The time to take action for our rights is now! Join NCLR’s Pride is Powerful campaign to make a bold statement in support of LGBTQ equality nationwide. After decades of progress, advancing our right to live, love, work, and parent freely, we now see the greatest backlash in our movement’s history. Increasingly, we are witnessing our courts of law and halls of Congress enact and defend new legislation that strips the LGBTQ community of our inalienable rights. This past year brought an...

National Center for Lesbian Rights Applauds Biden Administration’s Reinforcement of Essential Nondiscrimination Protections in Health Care

Today the Biden Administration released updated regulations implementing section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the federal law prohibiting sex discrimination in health care. This rule ensures that health care providers and insurers are aware of their obligations and that patients can access the care they need. The updated rule issued today restores explicit protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation, transgender status, and other sex-based characteristics, as well...

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National Center for Lesbian Rights Applauds Biden Administration Move to Ensure Safety for LGBTQI+ Children In Foster Care

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 30, 2024 MEDIA CONTACTS: Malkia Hutchinson, (202) 734-3548, mhutchinson@nclrights.org National Center for Lesbian Rights Applauds Biden Administration Move to Ensure Safety for LGBTQI+ Children In Foster Care The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) applauds the Department of Health & Human Services for taking steps to protect some of the most vulnerable...

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NCLR and GLAD Commend Biden Administration for New Rules Implementing Essential Nondiscrimination Protections in Education

Jennifer Bing, JBing@nclrights.org, 415-845-9406 Amanda Johnston, ajohnston@glad.org, 617-417-7769 For Immediate Release: April 19, 2024 Today, the U.S. Department of Education issued a final rule interpreting and enforcing Title IX, restoring and reinforcing vital civil rights protections for LGBTQ+ students. The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and...

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A film by the National Center for Lesbian Rights “There’s a world where…we don’t center money and we don’t center greed and wealth accumulation.” — Jarvis Benson Watch with captions “Shifting from a scarcity mindset to a mindset of abundance allows us to imagine and to savor what is actually possible.” — ana g.lara lópez Being queer and trans is inherently revolutionary, and that includes destroying an economic system that effectively puts people into poverty. And not...

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Statement by NCLR Federal Policy Director Julianna Gonen following her participation in yesterday’s White House roundtable on access to IVF services

“The alarming decision by the Alabama Supreme Court holding that frozen embryos are persons under the state’s wrongful-death law is shocking and yet predictable. It comes amidst a widespread assault on individuals and families and their ability to make the most personal of decisions regarding their health and futures. From bans on abortion and transgender health care to censorship aimed at erasing LGBTQ people from view, far-right activists and government officials are seeking to impose their...

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Statement on 11th Circuit Order Allowing Alabama Transgender Adolescent Medical Ban to Take Effect

For Immediate Release January 11, 2024 CONTACTS: Amanda Johnston, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, ajohnston@glad.orgJennifer Bing, National Center for Lesbian Rights, jbing@nclrights.orgAneesha Pappy, Human Rights Campaign, apappy@hrc.org Today the...

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National Center for Lesbian Rights Applauds Biden Administration’s Final Health Care Conscience Rule

“NCLR applauds the Department of Health & Human Services for rescinding the most harmful aspects of the Trump-era denial-of-care rule, which would have allowed virtually anyone in the health care system to refuse care to a patient for religious reasons. The revised rule issued today is premised on the recognition that a proper balance must be struck between respecting conscience and ensuring that people get the health care they need. Given the continued prevalence of discrimination in...

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NCLR Applauds Ohio Governor DeWine for Vetoing Transgender Medical Care Ban

December 29, 2023 – Today Ohio Governor Mike DeWine vetoed HB 68 – a bill that would have banned medical care for transgender adolescents, stating: “It is the parents who know their child best.” Across the country, federal district courts have enjoined similar bans enacted by other states, finding that they violate parents’ fundamental right to make medical decisions for their children and also unlawfully discriminate against transgender people. Recently, however, both the Eleventh...

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Federal Trial Concludes In Challenge To The First State Law Attempting To Deprive Transgender Adults Of Healthcare, Florida’s SB 254

Multiple days of powerful testimony highlight the danger and lack of justification for the first law in the country that would seek to deprive transgender adults of healthcare in addition to banning care for adolescents Contact:Amanda Johnston, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders | 617-417-7769 | ajohnston@glad.org Aryn Fields, Human Rights Campaign Foundation |...

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