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Reports The Hill's Rebecca Kheel ( @Rebecca_H_K ), the letter was organized by the top Democrats on the House Armed Services and Judiciary committees, Reps. Adam Smith (Wash.) and John Conyers Jr. (Mich.), and signatories come from those committees, as well as the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus. (hrc.org)
In transgender military ban, Trump again breaks his promise to LGBT people," writes Congressman Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) for the Long Beach Press-Telegram . (hrc.org)
EQCA is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots-based, statewide advocacy organization whose mission is to achieve equality and civil rights of all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Californians. (nclrights.org)
The LGBT Bar promotes justice in and through the legal profession for the LGBTQIA+ community in all its diversity. (clarku.edu)
The National Resource Center on LGBT Aging and FORGE are thrilled to share the new toolkit How to Be an Ally to Transgender Older Adults. (lgbtagingcenter.org)
GLAAD amplifies the voice of the LGBT community by empowering real people to share their stories, holding the media accountable for the words and images they present, and helping grassroots organizations communicate effectively. (mtsu.edu)
By ensuring that the stories of LGBT people are heard through the media, GLAAD promotes understanding, increases acceptance, and advances equality. (mtsu.edu)
Made up of parents, families, friends, and straight allies united with people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT), PFLAG is committed to advancing equality and societal acceptance of LGBT people through its threefold mission of support, education and advocacy. (mtsu.edu)
Because despite recent advances, workplace issues are still the top concern among callers to Lambda Legal's Help Desk, according to the NGO whose mission is full LGBT equality. (porternovelli.com)
It's hard to imagine a scenario in which a gaggle of Republican senators-including Susan Collins and Richard Shelby-would start issuing statements about how "transgender people are people" apropos of nothing: Why go out of your way to anger more dogmatically anti-LGBT constituents if they don't have to be angered? (thedailybeast.com)
Between Monday and Friday, our federal government said this: North Carolina cannot strip away federal protections from LGBT people, transgender students must have fair and safe access to restrooms in all public schools, and LGBT people cannot be discriminated against in securing health care or insurance coverage from entities receiving federal funds. (lambdalegal.org)
On Monday, the Department of Justice sued the state of North Carolina and Gov. Pat McCrory for enacting a state law that discriminates against LGBT people by violating Title VII of the U.S. Civil Rights Act, Title IX, and the Violence Against Women Act. (lambdalegal.org)
This law is a targeted and unprecedented attack on the LGBT community, particularly against transgender people. (lambdalegal.org)
And then, an hour later, the Department of Health and Human Services released final rules confirming that LGBT people are protected against health care discrimination under the Affordable Care Act. (lambdalegal.org)
Sharon McGowan, Director of Strategy at Lambda Legal stated, "President Trump and his Administration have gone after LGBT people and other vulnerable communities with every weapon in his arsenal. (outtakeonline.com)
That is why Lambda Legal will continue to speak out against dangerous judicial nominees and resist every other effort this administration uses to turn back the clock on civil rights for the LGBT community. (outtakeonline.com)
By singling out LGBT people for disfavored treatment and explicitly writing discrimination against transgender people into state law, H.B. 2 violates the most basic guarantees of equal treatment and the U.S. Constitution," the lawsuit argues. (buzzfeednews.com)
Three individuals and two LGBT advocacy groups early Monday morning filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the recently passed North Carolina law that nullified local LGBT rights ordinances and restricted transgender people's access to restrooms. (buzzfeednews.com)
The city ordinance would have protected LGBT people from discrimination in housing and public accommodations. (buzzfeednews.com)
The lawsuit argues that the new law denies LGBT people equal protection rights under the Fourteenth Amendment because the new law was designed to single LGBT people out for discrimination and less protection. (buzzfeednews.com)
H.B. 2 was motivated by an intent to treat LGBT people differently, and worse, than other people, including by stripping them of the protections afforded by the City of Charlotte's Ordinance and precluding any local government from taking action to protect LGBT people against discrimination," the lawsuit alleges. (buzzfeednews.com)
By doing so, it continues, "H.B. 2 imposes a different and more burdensome political process on LGBT people than on non-LGBT people who have state protection against identity-based discrimination. (buzzfeednews.com)
LGBT people face substantial systemic discrimination in healthcare due to a lack of understanding of the unique needs and challenges faced by the community," said HRC Legal Director Sarah Warbelow. (susans.org)
Cultural competency training is critical to reducing healthcare disparities for LGBT people and improving access to high-quality healthcare, especially for transgender people. (susans.org)
Although the District has taken great strides toward reducing healthcare related discrimination against LGBT people, training in cultural competency for most healthcare providers is very limited," added HRC National Field Director Marty Rouse. (susans.org)
Know the laws in your state that protect LGBT people and people living with HIV. (lambdalegal.org)
The settlement included revisions to Youth Study Center policies addressing nondiscriminatory treatment of LGBT youth to include specific protections for transgender youth. (advocate.com)
Just as importantly, there are a lot of ways in which the landmark precedents that we obtained that vindicate the rights of LGBT people rely upon a foundation of substantive due process precedent that includes Roe v. Wade, and other cases dealing with reproductive health," Taylor said. (washingtonblade.com)

The Oregon Equality Act: Protection for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people" (PDF). (wikipedia.org)
The lawsuit was brought by a right-wing group that specifically objected to protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students. (nclrights.org)
School should be a safe place for all children, including those who are-or are perceived to be-lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. (nclrights.org)
On March 19, 2009, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Lambda Legal, the Transgender Law Center, Equality California, and Gay-Straight Alliance Network filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the motion to dismiss. (nclrights.org)
The National Center for Lesbian Rights is a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, public policy advocacy, and public education. (nclrights.org)
Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Corporate Equality Index 2021 is the national benchmarking tool on corporate policies, practices, and benefits pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer employees. (clarku.edu)
America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality. (mtsu.edu)
Based in New York City and Washington D.C., Immigration Equality is the national leader in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and HIV immigration rights. (mtsu.edu)
The mission of National Youth Advocacy Coalition is to advocate for and with young people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender in an effort to end discrimination against these youth and to ensure their physical and emotional well-being. (mtsu.edu)
The National Youth Advocacy Coalition takes a comprehensive approach to improving the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth. (mtsu.edu)
The Consortium of Higher Education Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resources Professionals was officially born at the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force's Creating Change Conference in San Diego (November, 1997) but the consortium had actually been working together on an informal basis for several years prior to that. (mtsu.edu)
The combined vision and mission on the Consortium is to achieve higher education environments in which lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students, faculty, staff, administrators, and alumni have equity in every respect. (mtsu.edu)
The Supreme Court will next term rule on whether federal employment discrimination laws protect gay, lesbian and transgender employees-a ruling that will have a profound effect on the country's workplaces, and, by extension, all of us. (porternovelli.com)
June 1 marks the beginning of LGBTQ+ Pride Month , a celebration that recognizes the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals have had on history locally, nationally, and internationally. (umd.edu)
We are thrilled the court will finally decide this issue," said James Esseks, director of the ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & HIV Project. (aclu.org)
Shannon Minter, a transgender civil rights lawyer with the National Center for Lesbian Rights, depicted the wave of anti-trans bills - in some cases leading to legal harassment of trans people - as the one of the gravest threats to the LGBTQ+ community in his 30 years of activism. (nwahomepage.com)
We have litigated cases to secure protections at work, at school and at the doctor's office for transgender, lesbian, gay and bisexual and gender-nonconforming students and workers. (lambdalegal.org)
The bill's opponents argue that banning transgender people, who are about twice as likely as the general population to have served in the military - per a study by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the National Center for Transgender Equality - excludes a critical population from enlisting when the armed forces are consistently struggling to meet recruitment goals. (marinecorpstimes.com)
WASHINGTON - Today, Washington DC Councilmembers David Grosso and Yvette Alexander will introduce a bill that would "require continuing education for licensed health professionals on the subject of cultural competence and appropriate clinical treatment for individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender nonconforming, queer, or questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity and expression. (susans.org)
The organization's robust agenda for the 2017 session of the Illinois General Assembly responds to ongoing challenges faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Illinoisans. (equalityillinois.us)
The Stonewall Bar Association ("SBA") is a professional association of attorneys, judges, law students, paralegals and other legal professionals who support the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, and who oppose discrimination based upon sexual orientation or gender identity. (colgaypride.org)
Advocacy group working to advance fairness, safety and opportunity for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities and allies throughout the state. (colgaypride.org)
A partnership of educators, community organizations, and safe school activists dedicated to raising awareness about issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQQ) youth and families. (colgaypride.org)
As such, a coalition of LGBTQ legal groups-including the National Center for Lesbian Rights, the National Center for Transgender Equality and Equality California-was among those who filed a friend-of-the-court brief in September arguing the Mississippi law is unconstitutional. (washingtonblade.com)

The Transgender Education Network of Texas, Lambda Legal, ACLU of Texas, Equality Texas, Human Rights Campaign, Texas Freedom Network, and the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund are working together to provide referrals to people and families affected by the Governor's order to the Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate the families and healthcare providers of trans youth as child abusers. (acslaw.org)
Prior to his work for New York State, David served as a staff attorney at Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund. (hrc.org)
Todd A. Cox, Director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund added, "This Administration's appointments to the federal bench are corroding our judicial system with nominees that are hostile to civil rights and the rule of law. (outtakeonline.com)

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal brought by the State of Wisconsin after Lambda Legal, the ACLU and the ACLU of Wisconsin successfully challenged a state law that prohibits medically necessary treatment for transgender people in prison. (lambdalegal.org)
The ACLU is a nonpartisan organization which brings lawsuits on such topics as discrimination, parenting, etc. designed to impact civil rights and constitutional law in order to achieve GLBT equality. (mtsu.edu)
Immediately after its passage, the national and state ACLU, Lambda Legal, and Equality North Carolina filed a lawsuit . (facingsouth.org)
Also named as plaintiffs are the ACLU of North Carolina and Equality North Carolina. (buzzfeednews.com)
The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of North Carolina, Lambda Legal, and Equality North Carolina are all backing the litigation. (buzzfeednews.com)

People For the American Way and PFAW's African American Ministers In Action joined the National Partnership for Women & Families, the National Women's Law Center, and dozens of other workplace equality advocates on a letter sent to committee leaders expressing concern over Dhillon's nomination. (pfaw.org)
Protests and lawsuits against North Carolina's notorious anti-transgender "bathroom bill" have led to a legal settlement that's being hailed by human rights advocates. (facingsouth.org)
Though the language explicitly targeting the transgender community was eventually removed before the bill was passed and signed into law by Gov. Bill Lee (R) in May, LGBTQ advocates are still concerned that it could lead to harassment for transgender people. (facingsouth.org)
Advocates from the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, Center on Halsted, Equality Illinois, Howard Brown Health, Lambda Legal, the National Center for Transgender Equality, and the TransLife Care Program of Chicago House and Social Service Agency, herald the revision of an antiquated Medicaid regulation, bringing to fruition five years of advocacy work for gender-affirming medical care in the IL Medicaid program. (aclu-il.org)
The legal advocates pointed to a court order filed this week in the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California that requires ICE to re-evaluate whether people with certain risk factors , including people living with HIV, should be released from ICE detention to prevent the risk of serious illness or death due to COVID-19. (lambdalegal.org)
Since a lot of people are asking- advocates are pressing for gender markers to be removed altogether. (lgbtqnation.com)
With the new term for the U.S. Supreme Court underway, justices for the first time in years won't have to consider a major case specifically impacting LGBTQ rights, which legal advocates say will lead to them to focus their attention on high-profile cases that challenge a woman's right to access abortion. (washingtonblade.com)
For many LGBTQ legal advocates, the abortion cases are important because they say the outcome could directly impact legal precedent underpinning major Supreme Court decisions in favor, including the 2003 decision of Lawrence v. Texas, which struck down state bans on sodomy, and the 2015 decision of Obergefell v. Hodges in favor of same-sex marriage nationwide. (washingtonblade.com)

The only state to pass such legislation to date has been North Carolina, setting off a protracted legal battle that just ended last month with a settlement that represents a win for transgender rights. (facingsouth.org)
Lambda Legal had already sued the state to strike down HB2, and we were thrilled that the Justice Department joined us in saying that North Carolina cannot strip equality out of federal law. (lambdalegal.org)
To negate the city's ordinance, the new North Carolina law decrees that local jurisdictions may not extend protections to classes of people not already covered by the state. (buzzfeednews.com)

The Transgender Law Center is a civil rights organization advocating for transgender communities through direct legal services, education, community organizing, and policy and media advocacy. (nclrights.org)
Founded in 1980, HRC has grown into one of the most effective advocacy organizations in America, leading the way to expand LGBTQ protections at every level of government, elect pro-equality lawmakers, defend the fundamental civil rights of LGBTQ people, and work through groundbreaking Foundation programs to enhance the lived experiences of LGBTQ people at school, work and in every community. (hrc.org)
And it didn't happen by accident or overnight - such actions were based on years of litigation and advocacy by Lambda Legal and others. (lambdalegal.org)

At least a dozen transgender people have been killed already this year, most of them women of color, according to the Human Rights Campaign . (facingsouth.org)
All I ask is that you join me, that you join the Human Rights Campaign in our fight for true equality. (hrc.org)

Additionally, earlier this year, V&E partnered with Lambda Legal and Immigration Equality on a pro bono matter to secure the release of two asylum seekers living with HIV who were detained at an ICE detention facility in Texas with at least one confirmed case of COVID-19. (velaw.com)
Beaumont, TX - April 24, 2020) - Today, Lambda Legal and Immigration Equality, along with co-counsel Vinson & Elkins, submitted a letter to ICE demanding the release of two asylum seekers living with HIV who are currently detained at the IAH Secure Detention Facility in eastern Texas. (lambdalegal.org)
Working on the case are Puneet Cheema, Avatara Smith-Carrington and Tara Borelli for Lambda Legal and Bridget Crawford for Immigration Equality, along with Thomas S. Leatherbury, Kent Piacenti, Lindsey Pryor, and Jeremy Gonzalez with Vinson & Elkins LLP. (lambdalegal.org)

Vinson & Elkins received Lambda Legal's 2020 Law Firm Partner in Equality Award, recognizing the firm's significant contributions to work in Texas and nationwide protecting LGBTQ+ rights and advancing LGBTQ+ equality. (velaw.com)
From serving as a pro bono partner, to hosting the 2020 Winter Meeting of Lambda Legal's Board of Directors, to active contributions to our Host Committees, Leadership Committees, and National Leadership Council, your firm stands out as a true champion for justice and equality," said Avery Belyeu, Lambda Legal Regional Director. (velaw.com)

It began in 2016 when the state's Republican-controlled legislature passed House Bill 2, a measure sponsored by Republican Rep. Dan Bishop of Mecklenburg County that preempted local anti-discrimination ordinances and required transgender people to use restrooms in state-run buildings corresponding with the gender on their birth certificate rather than the gender with which they identify. (facingsouth.org)

The bill was sponsored by Equality California, the state's LGBTQ legislative organization, and authored by former Senator Sheila Kuehl. (nclrights.org)
With the rights of transgender Americans, LGBTQ immigrants, Muslims, and women already under attack by the Trump Administration, we at Equality Illinois know that it is incumbent upon the State of Illinois to continue its progress as a truly welcoming and affirming place for all people, including LGBTQ Illinoisans," said Brian C. Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of Equality Illinois, the state's LGBTQ civil rights organization. (equalityillinois.us)

Fast forward to 2018 and not only are anti-transgender "bathroom bills" failing , but thanks to Trump, the battlefield has displaced the bathroom as the trans topic du jour . (thedailybeast.com)
The latest Economist/YouGov poll-published in March 2018-shows that only 34 percent of Americans oppose transgender military service, while 49 percent support it. (thedailybeast.com)

Today's announcement sets the stage for final resolution of the debate about marriage equality for same-sex couples nationwide. (aclu.org)
HRC has played a pivotal role in sweeping progress for LGBTQ people over the last several decades, from winning marriage equality and passing federal hate crimes legislation, to advancing comprehensive LGBTQ non-discrimination legislation through Congress, to working with thousands of companies to expand workplace protections, to repealing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' and banning so-called 'conversion therapy' in a growing number of states. (hrc.org)
CST, for the next Lambda Legal Facebook Live discussion on the fight to protect marriage equality, the battle for racial justice, and what to expect next in Judge Barrett's confirmation hearing. (windycitytimes.com)

Mara Keisling, Executive Director at the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) added, "The Trump administration has been attacking transgender people in visible ways throughout its first year-rolling back guidance on how to treat trans students respectfully, banning open service by trans troops and releasing a plan to promote discrimination by health care providers, just to name a few. (outtakeonline.com)

NEW YORK, NY - June 16, 2021) - Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) will host Pride & Joy , its first-ever virtual storytelling event for transgender and non-binary young people, along with their families and friends. (transgenderlegal.org)
WASHINGTON - The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., The Leadership Conference Education Fund, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Communities Against Hate, and 83 other civil rights organizations today launched full-page advertisements in The New York Times and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in solidarity with victims of recent acts of hate and bigotry in our country. (naacpldf.org)

By midweek, the campaign had raised more than$16 millionfor its legal defense fund, including numerous donations of $25 or $50 apiece from the general public. (outtengolden.com)
The Time's Up legal defense fund is intended to magnify the impact of the legal network. (outtengolden.com)
This legal defense fund changes that paradigm. (outtengolden.com)
Jessica Neuwirth is President Emerita of the ERA Coalition/Fund for Women's Equality, and author of Equal Means Equal, Why the Time for the ERA is Now. (eracoalition.org)
Ms. Maloney is thrilled to join as the Fund for Women's Equality Chair as part of the ERA Coalition to focus on ensuring that the ERA becomes part of the Constitution. (eracoalition.org)
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (naacpldf.org)

Training and mobilizing millions of activists across the nation to advance full freedom, justice and equality for LGBTQ people. (umd.edu)

One introduced by Republican Rep. Bill Zedler would have allowed for discrimination against transgender people in health care, social services, employment, housing and business. (facingsouth.org)
Inflammatory and dangerous comments like this ignore and perpetuate the risk of assault and discrimination against transgender people. (windycitytimes.com)

Most of the measures were eventually tabled except one directly targeting transgender people by expanding the definition of criminal indecent exposure to include transgender people using public restrooms that don't correspond to the gender on their birth certificate. (facingsouth.org)
Restroom use was the transgender controversy of 2016 and early 2017-and public opinion was actually fairly divided on the bathroom question, with some polls like Gallup's , showing narrow support for requiring transgender people to use restrooms according to their assigned gender at birth and others, like Pew's , showing narrow support for allowing transgender people to use restrooms matching their gender. (thedailybeast.com)

Senator Sarah McBride was officially sworn into the Delaware Senate in January 2021, making her the first openly transgender state senator and highest-ranking elected transgender politician in history. (transgenderlegal.org)
WASHINGTON - Kora Delta was one of thousands of U.S. troops who helped evacuate more than 100,000 people from Afghanistan in the summer of 2021. (marinecorpstimes.com)

Lesbians Who Tech is a community of more than 50,000 LGBTQIA+ members who work together to promote the visibility and inclusion of women, queer people, and others from backgrounds under-represented in technology. (clarku.edu)
A regional Queer Liberation organization made up of people of color, immigrants, undocumented people, people with disabilities, working class and rural and small town LGBTQ people in the south. (colgaypride.org)
And the same as every year, a new generation of queer and trans people come to know themselves and celebrate their identities publicly, whether the result of a realization long delayed by discrimination, or simply another chapter in a rich coming-of-age story. (lambdalegal.org)

A non-profit organization founded in 1973, Lambda Legal is the oldest and largest national legal organization whose mission is to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and everyone living with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work. (velaw.com)
Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work. (nclrights.org)
We also have serious concerns about Ms. Dhillon's commitment to protecting the rights of working people because of her extensive involvement with the Retail Industry Leaders Association's Retail Litigation Center (RLC). (pfaw.org)
is committed to ending discrimination based upon gender identity and expression and to achieving equality for transgender people through public education, test-case litigation, direct legal services, and public policy efforts. (transgenderlegal.org)
Lambda Legal, a 501( c )( 3 ) nonprofit, is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and everyone living with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work. (windycitytimes.com)
Camilla Taylor, director of constitutional litigation for Lambda Legal, said the outcome abortion cases is crucial not only because LGBTQ people need access to abortion. (washingtonblade.com)
But not all legal experts agree LGBTQ rights are on the line depending on the outcome of abortion litigation. (washingtonblade.com)

The event, " We're Here Texas: A Virtual Soiree for Justice, " also included updates to the community on legal issues and celebrated the recent Supreme Court win protecting LGBTQ rights in the workplace. (velaw.com)
And in 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriages were legal nationwide. (nwahomepage.com)
In a separate lecture while discussing issues that could soon be before the Supreme Court, Barrett took the troubling position that transgender people are not protected by federal protections against sex discrimination. (windycitytimes.com)
The people overwhelmingly want the next president to fill the vacancy and rushing to fill the seat before the election 'will deeply tarnish the integrity and reputation of the Supreme Court' - and the legitimacy that stems from the public's faith that its decision-making is fair and impartial. (commondreams.org)

The opponents of equality never give up. (nwahomepage.com)
But opponents of equality have not stopped trying to resist that ruling, and we have seen attempts across the states to undermine what Obergefell so clearly guarantees. (glad.org)

Lambda Legal announced the resolution of a discrimination complaint on behalf of L.P., a now-18-year-old transgender woman who was physically attacked by other residents and verbally abused by staff at Philadelphia's Youth Study Center every day for almost a year and a half when she lived in the facility. (advocate.com)
Youth Study Center's new policies and trainings adopted as a result of this settlement will help to ensure that other transgender youth under the facility's care are safe and don't face discrimination because of who they are,' said Flor Bermudez, youth in out-of-home care staff attorney for Lambda Legal. (advocate.com)
The resolution of this case means that transgender youth in Philadelphia have one more safe space where they won't be abused and discriminated against but respected and kept safe. (advocate.com)
Now transgender youth will be able to live in a single room on the unit that corresponds to their gender identity and receive hormone therapy. (advocate.com)
Also, while living in the facility, transgender youth will be called by their preferred name and the pronoun that reflects the youth's gender identity, even if the youth's name has not been legally changed. (advocate.com)
The center will also provide clothing and grooming options to transgender and gender-nonconforming youth throughout their stay at the facility. (advocate.com)
I hope that these changes will ensure that no other young transgender person experiences the physical and emotional abuse that I experienced at the Youth Study Center,' said the 18-year-old woman. (advocate.com)

The military had another year in a row where they're not meeting their recruitment numbers," said Kara Ingelhart, a senior attorney at LGBTQ civil rights organization Lambda Legal. (marinecorpstimes.com)

In a letter to Defense Secretary James Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford Jr. sent Friday, the House members condemn Donald Trump's despicable tweets and anticipated directive to ban transgender service members. (hrc.org)
As members of Congress with an abiding interest in our nation's military and its policies towards the LGBTQ community, we write to not only express our strong opposition to President Trump's recent tweets seeking to ban transgender individuals from the military, but to remind you not to comply with any unconstitutional directive which may ultimately be issued," the 53 lawmakers wrote. (hrc.org)
Lambda Legal has teamed up with OutServe-SLDN to challenge Trump's anti-transgender policy in court. (hrc.org)
On April 13, a district court in Washington State reaffirmed its prior injunction on Trump's transgender troop ban, writing that it "specifically targets one of the most vulnerable groups in our society, and must satisfy strict scrutiny if it is to survive. (thedailybeast.com)
The rubber stamping of judges who are hand-picked by the ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation and Federalist Society will remake the courts in Trump's image but ultimately, the Constitution and we the people will suffer. (outtakeonline.com)

Local legal aid organizations have varying needs and offer support, training, and supervision of pro bono cases. (acslaw.org)
Moreover, Pride Action Tank fuels collaborations among organizations, departments, experts, policy-makers and community members in order to fill in gaps and ensure better support for all people in LGBTQ+ communities. (lgbtagingcenter.org)
As organizations committed to fairness and equality for women in the workplace, we urge you to rigorously question and closely review the record of Janet Dhillon, nominee for Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), as her background raises significant concerns regarding her commitment to protect individuals' rights to be free from discrimination in the workplace. (pfaw.org)
Creating legacy works, speaking engagements, and other unique programming to inspire individuals, organizations and communities to embrace the dignity and equality of all people. (umd.edu)

This Chicago event focused on these local charities: Affinity, Chicago House, Center on Halsted, Howard Brown Health Center, Equality Illinois, and Lurie Children's Hospital Division of Adolescent Medicine & Center for General Sexuality and HIV Prevention. (windycitytimes.com)
The bill is an initiative of a coalition including Equality Illinois, the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, Illinois Safe Schools Alliance, Howard Brown Health Center, Lambda Legal, and AIDS Foundation of Chicago. (equalityillinois.us)

V&E was recognized at Lambda Legal's virtual event on August 27, with Chairman Mark Kelly accepting on behalf of the firm. (velaw.com)
Your gift today keeps Lambda Legal's lawyers in courtrooms across the country fighting to strike down these morally wrong and legally unconstitutional laws, and we need your support now more than ever. (lambdalegal.org)

Pride at Work seeks full equality without restrictions or barriers for LGBTQIA+ individuals in workplaces, unions, and communities. (clarku.edu)
If we want to win full equality, that's going to require us to come together, to dig deep, to be resilient, to embrace our differences, to tenaciously defend the most vulnerable among us, to fight with every ounce of determination we have. (hrc.org)

Equality California Founded in 1998, Equality California celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2008, commemorating a decade of building a state of equality in California. (nclrights.org)

In Texas, several bills were introduced that would have negatively impacted the transgender community. (facingsouth.org)
The event features transgender storytellers and leaders, and aims to provide family-friendly opportunities to celebrate Pride month, particularly as lawmakers in legislatures across the country consider more than 100 anti-trans bills that would have significant negative impacts on young transgender people. (transgenderlegal.org)
Currently, more than 100 anti-transgender bills are being considered in states across the country. (transgenderlegal.org)
Most of these bills target transgender young people for exclusion from playing on sports teams that align with their gender identities, and some would ban trans young people from getting the medical care that they need. (transgenderlegal.org)
SPRINGFIELD (February 13, 2017) - Equality Illinois announced on Monday its 2017 legislative agenda, a package of bills to advance the civil rights protections of LGBTQ Illinoisans in the criminal justice system, improve representation on public boards and commissions and assist transgender Illinoisans. (equalityillinois.us)

Plaintiff, a transgender woman with gender dysphoria, spent six months incarcerated in the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center. (justia.com)
The law blocked all access for transgender adolescents who suffer from gender dysphoria to medically necessary and often lifesaving gender affirming medical care. (glad.org)

Visit the website to access legal resources and learn about workplace and public accommodation rights by state. (clarku.edu)

In 2005, Wisconsin legislators passed a law-offensively coined the "Inmate Sex-Change Prevention Act"-that barred prison doctors from providing transgender prisoners medically necessary transition-related care such as hormone therapy or sex reassignment surgery while in state custody. (lambdalegal.org)
The final rule prioritizes the patient and provider relationship, allowing Medicaid to cover life-saving, medically necessary procedures for trans and gender nonconforming people. (aclu-il.org)
HB 1570 prohibits healthcare professionals from providing or even referring transgender young people for medically necessary health care. (glad.org)

Even though Wisconsin, to date, is the only state to pass such a repugnant law targeting an already marginalized, politically unpopular group of people, the law is symbolic of the widespread ignorance of transgender people's health care. (lambdalegal.org)

Delta is one of the thousands of openly transgender service members who would be prohibited from serving in the military as part of new legislation introduced in Congress. (marinecorpstimes.com)

Outserve-SLDN is a non-partisan, non-profit, legal services, watchdog and policy organization dedicated to ending discrimination against and harassment of military personnel. (mtsu.edu)

Trans Lifeline is a non-profit dedicated to the wellbeing of transgender people. (mtsu.edu)

More than two-thirds of Americans in every state, of every faith and political affiliation, support laws protecting LGBTQ people. (equalityfederation.org)
The Equality Act is a unifying issue for our nation enjoying support from more than two-thirds of Americans and an unprecedented number of businesses who believe that not only is achieving equality the right thing to do but that it is also good business. (equalityfederation.org)
Banning transgender troops, YouGov concluded, "isn't a change most Americans support," although "partisan division on the question" remains. (thedailybeast.com)
One in six trans Americans - and one in two black trans Americans - have been to prison, according to Lambda Legal . (sandrafinley.ca)
That would mean transgender, non-binary and intersex Americans could get a gender-neutral mark on U.S. passports, Social Security cards, and other forms of identification issued on the federal level. (lgbtqnation.com)
President Biden remains committed to advancing state and federal efforts that allow transgender and non-binary Americans to update their identification documents to accurately reflect their gender identity, especially as transgender and non-binary people continue to face harassment or are denied access to services because their identifications documents don't affirm their identity," Hill, who is gay, said on behalf of the administration. (lgbtqnation.com)
The murders of seven transgender women of color, including six African Americans and one Native American. (therainbowtimesmass.com)

This year, legislation was introduced in Florida, Tennessee, and Texas to restrict the rights of sexual minorities, including transgender people. (facingsouth.org)
But in many of the GOP-governed states - including Florida - the prime target of legislation has been transgender people. (nwahomepage.com)

Indeed, by trying to hurt the transgender rights movement at a crucial and vulnerable moment, the Trump administration will only help speed it along. (thedailybeast.com)
The Trump Administration continues to underestimate the American people, American Muslims and the institutions of this country. (outtakeonline.com)
Those challenges were exacerbated by the fears and anxiety of many LGBTQ people that civil rights protections may be rolled back at the federal level by the Trump Administration and the Republican-controlled Congress. (equalityillinois.us)

There's been an underfunding of legal services for women who have been subject to sexual harassment and assault, " she says. (outtengolden.com)
This is why none of us can stand by when a state enters the business of legislating identity and insists that a person pretend to be something they are not, or invents a problem that doesn't exist as a pretext for discrimination and harassment. (lambdalegal.org)
But "anti-harassment … case law" has read "harassment" as potentially covering statements about a group generally, even when they aren't said to or about a particular offended person, and the rule is broad enough to cover statements about "others" as groups and not just as individuals. (reason.com)
Indeed, one of the comments to the rule originally read "Harassment includes sexual harassment and derogatory or demeaning verbal or physical conduct towards a person who is, or is perceived to be, a member of one of the groups . (reason.com)
Transgender and non-binary people without identification documents that accurately reflect their gender identity are often exposed to harassment and violence and denied employment, housing, critical public benefits, and even the right to vote," the Biden website reads. (lgbtqnation.com)

More than 20 Republican-controlled states have enacted an array of anti-LGBTQ+ laws including bans on sports participation and certain medical care for young transgender people, as well as restrictions on how schools can broach LGBTQ+-related topics. (nwahomepage.com)

The Oregon Equality Act is a law of the U.S. state of Oregon which prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, public accommodations, and other categories. (wikipedia.org)
4.] The statement isn't about one person in particular (though it could be-say the debater says something critical about a specific political activist or religious figure based on that person's sexual orientation, religion or gender identity). (reason.com)

Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of LGBTQIA+ individuals through education and public policy work. (clarku.edu)
Transgender Law Center is the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people. (clarku.edu)
Our organization offers educational resources and access to an extensive legal network that's vetted, experienced and ready to help. (colgaypride.org)

Ever since July 2017, when Trump acceded to the religious right and tweeted a ban on transgender military service without consulting military leaders first, the administration has been dealt blow after blow, suffering two major defeats in the past week alone. (thedailybeast.com)

At a time when LGBTQ people, women, people of color, immigrants and refugees, and so many others are being confronted with daily attacks on our most basic rights, Alphonso is the fierce, compassionate, and strategic leader HRC and our broader movement for equality needs. (hrc.org)
The Administration is using the courts to attack working peoples' strength in numbers, and naming judicial nominees who are hostile to the rights of working people, people of color, women, LGBTQ people, and immigrants. (outtakeonline.com)

The Senate must thoroughly review Barrett's record and that requires an in-person hearing with all senators in attendance. (commondreams.org)

The mission came as she was awaiting gender-affirming care, a few months after the Biden administration announced that transgender people could serve openly in the military, reversing a Trump-era policy. (marinecorpstimes.com)
Transgender service members and veterans say the whiplash in policy over the last six years - from the Trump-era ban to the Biden administration revoking it to the new legislation - has taken a toll on their financial stability, mental wellness and long-term planning. (marinecorpstimes.com)
Jon Schweppe, director of policy at the American Principles Project, a conservative think tank that has endorsed Rubio's bill, said people from the South who disproportionately join the military are skeptical of new policies such as the Biden administration's stance on transgender service. (marinecorpstimes.com)
With one stroke of the pen, President Biden can issue this order to provide a common-sense solution to access accurate IDs, and send a critical message to transgender people across the country: Our government sees you as exactly who you say you are, and wants you to be supported and included in this country," the petition reads. (lgbtqnation.com)
The Biden campaign said in its policy to advance LGBTQ equality that as president, Joe Biden would "affirm one's gender marker and expand access to accurate identification documents" as President. (lgbtqnation.com)
As President, Biden will build on this action to ensure all transgender individuals have access to identification documents that accurately reflect their gender identity. (lgbtqnation.com)
Biden believes every transgender or non-binary person should have the option of changing their gender marker to 'M', 'F', or 'X' on government identifications, passports, and other documentation. (lgbtqnation.com)

The lawsuit argues that the new law violates the rights of transgender people under the Constitution and existing civil rights laws because it denies those students access to school facilities that reflect their gender identity. (buzzfeednews.com)

WASHINGTON, D.C. - As the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares to hear witness testimony on Wednesday, March 17 on t he Equality Act - legislation that would modernize our nation's civil rights laws for all while expanding to include the prohibition of anti-LGBTQ discrimination - an unprecedented number of national leaders, representing broad, diverse interests and perspectives, are rallying in support of the Equality Act. (equalityfederation.org)
Below are quotes from national leaders on why they're supporting the Equality Act and why Congress must move with urgency to pass this landmark legislation. (equalityfederation.org)
For the first time in our decades-long fight for equal rights, the Senate will host a hearing on the Equality Act and I welcome this important opportunity to highlight the need for this critical legislation. (equalityfederation.org)
While the legislation has little chance of passing the Democratic-controlled Senate and becoming law, it represents the spectre of policy reversal hanging over the transgender community. (marinecorpstimes.com)
The Senate should be passing legislation to address the devastating effects of this pandemic and not rushing through a nominee who could jeopardize health care access for millions of people. (commondreams.org)

In 2006, we filed Fields v. Smith , a lawsuit on behalf of several transgender women in prison who were experiencing severe physical and psychological harm after the medical treatment they had been receiving under prison doctors' care was abruptly cut off due to this new draconian law. (lambdalegal.org)

And one sponsored by Republican Sen. Charles Perry would have allowed state-licensed professionals such as doctors, teachers, and counselors to refuse services to LGBTQ people based on a "sincerely held religious belief. (facingsouth.org)
Alphonso has devoted his career to expanding the civil rights of LGBTQ people across New York State and the nation," said HRC Board Foundation Board Chair Deb Taft. (hrc.org)
Lambda Legal will continue to fight in court, along with the Department of Justice, to strike down this terrible state law. (lambdalegal.org)

But amidst the wonder and joy and the celebration of identity that Pride can symbolize, we must remember the many LGBTQ people who are not reflected or represented in the concept of Pride, and who still face life-threatening discrimination by a government that promotes values of equality and publicly celebrates Pride. (lambdalegal.org)

David will be the first civil rights lawyer and the first person of color to serve as President of HRC in the organization's nearly 40-year history. (hrc.org)

Transgender older adults have unique health care needs. (lgbtagingcenter.org)
Access to discrimination-free health care is a constant challenge for transgender people and people in prison are particularly vulnerable to limited care. (lambdalegal.org)
The new BOP policy allows federal prisoners access to an evaluation by a doctor and treatment in accordance with the internationally accepted Standards of Care issued by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health. (lambdalegal.org)
We still have much work in front of us, but today's victory is just one more step along the road toward a more equitable future for transgender health care. (lambdalegal.org)
A firm believer in the power of the SDGs to make the world a better place , I urge purposeful leaders to use the UN's 17 global goals as a guide for better serving humanity, whether their focus is on equality, health, hunger, poverty, climate change or justice. (porternovelli.com)
The new rules confirm that individuals cannot be denied health care or health insurance by any providers or insurers receiving federal funding based on their sex, including their gender identity or nonconformity with sex stereotypes, including the stereotype that all people are, or should be, heterosexual, or based on the sex of the person with whom the individual is in a relationship. (lambdalegal.org)
GLAD has signed onto a friend-of-the-court (amicus) brief filed by Lambda Legal and National Women's Law Center at the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees challenging the Arkansas Health Care Ban HB 1570. (glad.org)

Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, depicted the legislative attacks as "the backlash to our progress. (mywabashvalley.com)
McCrory, Republican legislative leaders, and Christian conservatives had claimed the public accommodations portion of the Charlotte ordinance posed a safety threat by allowing transgender women - whom they called "men" - to prey on women and girls, especially in bathrooms. (buzzfeednews.com)

The plaintiff couples in the two lawsuits are denied the freedom to marry the person they love, and denied recognition of valid marriages entered into in other jurisdictions. (aclu.org)

On April 18, District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly-who had previously issued one of the four injunctions against the transgender troop ban last year-denied the Trump administration's motion for a protective order in one of the ongoing legal challenges, ruling that discovery in the case would continue. (thedailybeast.com)

On Friday, federal regulations were issued that changed the landscape further: The Department of Education and the Department of Justice issued new guidance directing public schools to allow transgender students to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity. (lambdalegal.org)

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