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by Cathy Sakimura, Esq. | Apr 25, 2013 | Asylum, Immigration, Gay, transgender, lesbian, LGBT

This publication provides a comprehensive analysis of the unique challenges of lesbian asylum claims, including practical advice and legal strategies for lesbian asylum seekers. View PDF

by Erik Olvera | Feb 19, 2013 | immigrant, LGBT youth, lgbt undocumented immigrant, LGBT, LGBT Immigrant, DREAMers, visa, DACA

(San Francisco, CA, February 19, 2013)—Nearly 200 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) undocumented young people have either received or are in the process of receiving two-year work permits and reprieves from the threat of deportation, thanks to a fund made possible by over four dozen LGBTQ organizations. Last summer, President Obama created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to enable people who came to the United States as children—commonly known as...

by Erik Olvera | Jan 28, 2013 | Immigration, lgbt immigration, LGBT, comprehensive immigration reform

(San Francisco, CA, January 28, 2013)—National lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights organizations, including the National Center for Lesbian Rights, today released a joint statement reiterating the call for a comprehensive immigration policy that ensures fair and just treatment for all those currently impacted by our failed immigration policy. It comes as a bipartisan group of U.S. senators today released a set of principles for comprehensive immigration reform, and as...

by Carla Lopez | Jan 18, 2011 | human services, hospital discrimination, Gay, transgender, same-sex couples, lesbian, LGBT, anti-gay health, bisexual, equal visitation rights, healthcare visitation, HHS Rule

Statement by NCLR Federal Policy Attorney Maya Rupert (San Francisco, CA, January 18, 2011)—Today, a new federal hospital visitation rule goes into effect that provides significant protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people at all hospitals that receive federal funding. The rule was prompted by a memo that President Barack Obama issued on April 15, 2010, directing the Department of Health and Human Services to adopt new regulations that would require hospitals to grant...

by Christine Keeves | Jul 30, 2007 | transgender, LGBT, healthcare, prison

Groundbreaking Decision First Of Its Kind (Boise, ID, July 30, 2007) — In a groundbreaking decision, a federal district court judge ruled Friday that the Idaho Department of Corrections must provide female hormone therapy to a transgender inmate while her case proceeds to trial in federal court in Boise, Idaho. Jenniffer Spencer sued the Idaho Department of Corrections for failing to diagnose or treat her gender identity disorder, the current medical diagnosis applied to transsexual people....