All posts tagged "amicus briefs"
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Athletes, women’s and civil rights groups support Idaho transgender runner’s lawsuit
Amicus briefs urge courts to strike down law prohibiting trans athletes from competing in women's sports
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Trump administration tells Supreme Court it should be legal to fire gay employees
Government argues that Title VII does not, as written, protect LGB employees from workplace discrimination
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Arizona’s attorney general says calligraphers should be allowed to turn away gay customers
Owners of Brush and Nib Studio say Phoenix's nondiscrimination ordinance violates their First Amendment rights
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Retired military officers and veterans among groups opposing transgender ban
A number of former military officers, veterans’ and civil rights organizations, women’s groups, military scholars and historians, and states have filed briefs supporting efforts to...
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3rd Circuit urged to uphold Philadelphia’s pro-LGBTQ foster care policy
A Catholic adoption service is suing the city because it can't discriminate against same-sex couples
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Amicus briefs urge 8th Circuit to find Title VII protects LGBTQ people from discrimination
At least 47 businesses, attorneys general from 15 states and the District of Columbia, and the nation’s top LGBTQ rights organizations have submitted a number...
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Briefs urge Supreme Court to oppose baker’s request to refuse service
A host of LGBTQ groups and their allies in the political, legal, and business communities submitted a host of amicus briefs in support of Charlie...
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Trans rights supporters file briefs in support of Gavin Grimm’s case
Advocates for transgender equality have filed several amicus briefs asking the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to decide in favor of Virginia teenager Gavin Grimm...
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Flood of amicus briefs filed in support of Gavin Grimm’s Supreme Court case
Virginia teenager Gavin Grimm is receiving an outpouring of support from politicians, faith leaders, educational organizations, and school administrators as he prepares for a part of...
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Supreme Court reprimands anti-trans groups for misgendering Gavin Grimm
The Supreme Court reprimanded anti-LGBTQ groups that had submitted amicus briefs supporting the Gloucester County School Board as they attempt to defend their policy barring...
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Amicus briefs back trans male’s fight in Maryland parentage case
More than 45 organizations and legal scholars are coming to the support of a Maryland transgender man embroiled in a bitter child custody case who...
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Lesbian mother gets legal support in Alabama adoption case
A lesbian mother from Alabama who had previously been denied visitation rights to see her three children despite having legally adopted them in Georgia is...
