All posts tagged "lambda legal"
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LGBTQ advocates launch limited-edition sports trading cards featuring transgender athletes
Lamdba Legal and Athlete Ally are offering trading cards featuring trans athletes as part of a campaign fighting anti-trans sports bans.
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Federal judge blocks West Virginia’s transgender athlete ban from taking effect
A federal judge has blocked West Virginia's law banning transgender athletes from competing in sports based on gender identity.
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New York passes Gender Recognition Act, a comprehensive pro-LGBTQ law
New York has passed a law allowing trans and nonbinary New Yorkers to change their names and gender markers on vital documents and state IDs.
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Justice Department files statements of interest in two transgender cases
The Department of Justice has weighed in on two lawsuits challenging anti-transgender laws, saying it believes the laws are unconstitutional.
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State Department will recognize citizenship of children born abroad to married same-sex U.S. residents
The U.S. State Department has changed its policy to grant automatic U.S. citizenship to children born abroad to married same-sex couples.
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LGBTQ advocates launch national campaign to pressure Congress to pass the Equality Act
A coalition of 16 LGBTQ organizations has launched the Freedom and Opportunity for All campaign urging passage of the Equality Act
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LGBTQ advocates praise reintroduction of Equality Act
Sweeping LGBTQ rights legislation is expected to pass the House easily, but faces an uncertain fate in U.S. Senate
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Biden administration will investigate housing discrimination against LGBTQ people
HUD promises various actions to combat anti-LGBTQ discrimination in housing.
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Martina Navratilova demands exemption for women’s sports from Biden’s pro-LGBTQ executive order
Tennis star says she wants to ensure a "level playing field" for cis women while allowing for trans participation
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Biden names LGBTQ legal advocate to Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights
Law professor Suzanne Goldberg, a veteran of Lambda Legal, has a history of fighting for LGBTQ civil rights
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President Biden repeals Trump’s ban on transgender service members
President Joe Biden has repealed the Trump administration's ban prohibiting most transgender people from serving in the U.S. military.
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President Biden issues executive order protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination
Executive orders seek to reverse some of the Trump administration's more controversial policy decisions
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Federal judge blocks Trump rule that would turn away LGBTQ asylum seekers
Judge's order will prevent DHS from imposing higher burden of proof on refugees while courts hear challenge to rule
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Democrats win Georgia runoff races, gaining control of U.S. Senate
On Tuesday evening, Rev. Raphael Warnock, the pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, was declared the winner of the seat currently filled by Republican...
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Federal judge blocks Trump order prohibiting workplace diversity and sensitivity trainings
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from implementing and enforcing an executive order prohibiting federal contractors and grantees from...
