Lambda Legal

123,000+ children in foster care wait to be adopted. Fewer than half of them will be adopted in the next year. Turning away #LGBTQ, religious minority & single parents denies children loving homes. The bipartisan #EveryChildDeservesaFamily Act will end anti-LGBTQ discrimination in foster care and adoption. Call your Senators: 202-224-3121, tell them to cosponsor the Act! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #ECDFAct #adopt #adoption #foster #fostercare #fosterchild #fosterkid #adopted #lgbtqfamily #lgbtqfamilies #samesexparents #lgbtparents #lgbtqparents #queerparenting http://bit.ly/32OjnSt

BREAKING: We filed a lawsuit today with @immigrationequality against the Trump administration, representing a married same-sex couple whose daughter was denied U.S. citizenship. Derek Mize & Jonathan Gregg married in New York in 2015. They had their daughter Simone Mize-Gregg via surrogacy in England in 2018. Both fathers are listed on her birth certificate, but when they applied for recognition of her U.S. citizenship, they were rejected. The Immigration & Nationality Act states that children of married U.S. citizens born abroad are U.S. citizens from birth so long as one of their parents has lived in the U.S. at some point. The State Department routinely denies that right to same-sex couples and their children, treating married same-sex couples like Derek Mize & Jonathan Gregg as if their marriages did not exist—and unconstitutionally stripping their children born abroad of their rightful United States' citizenship. Read more at link in bio! . . . . . . . . . . . . #loveislove #familyisfamily #lgbt #lgbtq #glbt #glbtq #gay #lesbian #gayparents #surrogate #surrogacy #parents #parenting #citizenship #samesexparents #samesexcouple http://bit.ly/2Ov69Hd

An attack on health care access is an attack on our fundamental civil & human rights. The administration’s attempt to undermine the Health Care Rights Law is an assault on our rights & MUST be stopped. Take action at link in bio! #ProtectTransHealth #PutPatientsFirst #1557 #healthcare #transhealth #transrightsarehumanrights #healthcareisahumanright http://bit.ly/2JErfy6

Asylum is an #LGBTQ issue. People fleeing homophobic & transphobic violence and other forms of persecution should be able to seek asylum. Trump's decision to crack down further on immigrants seeking asylum at our southern border is yet another devastating, dehumanizing decision. http://bit.ly/2Lp4DUk

Have you heard? @janefonda is looking fierce and showing her #pride! Go to JaneFonda.com, snag a tracksuit, and know that $50 of each purchase is supporting the fight for equality for #LGBTQ+ people and everyone living with #HIV. http://bit.ly/2Ni8bd6

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! June 26 is an important day in LGBTQ history at the Supreme Court. 🌈June 26, 2003: Lawrence v. Texas; landmark Lambda Legal case that struck down all remaining state sodomy laws. 🌈June 26, 2013: United States v. Windsor; overturned the federal Defense of Marriage Act. 🌈June 26, 2015: Obergefell v. Hodges; the Court ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by the Constitution! 🌈While there is much work to be done to support ALL LGBTQ people and everyone living with HIV, we're proud to be a part of moving history forward. 🌈Happy Pride—We'll see you in the courts and in the streets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbt #glbt #lgbtplus #gayrights #transrights #lesbianrights #birights #transrightsarehumanrights #gay #lesbian #bi #bisexual #trans #transgender #gayisgood #gayisokay #queer #queerrights #samesexmarriage #marriageequality #doma #civilrights #justice #scotus #supremecourt #victory #marriage http://bit.ly/2KDz9K3

BREAKING: WIN! Transgender people born in Kansas will FINALLY be able to correct the gender marker on their birth certificates under a consent judgment between Lambda Legal and state officials. Tap link in bio to learn more! . . . . . . . . . . . #transrights #transrightsarehumanrights #transgender #transgenderrights #trans #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtq🌈 #lgbtqi #lgbtqiap #glbt #glbtq #kansas #ks #wontbeerased http://bit.ly/2J2hZ5w

The Trump-Pence Administration is trying to undermine the Health Care Rights Law, a lifesaving law that helps transgender people access the health care they need without discrimination from health care providers or insurers. Now, the Department of Health and Human Services is proposing a regulation that falsely says discrimination against transgender people is legal. Submit a comment at PutPatientsFirst.org to the Department of Health and Human Services to tell them why you oppose the new rule. Share your story! #putpatientsfirst #protecttranshealth http://bit.ly/2FmgX3o

☎️ 202-224-3121 Happy Pride! 🙄 President Trump tapped a lifelong anti-LGBTQ extremist for a lifetime appointment as a federal judge. Senate Majority Leader McConnell filed to push the vote through this week. As we mark the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, the Senate will need to decide whether it will stand on the side of fairness & justice for LGBTQ people, or whether, by rubber-stamping this nominee, it will act with a level of disregard for us reminiscent of the pre-Stonewall era. Tap link in bio to read our letter of opposition signed by 75(!) LGBTQ orgs. . . . . . . . . . . . #lgbt #lgbtq #glbtq #protectourcourts #courtsmatter #gayrights #civilrights #justice #texas #homophobia #transphobia http://bit.ly/2IHpAWU

Three years. Find the full thread uplifting the victims of the #Pulse attack on our Twitter. #HonorThemWithAction #PulseNightclub #SayTheirNames http://bit.ly/2X9opJ4

#BREAKING: Late yesterday, we filed w/@ReproRights, @americansunited & @SCCgov, urging a federal court to immediately block implementation of the Trump-Pence admin's Denial-of-Care rule while our lawsuit challenging the rule is pending. "The rule is so overbroad, unworkable, and sweeping in its targeting of #LGBTQ people and women for denials of health care that it will harm patients. Our providers mean the difference between life and death for the marginalized communities they serve." —LL Senior Attorney Jamie Gliksberg. Tap link in bio to learn more! #PutPatientsFirst http://bit.ly/2R83eBE

We support @NYGovCuomo's campaign to legalize gestational surrogacy & ban gay and trans panic defenses before the end of session on June 19. #NYLeg must urgently act on these LGBTQ issues! . . . . . . . . . #lgbt #lgbtq🌈 #lgbtq #lgbtqplus #lgbtq #lgbtqia #glbt #glbtq #gay #lesbian #trans #transgender #queer #bi #bisexual #transrights #transrightsarehumanrights #gaypanic #transpanic #lovemakesafamily #surrogacy http://bit.ly/2IDhcrk

Boom. The Washington Supreme Court affirmed an earlier ruling against a flower shop that refused to sell flowers to a same-sex couple for their wedding, reiterating the fundamental truth that "religious freedom" is no justifiable reason to discriminate against LGBTQ people. Tap link in bio to learn more! . . . . . . . . . . #win #victory #lgbt #lgbtq #glbt #glbtq #queer #gay #lesbian #bi #bisexual #trans #transgender #discrimination #lawsuit #civilrights #justice #resist http://bit.ly/2WmkzIi

CASE CLOSED: The Central District of California entered judgment against the owner of a Los Angeles barbershop who refused to cut our client Nikko Briteramos’s hair because he is living with #HIV. This is the end of Nikko’s case, but we've teamed up with the @blackaids Institute on the #CutTheStigma campaign, engaging with Black businesses to dispel misconceptions surrounding HIV in order to reduce HIV stigma and resulting discrimination! Tap link in bio to learn more. http://bit.ly/2ETZcrP

Tonight’s program will be hosted by @cameronesposito! Grab a drink and get ready because our program is starting in 15minutes! #WeAreHere http://bit.ly/2Mlxjir

BREAKING: We’ve joined up with Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Center for Reproductive Rights to sue the Trump administration over its proposed rule inviting health care workers to discriminate against LGBTQ people (particularly trans folks) & women by inviting them to impose their religious beliefs on patients, arbitrarily deciding who receives care and who doesn’t. The Trump-Pence administration is actively discouraging people from seeking the care that they need and forcing LGBTQ-specific and abortion service providers out of the market. This could debilitate health care systems across the country. It's beyond discrimination: this is a targeted attack on all of us. Read more at link in bio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #protecttranshealth #putpatientsfirst #publichealth #health #healthcare #religiousexemptions #trans #transgender #women #womensrights #transrights #reproductiverights #abortionrights #civilrights #justice #resist #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqi #lgbtqiaplus #lgbtqia #glbt #glbtq #glbtqi http://bit.ly/2HFEP3j

🚨🚨 #BREAKING 🚨🚨 The Trump administration has unveiled a proposed regulation designed to roll back #AffordableCareAct protections for #LGBTQ people. Today's proposed regulations come from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and are designed to roll back regulations issued during the Obama administration that clarified that the sex discrimination protections of the #ACA forbid discrimination against LGBTQ people. This would essentially carve LGBTQ people out of the ACA's nondiscrimination protections, and invite health care workers, doctors, hospitals, and insurance companies that receive federal funding to refuse to provide or cover services critical to our health and wellness. Read more at the link in our bio. • • • #resist #resistance #protectourcare #putpatientsfirst #protecttranshealth #healthcareisahumanright #healthcare #obamacare #lgbt #queer #lesbian #gay #bisexual #transgender #trans #hiv #preexistingconditions #lawsuit #discrimination #wearehere #news #breakingnews http://bit.ly/2X6Ui1Q