News - LGBTQI+ Working Group

Press Releases

• Fact Sheet: Justice Department Efforts to Protect the LGBTQI+ Community
• Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Statement on the U.S. Supreme Court Ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges   06/26/2015
• Justice Department Files Brief to Address Health Care for Prisoners Suffering from Gender Dysphoria   04/03/2015
• Justice Department Files Lawsuit Alleging that Southeastern Oklahoma State University Discriminated Against Transgender Woman   03/30/2015
• Attorney General Holder Directs Department to Include Gender Identity Under Sex Discrimination Employment Claims   12/18/2014
• Justice Department Releases Best Practices Guide to Reform HIV-Specific Criminal Laws to Align with Scientifically-Supported Factors   07/14/2014
• Justice Department Settles with Rite Aid of Michigan Over Alleged HIV Discrimination   02/04/2014
• Justice Department Settles with South Carolina Department of Corrections to End Discrimination Against Inmates with HIV   09/30/2013
• United States Reaches Agreement with Arcadia, California, School District to Resolve Sex Discrimination Allegations   07/24/2013
• Four Kentucky Individuals Sentenced for Roles in Kidnapping and Assaulting Harlan County Man   06/19/2013
• Two Atlanta men Plead Guilty to Federal Hate Crime Against Gay Man   04/18/2013
• Justice Department Enters into Agreement to Reform the Puerto Rico Police Department   12/21/2012
• Justice Department Settles with Pennsylvania School for $715,000 Over Exclusion of Child with HIV   09/12/2012
• Justice Department Announces Consent Decree with City of New Orleans to Resolve Allegations of Unlawful Misconduct by New Orleans Police Department   07/24/2012
• Departments of Justice and Education Resolve Harassment Allegations in Anoka-Hennepin School District in Minnesota   03/05/2012
• Departments of Justice and Education Reach Agreement with Tehachapi, California, Public Schools to Resolve Harassment Allegations   07/01/2011
• Department of Justice Releases Investigative Findings Involving the New Orleans Police Department   03/17/2011
• Justice Department Releases Anti-Bullying Video as Part of National "It Gets Better" Project   12/09/2010
• Justice Department Settles with New York School District to Ensure Students Have Equal Opportunities   03/30/2010

Other News, Events & Information

• Shared Struggles, Shared Successes: Working at the Intersection of LGBTI and Disability Rights   07/21/2014
• Attorney General Holder Delivers Remarks at Howard University for the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Civil Rights Act   07/15/2014
• Acting Assistant Attorney General Jocelyn Samuels Speaks at "Celebrating Our History & Commissioning Our Future: a Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964   07/02/2014
• Presidential Proclamation - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, 2013   05/31/2013
• Justice Department Settles Three HIV Discrimination Cases   02/14/2013
• Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the 2012 Lavender Law Conference   08/23/2012
• Recognizing World AIDS Day   11/30/2012
• Barrier-Free Health Care Initiative   07/26/2012
• Towards AIDS 2012: Fighting Discrimination Against People with HIV/AIDS   07/20/2012
• Presidential Proclamation – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, 2012   06/01/2012
• World AIDS Day 2011   12/01/2011
• It Gets Better Video - CRT   22010