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Jul 03, 2025
Supreme Court Will Hear Challenges to Bans on Athletic Participation by Transgender Students
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court today granted certiorari in two federal court cases involving transgender youth challenging bans on their participation in local school and college...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights Women's Rights
Court case: B.P.J. v. West Virginia State Board of Education
Jun 18, 2025
Íøºì±¬ÁÏ, Lambda Legal Respond to Supreme Court Ruling in U.S. v. Skrmetti
WASHINGTON – This morning, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in U.S. v. Skrmetti, a challenge brought by three transgender adolescents, their families, and a Memphis-based medi...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Court case: L.W. v. Skrmetti/U.S. v. Skrmetti
Jun 17, 2025
Transgender US Passport Holders Granted Temporary Relief in Challenge to Trump Gender Marker Policy
BOSTON – A federal judge today expanded a preliminary injunction to two newly certified classes of passport holders in Orr v. Trump, a challenge to the Trump administration’s p...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Orr v. Trump
Jun 17, 2025
In Win for Academic Speech, Oklahoma Supreme Court Says Higher Ed is Off-Limits from Censorship Law
The court also left in place a preliminary injunction preventing K-12 schools from implementing confusing bans on speech related to race and gender
Issue Areas: Free Speech LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Black Emergency Response Team v. O'Connor
Jun 13, 2025
Kansas Attorney General Blocked from Denying Changes to Gender Markers on Driver’s Licenses
TOPEKA, KAN. – In a victory for transgender Kansans, a Kansas state appeals court has reversed a district court decision barring the Kansas government from making changes to gend...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Kansas v. Harper
Jun 03, 2025
Federal Judge Temporarily Enjoins Federal Prison Officials from Withholding Health Care From Incarcerated Trans People
WASHINGTON – A federal district court judge has granted a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of a Trump Administration executive order prohibiting federal Bureau of Pris...
Issue Areas: Prisoners' Rights LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Kingdom v. Trump
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