Press Releases
about LGBTQ Rights
Jul 26, 2017
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Statement on Trump Banning Transgender Military Service Members
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced today that he is barring transgender people from serving in any capacity in the U.S. military.
Joshua Block, senior staff attorney w...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Jul 21, 2017
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥, Lambda Legal Challenge Fake Repeal of North Carolina's Discriminatory HB 2
RALEIGH – Today, the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥, the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ of North Carolina, and Lambda Legal announced they have taken steps to expand the federal lawsuit challenging North ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Jul 13, 2017
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Statement on House Amendment to Prohibit Transgender Care for Military Members and Their Families
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives will consider an amendment today to the National Defense Authorization Act, the annual defense policy bill, that prohibits transgender m...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Jun 26, 2017
Supreme Court Will Hear ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Case ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Cake Shop Refusing Service to Same-Sex Couple
Colorado Appeals Court Ruled in Favor of Same-Sex Couple
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Jun 23, 2017
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ To Serve as a Grand Marshal in New York City LGBT Pride March
NEW YORK — The ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ will join the New York City LGBT Pride March on Sunday, June 25, as one of the march’s four grand marshals.
The first LGBT Pride M...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Jun 22, 2017
Federal Appeals Court Lifts Injunction Blocking Anti-LGBT Law in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. — A federal appeals court today overturned a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit, Barber v. Bryant, that had previously stopped an anti-LGBT law in Mississippi fro...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Religious Liberty
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News & CommentaryJul 2025
LGBTQ Rights
Court Strikes Down Nih's Unlawful Termination Of Research Grants On Topics Including Dei And Gender Identity. Explore News & Commentary.Court Strikes Down NIH's Unlawful Termination of Research Grants on Topics Including DEI and Gender Identity
In a sweeping rebuke, a court ruled that NIH’s actions targeting research involving "disfavored" topics and populations were unlawful, arbitrary, and capricious, and therefore void. Ibis Reproductive Health reflects on the harm done — and why this research matters. -
News & CommentaryJun 2025
LGBTQ Rights
The Supreme Court Dealt A Blow To Trans Rights. Here's How To Take Action. Explore News & Commentary.The Supreme Court Dealt A Blow to Trans Rights. Here's How to Take Action
The decision in Skrmetti v. U.S. is not the end of the road. We can, and must, show up for trans youth in the courts and in our communities. -
PodcastJun 2025
LGBTQ Rights
Who We Fight For: The Journey To Trans Liberation. Explore Podcast.Who We Fight For: The Journey to Trans Liberation
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News & CommentaryJul 2025
LGBTQ Rights
Live Coverage: Scotus Decision Day. Explore News & Commentary.Live Coverage: SCOTUS Decision Day
Join us as we wait for decisions in several Supreme Court cases in which the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ has served as counsel or filed amicus briefs.