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Lambda Legal

American LGBT civil rights organization

Fact-Checks

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Jan 15, 2026
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How have courts ruled on exemptions to digital ID mandates for religious freedom?

Courts have not produced a clean, across-the-board doctrine excusing religious objections to digital or photo ID mandates: federal law favors neutral, generally applicable ID rules while RFRA can prot...

Oct 25, 2025
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Did trump ban trans people?

The core claim — that “Trump banned trans people” — is accurate in the narrow, legal sense that the Trump administration issued and sought to enforce policies prohibiting most transgender people from ...

Dec 21, 2025
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Did Washington State file a lawsuit against the federal government that had to do with transgender surgeries

Washington state, led by Attorney General Nick Brown, filed a federal lawsuit challenging President Trump’s January 2025 executive order that sought to block federal funding to medical institutions pr...

Feb 4, 2026

is the trump administration sued

— administration is the target of hundreds of lawsuits challenging its executive orders, policies and agency actions, while the president and his allies also bring separate suits of their own; multipl...

Dec 2, 2025

same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriage is legally recognized in 38 countries as of 2025 and covers roughly 1.5 billion people worldwide, while legal and political fights continue, especially in the United States where the...

Nov 13, 2025

What are the main arguments for transgender access to women's facilities?

The main arguments for allowing transgender people, particularly trans women, access to women's facilities center on protecting their safety, preventing discrimination, and recognizing gender identity...

Nov 12, 2025

Did the LGBTQ funding amendment survive in the final continuing resolution?

The evidence in the supplied analyses shows that the specific anti‑LGBTQ funding riders introduced in House appropriations measures did not survive into the final continuing resolution; key hostile am...