Transgender Rights
R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v EEOC & Aimee Stephens
Aimee Stephens had worked for nearly six years as a funeral director at R.G. and G.R. Harris Funeral Homes when she informed the funeral home鈥檚 owner that she is a transgender woman. She was fired, the EEOC sued on her behalf, and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Aimee鈥檚 employer engaged in unlawful sex discrimination when it fired her because she鈥檚 transgender. We represented Aimee Stephens in front of the U.S. Supreme Court 鈥� and won.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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California
Jun 2016
Transgender Rights
Robinson v. Dignity Health
The 老熟女午夜福利 filed a federal lawsuit against the fifth largest health care system in the U.S., Dignity Health, because it denies transgender employees health insurance coverage for medically necessary transition-related health care.
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California
Jun 2016
Transgender Rights
Robinson v. Dignity Health
The 老熟女午夜福利 filed a federal lawsuit against the fifth largest health care system in the U.S., Dignity Health, because it denies transgender employees health insurance coverage for medically necessary transition-related health care.
Mississippi
May 2016
Transgender Rights
Religious Liberty
Alford v. Moulder
The 老熟女午夜福利 and the ACLU of Mississippi today filed a lawsuit to challenge HB 1523, the anti-LGBT law that passed this spring. The lawsuit, which targets the Registrar of Vital Records, was filed on behalf of ACLU of Mississippi members and Nykolas Alford and Stephen Thomas, a gay couple who are engaged to be married and face discrimination as a result of this law.
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Mississippi
May 2016
Transgender Rights
Religious Liberty
Alford v. Moulder
The 老熟女午夜福利 and the ACLU of Mississippi today filed a lawsuit to challenge HB 1523, the anti-LGBT law that passed this spring. The lawsuit, which targets the Registrar of Vital Records, was filed on behalf of ACLU of Mississippi members and Nykolas Alford and Stephen Thomas, a gay couple who are engaged to be married and face discrimination as a result of this law.
Court Case
Jan 2016
Transgender Rights
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Manning v. Hagel, et al.
The 老熟女午夜福利, the ACLU of the Nation's Capital, the ACLU of Kansas and civilian defense counsel David E. Coombs have filed a lawsuit on behalf of Chelsea Manning in federal court in the District of Columbia against Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and other Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of the Army officials for their failure to provide necessary medical treatment for her gender dysphoria, a condition with which she was originally diagnosed by Army doctors more than four years ago.
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Court Case
Jan 2016
Transgender Rights
+2 老熟女午夜福利
Manning v. Hagel, et al.
The 老熟女午夜福利, the ACLU of the Nation's Capital, the ACLU of Kansas and civilian defense counsel David E. Coombs have filed a lawsuit on behalf of Chelsea Manning in federal court in the District of Columbia against Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and other Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of the Army officials for their failure to provide necessary medical treatment for her gender dysphoria, a condition with which she was originally diagnosed by Army doctors more than four years ago.
Minnesota
Dec 2015
Transgender Rights
OutFront v. Johnson Piper
The 老熟女午夜福利 and the ACLU of Minnesota filed a lawsuit in Minnesota State Court to challenge the coverage ban on transition-related surgery for transgender people on Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare, the state鈥檚 public insurance programs for low-income residents.
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Minnesota
Dec 2015
Transgender Rights
OutFront v. Johnson Piper
The 老熟女午夜福利 and the ACLU of Minnesota filed a lawsuit in Minnesota State Court to challenge the coverage ban on transition-related surgery for transgender people on Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare, the state鈥檚 public insurance programs for low-income residents.
Court Case
May 2015
Transgender Rights
Love v. Johnson
In May 2015, the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit against the Michigan Secretary of State challenging a department policy that makes it impossible for many transgender individuals to correct the gender on their driver鈥檚 licenses and state identification documents. The court recognized in its November 2015 decision denying the State's motion to dismiss that plaintiffs have sufficiently alleged a constitutionally-protected privacy interest in avoiding disclosure of their transgender status because such disclosure "poses a real threat to their 'personal security and bodily integrity.
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Court Case
May 2015
Transgender Rights
Love v. Johnson
In May 2015, the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit against the Michigan Secretary of State challenging a department policy that makes it impossible for many transgender individuals to correct the gender on their driver鈥檚 licenses and state identification documents. The court recognized in its November 2015 decision denying the State's motion to dismiss that plaintiffs have sufficiently alleged a constitutionally-protected privacy interest in avoiding disclosure of their transgender status because such disclosure "poses a real threat to their 'personal security and bodily integrity.