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The right to health care

WEBBarriers to health care manifest in different ways. But our community is particularly vulnerable to breaches of medical confidentiality, discriminatory exclusions in …

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Lambda Legal and TLDEF Urge Fourth Circuit to Uphold Rulings …

WEBToday, a full panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit heard arguments in two cases involving equal access to health care for transgender people. …

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Victory! U.S. Supreme Court Rejects North Carolina State Health …

WEBToday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the North Carolina State Health Plan’s petition asking the Court to review a lower court ruling that the plan, a state entity, …

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Health and LGBTQ Legal Advocates to Florida: Gender-Affirming …

WEBLambda Legal, Southern Legal Counsel, Florida Health Justice Project, and National Health Law Program today issued the following statement in response to …

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Disclosing Your Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity to …

WEBMedical professionals generally agree that patients receive better medical care when they are able to be honest and open with their healthcare providers.

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Victory! U.S. Supreme Court Rejects North Carolina State Health …

WEB“Today’s decision protects the rights of marginalized people, including LGBTQ people and people living with HIV, to seek justice and obtain relief in court if …

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Health and Medical Organization Statements On Sexual …

WEBAmerican Medical Association. Policy Number H-160.991, Health Care Needs of Homosexual Population “[B]elieves that the physician’s nonjudgmental recognition of …

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Victory! Court Voids Florida’s Policy Prohibiting Medicaid …

WEBToday, a U.S. District Court Judge struck down Florida’s anti-transgender health care rule that denied the state’s transgender Medicaid beneficiaries coverage for …

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Lambda Legal Sues to Block Louisiana’s Ban on Gender-Affirming …

WEBLambda Legal, Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School, and a Louisiana law firm represent five Louisiana families. Today, five …

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Transgender-Affirming Hospital Policies Lambda Legal Legacy

WEBCreating Equal Access to Quality Health Care for Transgender Patients: Transgender-Affirming Hospital Policies. Creating Equal Access to Quality Health Care for …

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Transgender North Carolinians, Medical Providers Sue to Block …

WEBToday, on National Coming Out Day, Lambda Legal and the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) sued the State of North Carolina to block implementation of a …

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VICTORY! Nevada Removes Discriminatory Ban on Medically …

WEBLambda Legal announced today that, as a result of a complaint filed last year with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the State of …

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Trial Challenging Florida’s Ban on Medicaid Coverage for Gender

WEBLGBTQ+ & Healthcare Legal Groups Advocate: “All Floridians, Including Transgender Floridians, Deserve Equal Access to Healthcare” Today, the trial concluded …

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TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE FOR TRANSGENDER PATIENTS

WEBTRANSGENDER-AFFIRMING HOSPITAL POLICIES 3 A large national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) health survey conducted in 2010 also …

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Whitman-Walker Clinic v. HHS

WEBHHS - Lambda Legal. Whitman-Walker Clinic v. HHS. Lambda Legal and Steptoe & Johnson LLP filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Health and Human …

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Privacy, Confidentiality and Disclosure Lambda Legal Legacy

WEBLambda Legal is working to limit or eliminate the instances in which disclosure of one’s status is legally required. On the other hand, Lambda Legal recognizes the benefits of …

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Legal Advocates Sue to Block Missouri Attorney General’s Anti

WEBToday, Lambda Legal, the ACLU of Missouri and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP filed a petition seeking a temporary restraining order to block …

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When Health Care Isn’t Caring

WEB6 WHEN HEALTH CARE ISN’T CARING reported experiencing physically rough or abusive treatment from a health care professional. Over 20 percent of transgender and gender …

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