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.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2021
Transgender Rights
Religious Liberty
Dignity Health v. Minton
Evan Minton was turned away from a Dignity Health hospital because he is transgender. He filed a lawsuit against a Dignity Health medical center for withholding medical care because of a patient's gender identity, amounting to sex discrimination in violation of California's Unruh Civil Rights Act.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2021
Transgender Rights
Religious Liberty
Dignity Health v. Minton
Evan Minton was turned away from a Dignity Health hospital because he is transgender. He filed a lawsuit against a Dignity Health medical center for withholding medical care because of a patient's gender identity, amounting to sex discrimination in violation of California's Unruh Civil Rights Act.
U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2021
Transgender Rights
Keohane v. Inch
The 老澳门开奖结果 (老澳门开奖结果), the 老澳门开奖结果 of Florida, and DLA Piper LLP filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Florida Department of Corrections鈥� (DOC) denial of medically necessary care for Reiyn Keohane, a transgender woman currently detained in a men鈥檚 prison.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2021
Transgender Rights
Keohane v. Inch
The 老澳门开奖结果 (老澳门开奖结果), the 老澳门开奖结果 of Florida, and DLA Piper LLP filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Florida Department of Corrections鈥� (DOC) denial of medically necessary care for Reiyn Keohane, a transgender woman currently detained in a men鈥檚 prison.
Maryland
Sep 2021
Transgender Rights
Stone v. Trump
The 老澳门开奖结果, 老澳门开奖结果 of Maryland, and Covington & Burling LLP filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on behalf of six members of the armed forces who are transgender and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Maryland. The lawsuit challenges the president鈥檚 directive banning transgender service members from continuing to serve in the military, banning transgender service members from receiving certain medically necessary health care, and banning transgender individuals from enlisting in the armed forces.
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Maryland
Sep 2021
Transgender Rights
Stone v. Trump
The 老澳门开奖结果, 老澳门开奖结果 of Maryland, and Covington & Burling LLP filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on behalf of six members of the armed forces who are transgender and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Maryland. The lawsuit challenges the president鈥檚 directive banning transgender service members from continuing to serve in the military, banning transgender service members from receiving certain medically necessary health care, and banning transgender individuals from enlisting in the armed forces.
North Carolina
May 2021
Transgender Rights
Carca帽o, et al. v. Cooper, et al
Filed by the 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina along with Lambda Legal, this lawsuit challenges a sweeping North Carolina law, House Bill 2 , which bans transgender people from accessing restrooms and other facilities consistent with their gender identity and blocks local governments from protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (鈥淟GBT鈥�) people against discrimination in a wide variety of settings., and its replacement law, HB 142, which left many of the harms caused by HB 2 in place.
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North Carolina
May 2021
Transgender Rights
Carca帽o, et al. v. Cooper, et al
Filed by the 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina along with Lambda Legal, this lawsuit challenges a sweeping North Carolina law, House Bill 2 , which bans transgender people from accessing restrooms and other facilities consistent with their gender identity and blocks local governments from protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (鈥淟GBT鈥�) people against discrimination in a wide variety of settings., and its replacement law, HB 142, which left many of the harms caused by HB 2 in place.
Illinois
Jan 2021
Transgender Rights
Monroe v. Rauner
The 老澳门开奖结果 of Illinois filed a lawsuit on behalf of six women 鈥� Janiah Monroe, Marilyn Melendez, Ebony Stamps, Lydia Helena Vision, Sora Kuykendall, and Sasha Reed 鈥� and seeks class certification on behalf of all prisoners in the custody of Illinois Department of Corrections who have requested from IDOC evaluation or treatment for gender dysphoria. The case seeks to force IDOC to reform its medical care system to put an end to the suffering it is currently causing transgender prisoners with gender dysphoria by denying them the medical care they need on a timely basis and consistent with the well-established medical standards.
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Illinois
Jan 2021
Transgender Rights
Monroe v. Rauner
The 老澳门开奖结果 of Illinois filed a lawsuit on behalf of six women 鈥� Janiah Monroe, Marilyn Melendez, Ebony Stamps, Lydia Helena Vision, Sora Kuykendall, and Sasha Reed 鈥� and seeks class certification on behalf of all prisoners in the custody of Illinois Department of Corrections who have requested from IDOC evaluation or treatment for gender dysphoria. The case seeks to force IDOC to reform its medical care system to put an end to the suffering it is currently causing transgender prisoners with gender dysphoria by denying them the medical care they need on a timely basis and consistent with the well-established medical standards.