Insurer illegally discriminated by denying trans teens coverage for top surgery, court rules
The decision came in a case involving Premera Blue Cross.
April 21, 2025
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Florida officials claim SCOTUS ruling allows them to deny trans adults health care
Did the Skrmetti ruling give states carte blanche to discriminate against all transgender people?
July 16, 2025
North Carolina's Gender-Affirming Care Ban for Transgender Youth Faces Legal Challenge
A new Lambda Legal lawsuit alleges HB 808’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors violates Constitution and Affordable Care Act rights.
October 11, 2023
Lawsuit Looks to End N.C. Policy Requiring Surgery to Change Gender
The lawsuit argues that forcing a trans person to have surgery to change the gender on their birth certificate violates their constitutional rights.
November 16, 2021
Tennessee Judge Hands Down Devastating Decision for Transgender People
The four trans plaintiffs in Tennessee had sought to change the sex designation on their birth certificates.
June 26, 2023
Thanks to Antigay Judge, Marriage Battle Continues in Puerto Rico
A questionable ruling brings confusion, and a bit of chaos, to Puerto Rico's same-sex couples.
March 28, 2016
State Dept. Ends Discrimination Against Children of Same-Sex Couples
The policy had denied citizenship to the children of many married same-sex couples and had been successfully challenged in court.
May 19, 2021
Lesbian Nominated to Head Puerto Rico Supreme Court
If confirmed, Maite Oronoz Rodriguez would be the first openly LGBT chief justice in the U.S.
February 13, 2016
LGBTQ+ Groups Sue Over Trump's Health Care Discrimination Rule
The new rule revoking ACA antidiscrimination provisions interferes with the right of everyone to receive health care free of bias, the suit states.
June 22, 2020
N.J. School Decides to Let Trans Girl Attend As Herself
After school officials reportedly told a 13-year-old trans girl that she could only attend school if she dressed and acted like a boy, several LGBT groups stepped in on her behalf.
August 19, 2014
Puerto Rico Won't Defend Marriage Ban
A federal court upheld the commonwealth's ban on same-sex marriage, but Puerto Rico's government will not defend the ban as the decision is appealed.
March 21, 2015
BREAKING: Federal judge blocks Trump’s gender-affirming care ban for minors
Transgender young people and their parents can breathe a sigh of relief for now.
February 13, 2025
Gender-affirming care ban leaves Trump with ‘blood on his hands,’ group says, joining others in outrage
“Only eight days into his second term, President Donald Trump has blood on his hands,” executive director of Advocates for Trans Equality Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen said earlier this week.
January 30, 2025
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Can't Exclude Gender-Affirming Care: Court
This includes plans that are self-funded by employers and for which BCBS of Illinois serves as a third-party administrator.
December 20, 2023
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.
January 19, 2022
Kansas to Allow Gender Marker Change on Birth Certificates
The change comes after trans Kansans represented by Lambda Legal filed suit.
June 24, 2019
Federal Court: Yes, Puerto Rico Has Marriage Equality
Judge Juan Perez-Gimenez’s ruling that the Supreme Court’s marriage equality decision does not apply in the territory “errs in so many respects that it is hard to know where to begin,” says the First Circuit.
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April 7, 2016
Kansas Can Refuse to Change Trans Residents' Birth Certificates: Court
A federal judge agreed with Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach.
September 1, 2023
Trans Teacher's Discrimination Suit Settled With Maryland School Board
For years, Jennifer Eller suffered from degrading insults within the school system where she taught because of her gender identity.
September 27, 2022
Wedding Photographer Loses Case Against NY's Antidiscrimination Laws
The photographer's suit argued the state's laws would force her to choose between her faith and paying up to $100,000 in fines.
December 17, 2021
Judge Blocks Trump's Attempt to End LGBTQ+ Health Care Protections
The administration can't enforce its narrow definition of sex discrimination while lawsuits on the matter proceed.
August 17, 2020