Appeals court lets Indiana's gender-affirming care ban go into effect
The Seventh Circuit lifted an injunction, letting the ban be enforced while a lawsuit against it proceeds.
February 27, 2024
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Indiana Trans Students Will Continue to Access Appropriate Facilities
The students can use the restrooms and locker rooms for their gender identity while their lawsuits proceed, an appeals court has ruled.
August 4, 2023
Indiana Catholic School OK to Fire Staffer in Same-Sex Marriage: Appeals Court
Roncalli High School in Indianapolis was within its rights to fire Shelly Fitzgerald because her marriage goes against Catholic doctrine, a federal appellate court rules.
July 15, 2023
Fed. Judges Get Tough on States Defending Marriage Bans
In today's hearing before the Seventh Circuit, judges challenged the arguments that procreation and tradition justify limiting marriage to heterosexual couples.
August 26, 2014
Victory for Trans Rights at Federal Appeals Court
The Seventh Circuit becomes the first federal appeals court to base a ruling on trans student rights on Title IX and the U.S. Constitution.
May 30, 2017
Appeals Court Says Federal Law Bans Anti-LGB Discrimination
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act does cover sexual orientation discrimination, the Seventh Circuit rules, making it the highest court to arrive at this determination.Â
April 4, 2017
8 Times a Federal Judge Eviscerated Marriage Bans
In a scathing decision issued just days after oral argument, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals roundly denounced bans on same-sex marriage in Indiana and Wisconsin.
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September 5, 2014
Indiana's Same-Sex Marriage Ban Is Officially Lifted
After an order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, most county clerks have begun issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
October 9, 2014
11 Best Moments From the Marriage Argument Everyone's Talking About
Lawyers defending Indiana and Wisconsin's bans on same-sex marriage took a verbal beating from a three-judge panel at the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. Read the highlights below.
August 28, 2014
Indiana ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth upheld by appeals court
The court had temporarily stayed a block on the law in February and now has lifted it altogether.
November 16, 2024
This Trans Student’s Legal Victory Is a Clear Rebuke to Trump
The president's administration had tried rolling back protections for transgender students.
May 31, 2017
Another State Refuses to Recognize Legal Same-Sex Marriages
An order from Gov. Mike Pence's office withholds recognition for the marriages that took place in the brief period that licenses were available to same-sex couples.
July 9, 2014
Op-ed: How Children Turned the Tide on Marriage Equality
Millions of children across the country helped make marriage equality a reality in so many homes.
October 21, 2014
States Square Off For Supreme Court's Marriage Review
In trying to appeal to the Supreme Court justices, attorneys for Wisconsin and Indiana disagree on what constitutes a strength or a weakness in their cases.
September 11, 2014
Court: Landlords Must Protect Tenants From Homophobic Harassment
The decision from a federal appeals court comes in the case of a lesbian who says she was physically and verbally assaulted other tenants at her senior housing facility.
August 28, 2018
Indiana's Discrimination Against LGBTQ Families Must Stop, Court Rules
An appeals court ruled against the state's refusal to list both same-sex spouses on birth certificates.
January 22, 2020
Lesbian's Employment Discrimination Case Appealed to Supreme Court
If the high court takes Jameka Evans's case, it will decide whether existing federal law bans sexual orientation discrimination.
July 6, 2017
Op-ed: Till Death Do Us Part and Beyond
On the road to full marriage equality, same-sex couples also have to fight for their right to grieve.
August 26, 2014
Midwest Marriage Equality Depends on Cases in Neighboring States
Marriage is on hold for now in Indiana and Wisconsin, with a stay that the Supreme Court could lift within a month, or prolong into 2015.
September 18, 2014
Trump Hopes for a Chance to Replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Supreme Court
Or Anthony Kennedy, sources say, as both LGBT-supportive jurists are in their 80s.
January 3, 2017
Supreme Court Won't Hear Georgia Lesbian's Discrimination Case
The case of Jameka Evans would have given the high court the opportunity to decide if federal law already bans discrimination based on sexual orientation.
December 11, 2017