 23, 2019

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Religious Exemptions, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Supreme Court Declines Transgender Military Ban Cases; Permits Enforcement of Ban for Now

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January 22, 2019

The Supreme Court granted the DOJ’s request for a stay on the preliminary rulings, allowing the administration to begin kicking openly transgender troops out of the armed services and to deny transgender people the opportunity to enlist.
This NC Widower Was Denied Social Security Survivor's Benefits. We're Suing.

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January 17, 2019

Lambda Legal today filed a motion on behalf of a 75-year-old gay man arguing that the Social Security Administration’s denial of spousal survivor’s benefits to him, on the grounds that he was not married for long enough despite discriminatory marriage laws that prevented him from marrying earlier, is unconstitutional.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships, Seniors

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Chairman Graham's Judiciary Committee Proves To Be A Drive-Thru For Trump Nominees

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What It Meant to Attend the State of the Union, as a Transgender Service Member

mceachin-winters_small.jpg

Free State of the Union Bingo Cards

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Neomi Rao Proudly Stands at Odds with Marriage Equality

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The Trump Administration Just Moved to Allow Discrimination in Foster Care

boy-1666611_1920.jpg

Supreme Court Declines Transgender Military Ban Cases; Permits Enforcement of Ban for Now

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This NC Widower Was Denied Social Security Survivor's Benefits. We're Suing.

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