All posts tagged "lawsuit"
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Lesbian couple sues HHS for blocking them from serving as foster parents
Lambda Legal has filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on behalf...
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Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge to Mississippi anti-gay law
Decision not to hear case means plaintiffs must restart case, finding victims injured by law since it took effect in October
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Gay man suing Colorado prison for allowing him to be raped and beaten by fellow prisoner
A prison officer laughed after the inmate said he had been beaten and raped for three days
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Bryan Singer accused of sexually assaulting 17-year-old boy
Singer "categorically denies" allegation that he sexually assaulted Cesar Sanchez-Guzman in 2003
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Federal court hears arguments over injunction to stop transgender military ban
On Thursday, a federal judge in Baltimore heard arguments in a third of four lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s policy of banning transgender military members...
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Groups challenging trans military ban respond to Trump administration’s motion to dismiss
The groups behind a lawsuit out of California challenging President Trump’s ban on transgender service members have filed a response to the Department of Justice’s...
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Louisiana sheriff’s office accused of discriminating against deputy with HIV
A Louisiana man is suing a local sheriff’s office for discrimination after it rescinded a job offer to be a sheriff’s deputy because he is...
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LGBTQ groups slam government’s request to dismiss second lawsuit over trans military ban
Just as it did with a case out of Washington, D.C. challenging President Trump’s ban on transgender military members, the U.S. Department of Justice has...
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ACLU and allies defend Frederick County School Board’s pro-transgender policy
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Maryland, and FreeState Justice have filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit against the Frederick County...
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ACLU sues to block Montana’s anti-transgender ballot initiative
The ACLU of Montana is suing the state over a proposed 2018 ballot initiative that would force transgender people to use only those restrooms or...
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15 attorneys general file brief opposing transgender service ban
Brief argues that opening up military service to transgender individuals has not adversely affected Armed Forces
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Corporate America backs lesbian’s request for Supreme Court hearing
Jameka Evans believes she was fired for not conforming to gender stereotypes
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Gloucester County School Board asking court to dismiss Gavin Grimm’s lawsuit
School board says lawsuit no longer relevant due to Grimm's graduation from high school
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Minnesota videographers’ lawsuit to refuse service to same-sex couples dismissed
Case is the latest in a string of lawsuits arguing that the right to discriminate should be protected by the First Amendment
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Two trans women challenging Iowa’s ban on Medicaid coverage for surgery
Lawyers for the two women claim the ban is discriminatory and violates Iowa's Civil Rights Act
