The Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center in Allentown has joined a group of other organizations around the country suing the Trump Administration over the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services action to remove LGBTQ people and other populations from the protections of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex and other bases.
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Supreme Court ruling to end ‘patchwork’ of LGBT anti-discrimination policies
On June 15 the U.S. Supreme Court made a landmark ruling deciding that sexual orientation and gender identity were covered under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, protecting LGBT people from discrimination.
Read More »U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of LGBT workplace protection
The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled 6-3 that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination against LGBT people.
Read More »Local activist edits anthology on improving health care for LGBT community
Adrian Shanker, executive director of the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center in Allentown, has edited a new anthology of essays by LGBT activists which aims to inform the health care system and LGBT health care consumers on how to give and receive better care.
Read More »Lehigh Valley LGBT center joins lawsuit against federal rule
Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center in Allentown has joined a coalition of activists in a lawsuit challenging a proposed federal rule that would allow doctors, nurses, emergency workers and other medical providers to deny treatment and services to patients if it conflicts with their religious or moral beliefs.
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