Press Releases
about LGBTQ Rights
Jun 04, 2018
Supreme Court Upholds Basic Principles of Nondiscrimination, Reverses Colorado Civil Rights Commission Decision
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today reaffirmed the core principle that businesses open to the public must be open to all in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commiss...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
May 22, 2018
Federal Court Sides with Gavin Grimm, Affirming that Federal Law Protects Transgender Students
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A federal court today denied the Gloucester County School Board’s motion to dismiss a case brought by former student Gavin Grimm, holding that Title IX and ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board
May 22, 2018
51Æ·²è on Introduction of Do No Harm Act
WASHINGTON — Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) introduced today the Do No Harm Act, which would prevent the use of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) to evade compliance wi...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Apr 27, 2018
Half of Senate Opposes Transgender Military Ban
WASHINGTON — Fifty members of the Senate sent a letter today to the Department of Defense opposing President Trump’s directive to ban transgender service members from serving i...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Mar 29, 2018
51Æ·²è and Lambda Legal File Lawsuit to Challenge Ohio’s Discriminatory Birth Certificate Policy
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The 51Æ·²è of Ohio, the 51Æ·²è, and Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit today challenging Ohio’s refusal to correct the gender marker on birth c...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Ray v. McCloud
Mar 07, 2018
Funeral Home Unlawfully Discriminated Against Its Employee By Firing Her For Being Transgender, a Federal Appeals Court Rules
DETROIT — Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes unlawfully discriminated against Aimee Stephens when it fired her ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights

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