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Court strikes down last barrier to military service by people living with HIV

A U.S. district judge ruled that the U.S. military cannot ban enlistment by those who are HIV-positive but asymptomatic with an undetectable viral load.

Nearly 300 groups urge Congress to reject anti-trans provision in defense spending bill

"This legislation has been hijacked by Speaker Mike Johnson and anti-LGBTQ+ lawmakers," says Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson.

North Carolina and West Virginia can't deny trans health care: federal appeals court

The bans for state employees and Medicaid recipients, respectively, are unconstitutional, the Fourth Circuit ruled.

North Carolina Health Care Discrimination Suit Can Move Forward

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a lower court's decision that the state employees' health plan can indeed be sued over anti-transgender discrimination.

Virginia Bans LGBTQ+ 'Panic' Defense for Murder, Manslaughter

Gov. Ralph Northam has signed the bill authored by Del. Danica Roem, making Virginia the 12th state to restrict the defense's use.

Will This Court Case Recognize Non-Biological LGBTQ+ Parents?

The Michigan Supreme Court gives a fresh look at an old doctrine in light of Obergefell v. Hodges.

Civil rights groups sue Trump over executive orders targeting DEI & transgender people

President Trump, we will see you in court again, and we will beat you again,” Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings said.

North Carolina Can't Deny Health Care to Trans State Workers

The exclusion of coverage for gender-affirming health care is illegal discrimination, a federal judge ruled Friday.