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Feb 22, 2017
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Statement on Revoking of Title IX Guidance for Transgender Students & Impact on Gavin Grimm Supreme Court Case
NEW YORK — The Trump administration today informed the Supreme Court that they are revoking guidance from the Departments of Education and Justice that clarified that transgender...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board
Feb 16, 2017
Washington State Supreme Court Rules Florist Discriminated Against Same-Sex Couple by Refusing Wedding-Related Service
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington Supreme Court today ruled that a florist in Richland violated the state’s anti-discrimination law when she denied service to a same-sex couple f...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Jan 31, 2017
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Statement on Potential White House Anti-LGBT Executive Order
NEW YORK — The White House yesterday sought to distance itself from rumors of an impending anti-LGBT Executive order, pledging to continue to enforce a 2014 Obama Administration ...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Jan 17, 2017
President Obama Grants Commutation to Chelsea Manning
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced today the commutation of Chelsea Manning’s sentence for disclosing classified information that raised public awareness regarding...
Issue Areas: National Security LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Manning v. Hagel, et al.
Jan 09, 2017
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Acts to Block Court Order That Permits Discrimination Against Women, Transgender People Seeking Health Care
FORT WORTH, Texas — The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ today filed a motion to stay a nationwide court order preventing the federal government from enforcing an Affordable Care A...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights Religious Liberty
Court case: Franciscan Alliance v. Burwell
Dec 21, 2016
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and Lambda Legal Condemn North Carolina Lawmakers’ Failure to Repeal H.B. 2
RALEIGH –The North Carolina legislature today convened for a special session where it failed to pass a bill repealing H.B. 2, the state’s sweeping anti-LGBT law. Based on a pro...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Carcaño, et al. v. Cooper, et al
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