U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether transgender kids have a right to access gender-affirming care
The justices will hear arguments brought by the federal government against Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors.
JUNE 24, 2024
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Lawyers Won't Say Who Trump 'Consulted' on Trans Military Ban
A judge ordered the Justice Department to provide the names Thursday, but it refuses to do so.
MARCH 23, 2018
Lambda Legal Takes Trans Youth Rights Battle to Appeals Court
The group wants a lower court ruling in favor of Drew Adams's right to use the boys' restroom affirmed.
DECEMBER 5, 2019
North Carolina and West Virginia can't deny trans health care: federal appeals court
The bans for state employees and Medicaid recipients, respectively, are unconstitutional, the Fourth Circuit ruled.
APRIL 30, 2024
Courts Deliver Two Victories for Trans Americans
One court affirms trans students' right to use the restroom matching their gender identity; another strikes down Idaho's ban on gender changes on birth certificates.
AUGUST 7, 2020
DOMA Plaintiff to Finally Get Health Benefits
A federal employee who sued to obtain health benefits for her partner will soon finally get what she has long sought.
MARCH 27, 2012
Will SCOTUS Hear DOMA Cases in 2013?
After the U.S. Supreme Court narrowly found the health care overhaul to be legally sound, the Department of Justice takes an opportunity to advance marriage equality through the court.
JULY 4, 2012
LGBT Groups: Discriminatory N.C. Law 'Cruel and Insulting'
The legislation, repealing LGBT-inclusive antibias laws across the state, is "cruel and insulting," they say.
MARCH 24, 2016
North Carolina Can't Deny Health Care to Trans State Workers
The exclusion of coverage for gender-affirming health care is illegal discrimination, a federal judge ruled Friday.
JUNE 10, 2022
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Transphobic Bathroom Ban in Florida
The court was divided in a 7-4 vote.
JANUARY 3, 2023
Gay Couple Loses Benefits With Move to Idaho
What they didn't know before moving to Idaho could fill a house, and in many ways it does. The kitchen table holds stacks of legal papers. Medication bottles litter a nearby countertop. The two-story home Robert Ryan, 42, shares with his partner, Ralph Martinelli, 53, overlooks the quaint suburb of Eagle, west of Boise, a rural landscape of ruddy hills that doesn't seem quite as welcoming as it once did. A 2,400-mile move west once seemed like a chance at a fresh start; instead it has delivered some hard lessons, especially about moving from a state that recognizes same-sex unions to one of the 21 states that don't.
APRIL 1, 2008
Ninth Circuit Dismisses Appeal in Golinski DOMA Case
Citing the Supreme Court ruling string down Section 3 of DOMA, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed an appeal, affirming that a federal court employee must be allowed to add her same-sex spouse to her employer's health insurance plan.
JULY 24, 2013
Judge Upholds Nevada Marriage Ban
Judge Robert C. Jones ruled that limiting marriage to one man and one woman is a "legitimate state interest" because otherwise, "a meaningful percentage of heterosexual persons" might not want to get married.
NOVEMBER 30, 2012
Same-Sex Couples Sue Georgia for Right to Marry
Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit on behalf of three gay couples and a widow challenging the state's 2004 ban on same-sex marriage.
APRIL 22, 2014
High Court Denies Appeal on Ariz. Benefits Ban
This means Arizona state employees will continue receiving domestic-partner benefits while a challenge to the ban proceeds through the courts.
JUNE 27, 2013
Marriage Equality Opponents Appeal Nevada Case to the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is now being asked to look at 11 petitions pertaining to marriage equality.
DECEMBER 6, 2012
Tennessee Judge Hands Down Devastating Decision for Transgender People
The four trans plaintiffs in Tennessee had sought to change the sex designation on their birth certificates.
JUNE 26, 2023
