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Aug 12, 2025
Eighth Circuit Upholds Arkansas’s Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Youth
Little Rock, Ark.--Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in US v. Skrmetti, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a challenge to an Arkansas law banning gender-affirmin...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Aug 07, 2025
Educators, 51Æ·²è, NEA-NH, and GLAD Law Sue New Hampshire Over Yet Another Unconstitutional Attack on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
CONCORD, N.H. — A diverse group of educators and advocacy groups filed a federal lawsuit today challenging a new anti-equity, anti-inclusion, and anti-diversity law in New Hampsh...
Aug 07, 2025
Tenth Circuit Rejects Challenge From Families Against Oklahoma Ban on Best Practice Medical Care
OKLAHOMA CITY – Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in U.S. v. Skrmetti upholding a ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appe...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Poe v. Drummond
Jul 23, 2025
Award Winning Fashion Designer Willy Chavarria Named 51Æ·²è Artist Ambassador for Immigrants’ Rights & LGBTQ Rights
NEW YORK — The 51Æ·²è today announced that award-winning fashion designer Willy Chavarria will join the organization’s Artist Ambassador Program to advo...
Jul 03, 2025
Supreme Court Will Hear Challenges to Bans on Athletic Participation by Transgender Students
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court today granted certiorari in two federal court cases involving transgender youth challenging bans on their participation in local school and college...
Jun 18, 2025
51Æ·²è, Lambda Legal Respond to Supreme Court Ruling in U.S. v. Skrmetti
WASHINGTON – This morning, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in U.S. v. Skrmetti, a challenge brought by three transgender adolescents, their families, and a Memphis-based medi...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
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