Press Releases
Aug 13, 2019
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Arkansas Tells Trump Admin: Don’t Roll Back Health Care Rights
LITTLE ROCK – The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Arkansas urged the United States Department of Health and Human Services not to roll back critical nondiscrimination protections for vulnerable people a...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
May 24, 2019
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµResponds to Proposed Changes to Health Care Rights Law
WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services proposed a change to the Health Care Rights Law, Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, today in an attempt to roll bac...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Feb 14, 2019
Iowa Jury Awards $120,000 to Transgender State Employee in Discrimination Case
DES MOINES, Iowa — A jury in Polk County Wednesday awarded Jesse Vroegh $120,000 for the two ways that his employer, the Iowa Department of Corrections, discriminated against him...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Vroegh v. Iowa Department of Corrections
Oct 05, 2017
Washington State Parent Sues Employer for Denying Insurance Coverage to Transgender Son
Employer’s Refusal to Cover Medical Services Prescribed by Doctor Violates State and Federal Anti-Discrimination Laws
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Enstad v. PeaceHealth
Jul 13, 2017
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµStatement on House Amendment to Prohibit Transgender Care for Military Members and Their Families
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives will consider an amendment today to the National Defense Authorization Act, the annual defense policy bill, that prohibits transgender m...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Apr 07, 2017
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµFiles Suit in Wisconsin Over Denial of Insurance Coverage for Transgender State Employees
MILWAUKEE – The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ, ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Wisconsin, and volunteer attorneys from the law firm Hawks Quindel sued Wisconsin’s state university system and insuranc...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Boyden v. State of Wisconsin
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