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National Center for LGBTQ Rights

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Trump’s Trans Military Ban: Equality California, NCLR, and GLAD Hit Back

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Tony Hoang, Managing Director, Equality California tony@eqca.org / 281-703-9292 Lauren Gray, Communications Director, NCLR lgray@nclrights.org / (215) 983-3099 Amanda Johnston, Director of Public Affairs & Education, GLAD ajohnston@glad.org / (617) 417-7769 Equality California,...

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Cases & Advocacy

Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission

In 2012, Colorado residents David Mullins and Charlie Craig visited Masterpiece Cakeshop to order a cake for their upcoming wedding reception. Masterpiece owner Jack Phillips informed them that because of his religious beliefs, the store would not serve customers who wanted to order cakes to celebrate a same-sex couple’s wedding. The Colorado Civil Rights Commission and the Colorado Court of Appeals both ruled that Masterpiece’s denial of service to Mullins and Craig violated the...

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Court Stops Transgender Military Ban in NCLR, GLAD Case

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts:  Lauren Gray, Communications Director, NCLR lgray@nclrights.org / (215) 983-3099  Amanda Johnston, Director of Public Affairs & Education, GLAD ajohnston@glad.org / (617) 417-7769     Federal District Court Stops Transgender Military Ban in Doe v. Trump Court Agrees with NCLR and GLAD that Ban’s Harms To Transgender...

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Trans Military Ban: NCLR, GLAD Reinforce Urgency Before Midnight Deadline for Final Government Response

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Lauren Gray, Communications Director, NCLR lgray@nclrights.org / (215) 983-3099 Amanda Johnston, Director of Public Affairs & Education, GLAD ajohnston@glad.org / (617) 417-7769 NCLR and GLAD Reinforce Urgency and Severity of Harm Caused by Trump’s Transgender Military Ban, as Midnight Deadline Approaches for...

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New trans military ban brief from NCLR, GLAD calls out Trump administration

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Lauren Gray, Communications Director, NCLR lgray@nclrights.org / (215) 983-3099 Amanda Johnston, Director of Public Affairs & Education, GLAD ajohnston@glad.org / (617) 417-7769   In Powerful New Court Filing, GLAD and NCLR Call Out Trump Administration For Attempting to “Paper Over the...

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NCLR and GLAD Applaud Congressional Efforts to End Harm to Transgender Troops

For Immediate Release Contacts: Lauren Gray, Communications Director, NCLR lgray@nclrights.org / (215) 983-3099 Amanda Johnston, Director of Public Affairs & Education, GLAD ajohnston@glad.org / (617) 417-7769   NCLR and GLAD, Leading Groups Fighting Trump’s Transgender Military Ban in Court, Applaud Congressional Efforts to End Harm to...

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Utah Mayor Gives NCLR’s Kate Kendell Key to the City on Coming Out Day

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lauren Gray, Communications Director, NCLR lgray@nclrights.org / (215) 983-3099 After NCLR victory for LGBTQ youth in Utah State Board of Education case, Salt Lake City Mayor gives NCLR Executive Director Kate Kendell a Key to the City at Coming Out Day Celebration   Last year, NCLR sued the Utah State Board of Education for censoring content about LGBTQ people. Today, Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie...

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Congress Demands Trans Military Ban Answers: NCLR, GLAD Commend Action

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Lauren Gray, Communications Director, NCLR lgray@nclrights.org / (215) 983-3099 Amanda Johnston, Director of Public Affairs & Education, GLAD ajohnston@glad.org / (617) 417-7769 Legal Advocates in Fight Against Trump Transgender Military Ban Praise Congressional Demand for Answers More than 100 Members of Congress...

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NCLR Eliminates Remnants of Utah LGBTQ Censorship Rule

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts:  Lauren Gray, Communications Director lgray@nclrights.org / (215) 983-3099 NCLR eliminates remnants of LGBTQ censorship rule in Utah schools NCLR settles federal case challenging Utah ban on supportive speech about LGBTQ community in public and charter schools   (SALT LAKE CITY, October 6, 2017)—The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) settled Equality Utah v. Utah State...

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Attacks on Birth Control

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 6, 2017 Contact: Lauren Gray, Communications Director, NCLR lgray@nclrights.org / (215) 983-3099   NCLR responds to Trump Administration’s Attack on Birth Control WASHINGTON, D.C.—In yet another assault on access to health care, the Trump administration today issued a regulation that would dramatically undermine an essential benefit under the Affordable Care Act—insurance coverage...

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