Press Releases
about LGBTQ Rights
Oct 28, 2016
Team Challenging North Carolina’s H.B. 2 Responds to U.S. Supreme Court Decision to Hear Case on Virginia High School Discriminatory Restroom Policy
Washington – The U.S. Supreme Court today announced it will hear a case brought by the Gloucester County School Board in Virginia that adopted a discriminatory restroom policy th...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Carcaño, et al. v. Cooper, et al
Oct 28, 2016
Supreme Court Will Hear Íøºì±¬ÁÏ Case Íøºì±¬ÁÏ School Policy Forcing Transgender Students to Use Separate Restrooms
Fourth Circuit Ruled Schools Can’t Bar Transgender Students From Using Restrooms Consistent With Their Gender Identity
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Oct 19, 2016
Íøºì±¬ÁÏ, Lambda Legal File Brief to Protect All Transgender People Harmed by Discriminatory H.B. 2
RICHMOND, Va. — In a lawsuit challenging the North Carolina law banning transgender people from using restrooms that correspond to their gender identity, LGBT rights groups yeste...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Aug 29, 2016
Íøºì±¬ÁÏ, Lambda Legal Seek Greater Relief for Transgender North Carolinians Harmed by H.B. 2
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – LGBT rights groups challenging North Carolina’s House Bill 2, the state law that bans many transgender people from restrooms that match their gender, toda...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Aug 26, 2016
North Carolina Blocked From Enforcing Anti-Transgender Law Against Plaintiffs While Lawsuit Proceeds
RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal court today granted a request to stop the University of North Carolina from enforcing H.B. 2, the state law that bans many transgender people from restr...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Aug 22, 2016
District Court Issues Injunction Against Guidance Protecting Transgender Students
“We will continue to file lawsuits representing transgender students and litigate them to the fullest extent of the law...â€
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights

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