Tag: Supreme Court
Statement From Victory Institute On Supreme Court Decision To Send Gavin Grimm Case To Lower Court
The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will not hear Gavin Grimm v. Gloucester Country School Board, a case that would have decided whether federal laws that prevent discrimination on the basis of sex also apply to gender identity.
TLDEF Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Send Gavin Grimm’s Case Back to Fourth Circuit
Today, Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund responded to news that the United States Supreme Court has sent the case of Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board back to the Fourth U.S Circuit Court of Appeals.
Teenage suicide rates fell as same-sex marriage was legalised
Teen suicide attempts in the U.S declined after same-sex marriage became legal and the biggest impact was among gay, lesbian and bisexual kids, a study found.
HRC Hails Federal Judge’s Decision to Block Part of H.B. 1523 in Mississippi
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation, lauded U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves’ decision to block a provision of Mississippi’s discriminatory and harmful H.B. 1523 that would allow county clerks to deny same-sex couples from obtaining marriage licenses.
Gay blood case to be taken to UK’s highest court
A gay man is to take his legal challenge to the ban on homosexual blood donations in Northern Ireland to the UK’s highest court.
Deeply Troubling: Carly Fiorina Denies Her Own Words on Marriage Equality
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, reacted to news that Carly Fiorina has attempted to deny and walk back her own words suggesting that the Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v Hodges, the case that led to nationwide marriage equality is the law of the land.