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    LGBTQ+ Advocates Sue Tennessee to Block Dangerous Transgender Healthcare Ban

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    NEW REPORT: Biden Continues to Fall Short on LGBTQ+ Representation in the Federal Judiciary

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    US Supreme Court Rejects West Virginia’s Effort to Deny a 12-Year-Old Trans Girl Her Right to Play

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    STATEMENT: Lambda Legal on FDA Blood Ban Changes: A Welcomed Huge Step Forward, Yet Further Work Needed

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Recent News

  • May 31, 2023

    Lambda Legal to Pentagon: It’s Time to Let People Living with HIV Join the Military
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  • May 22, 2023

    Trial Challenging Florida’s Ban on Medicaid Coverage for Gender-Affirming Medical Care for Transgender Floridians Comes to a Close
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  • May 18, 2023

    Oklahoma Attorney General Signs Non-Enforcement Agreement on Health Care Ban for Trans Youth
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  • May 18, 2023

    Advocates to File Lawsuit Against New Law Banning Healthcare for Transgender Youth in Texas
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April 28, 2023

Protected & Served?: Voices from the Inside

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March 31, 2023

It’s 2023. Where Is Our Country’s First Openly Transgender Or Nonbinary Federal Judge?

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November 17, 2022

In My Own Words: “No one should be denied medically necessary care because of who they are.”

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Protecting & advancing health care for transgender people is vital, sound, & just. Transgender West Virginia Medicaid participants deserve to have equal access to the same coverage for medically necessary healthcare.

Avatara Smith-Carrington

Lambda Legal attorney

Videos

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    Making the Case Ep 10 | Keep It in the Holy Family?

    For the final episode of Making the Case, we discuss several overlapping cases all strung together by the thread of discrimination against LGBTQ+ people in the context of child welfare and other federally funded programs. Lambda Legal is fighting to protect LGBTQ+ people, to ensure children who can’t safely return home have a loving family available to care for them and to expand the meaning of safe and loving homes.

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    Florida Families File Federal Lawsuit Against Law Known as "Don't Say Gay"

    Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Florida enacted House Bill 1557, commonly referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” law. The lawsuit argues that the law, which bans discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in grades K-3 and restricts such discussions for students through grade 12 based on undefined standards of appropriateness, effectively silences and erases LGBTQ+ students and families.

Latest Press Releases

March 15, 2023

Lambda Legal, GLSEN, GLAAD, Human Rights Campaign, National Black Justice Coalition, National LGBTQ Task Force, Major Social Justice Organizations Condemn House Republicans’ Censure Motion Against Rep. Mauree Turner

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March 7, 2023

Lambda Legal to 4th Circuit: Affirm Ruling Striking West Virginia Medicaid Ban on Gender-Affirming Care

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February 22, 2023

VICTORY: Injunction Granted Pending Appeal in Challenge to West Virginia Trans Athlete Ban

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February 13, 2023

Advocates Promise Legal Action in Defense of Transgender Youth in Tennessee

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February 10, 2023

NASCAR Driver Zach Herrin Announces Partnership with Lambda Legal

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February 10, 2023

Victory! Lambda Legal Secures $372k Settlement in California HIV Medical Data Breach Case

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Latest Blog Pieces

June 1, 2023

Share What Makes You Unstoppable This Pride Month

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May 25, 2023

Case Roundup: From Florida to Missouri to Tennessee, Here’s Where Lambda Legal Is Challenging Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws

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May 19, 2023

The 6 Supreme Court Decisions LGBTQ+ People Need to Watch This Term

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April 28, 2023

Protected & Served?: Voices from the Inside

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April 14, 2023

Why Now?: Protected & Served? Ten Years Later

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April 7, 2023

Chicago Leaders Named as 2023 Bon Foster Celebration Co-Chairs

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