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Victory! Fourth Circuit Rules North Carolina and West Virginia …

WEB“All we wanted is equal access to healthcare, but we were denied just because we are transgender.” Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit …

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Victory! U.S. Supreme Court Rejects North Carolina State Health …

WEB“Today’s decision protects the rights of marginalized people, including LGBTQ people and people living with HIV, to seek justice and obtain relief in court if …

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Lambda Legal and TLDEF Urge Fourth Circuit to Uphold Rulings …

WEBToday, a full panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit heard arguments in two cases involving equal access to health care for transgender people. …

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Living with HIV—and without stigma

WEBIn recent decades, medical breakthroughs and fierce advocacy have transformed the lives of people living with HIV for the better. But too many still face …

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Victory! U.S. Supreme Court Rejects North Carolina State Health …

WEBToday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the North Carolina State Health Plan’s petition asking the Court to review a lower court ruling that the plan, a state entity, …

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Disclosing Your Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity to …

WEBMedical professionals generally agree that patients receive better medical care when they are able to be honest and open with their healthcare providers.

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VICTORY! Nevada Removes Discriminatory Ban on Medically …

WEBLambda Legal announced today that, as a result of a complaint filed last year with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the State of …

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Privacy, Confidentiality and Disclosure Lambda Legal Legacy

WEBLambda Legal is working to limit or eliminate the instances in which disclosure of one’s status is legally required. On the other hand, Lambda Legal recognizes the benefits of …

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Victory! Court Voids Florida’s Policy Prohibiting Medicaid …

WEBToday, a U.S. District Court Judge struck down Florida’s anti-transgender health care rule that denied the state’s transgender Medicaid beneficiaries coverage for …

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Lambda Legal Commends Administration for Healthcare …

WEB“The rule released today restores regulatory nondiscrimination protections for those who need them most and ensures a legally proper reading of the Affordable Care …

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Health and LGBTQ Legal Advocates to Florida: Gender-Affirming …

WEBLambda Legal, Southern Legal Counsel, Florida Health Justice Project, and National Health Law Program today issued the following statement in response to …

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Transgender North Carolinians, Medical Providers Sue to Block …

WEBToday, on National Coming Out Day, Lambda Legal and the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) sued the State of North Carolina to block implementation of a …

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TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE FOR TRANSGENDER PATIENTS

WEBTRANSGENDER-AFFIRMING HOSPITAL POLICIES 3 A large national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) health survey conducted in 2010 also …

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Whitman-Walker Clinic v. HHS

WEBHHS - Lambda Legal. Whitman-Walker Clinic v. HHS. Lambda Legal and Steptoe & Johnson LLP filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Health and Human …

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Transgender-Affirming Hospital Policies Lambda Legal Legacy

WEBCreating Equal Access to Quality Health Care for Transgender Patients: Transgender-Affirming Hospital Policies. Creating Equal Access to Quality Health Care for …

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Sixth Circuit Allows Tennessee’s Ban on Care for Transgender …

WEBA panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has accepted a request by Tennessee’s attorney general to lift an injunction issued by a lower court blocking …

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Long-Term Care and People Living with HIV

WEBVisit our website: www.lambdalegal.org; call our Help Desk at (866) 542-8336; or write us at 120 Wall Street, Suite 1500, New York, NY 10005. Assisted-living facilities and …

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Trial Challenging Florida’s Ban on Medicaid Coverage for Gender

WEBLGBTQ+ & Healthcare Legal Groups Advocate: “All Floridians, Including Transgender Floridians, Deserve Equal Access to Healthcare” Today, the trial concluded …

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Lambda Legal Sues to Block Louisiana’s Ban on Gender-Affirming …

WEBLambda Legal, Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School, and a Louisiana law firm represent five Louisiana families. Today, five …

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