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Send the Bigoted Transgender Military Ban to the Dustbin of History

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March 27, 2018

“Six courts at multiple levels have swatted down this ill-conceived and discriminatory ban, and the so-called implementation ‘plan’ changed nothing: it’s time to kick it to the curb for good.”

See Also: Out at Work
Lambda Legal, OutServe-SLDN Urge District Court to Block Permanently Discriminatory Transgender Military Ban

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March 25, 2018

First oral argument after release of White House implementation ‘plan’ scheduled for Tuesday, March 27, 10:00am PT. Lawyers and plaintiffs to hold press conference upon conclusion of hearing.
New White House Transgender Ban Implementation Plan Solves Nothing

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March 23, 2018

The White House today released the proposed plan to implement the discriminatory transgender military ban that President Trump called for in a series of tweets in July.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Military, Transgender Rights
YOU Can Help Stop Trump's Latest Anti-Civil Rights Judicial Nominee, Gordon Giampetro

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March 21, 2018

In a 2014 radio interview, Gordon Giampietro, one of Donald Trump’s latest judicial nominees, publicly denigrated marriage equality as “an assault on nature” that would undermine the “very idea of marriage” by reducing marriage to “the sex act.”

See Also: Judicial Nominees
Lambda Legal Attorneys Omar Gonzalez-Pagan and Richard Saenz Honored by Hispanic National Bar Association

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March 16, 2018

The Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) named Lambda Legal Staff Attorneys Omar Gonzalez-Pagan and Richard Saenz two recipients of the 2018 HNBA Top Lawyers Under 40 Award.
Oregon Supreme Court Rules Against Oregon Judge Who Refused To Marry Same-Sex Couples (AKA Do His Job)

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March 15, 2018

The Oregon Supreme Court today affirmed a determination by the Oregon Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability that Judge Vance D. Day had violated state rules of judicial ethics when he devised a scheme to avoid marrying same-sex couples by instructing court staff to investigate the gender of marriage applicants and represent that he was unavailable if they were of the same sex, among other charges.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Marriage
Lambda Legal Reaches Favorable Settlement for Passion Star, Transgender Woman Sexually Assaulted in Texas Men's Prisons

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March 15, 2018

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Criminal Justice, Transgender Rights