2022-05-06T13:33:23-07:00 2021-06-30 472626541 Cook & Company A Prof Actcy Corporation One Sansome St Ste 3500 San Francisco CA 94104 990 2020-07-01 943086885 National Center for Lesbian Rights NATI 4153651308 870 Market Street Suite 370 San Francisco CA 94102 Imani Rupert-Gordon Executive Director 2022-05-06 true Imani Rupert-Gordon 999009999 Douglas E Cook CPAMPA P01521705 4156211112 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Imani Rupert-Gordon 870 Market Street Suite 370 San Francisco CA 94102 8859587 false X http://www.nclrights.org/ X 1988 CA NCLR is a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, legislation, policy, and public education. 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Defended against constitutional challenges in the federal Fourth and Eleventh Circuits. Filed regulatory complaints representing survivors against practitioners accountable for harm they caused in Kentucky and Texas; worked with state agencies to address conversion therapy through regulation and executive action in Michigan, North Dakota, and Wisconsin; and educated families and the public about the dangers of these practices through the Born Perfect website, local and virtual workshops, and numerous media outlets. Worked with Roman Catholic religious leaders to end religious conversion-therapy counseling within the denomination; expanded our network of conversion therapy survivors by 30%, collaborated with former leaders of conversion-therapy programs and with leaders in the survivor movement to amplify their stories to families, professionals who work with youth, and the public. Established ties with the survivors of the Troubled Teen Industry who are sharing similar experiences. 347620 Helped overcome immigration hurdles faced by LGBTQ immigrants, including those in detention and immigration court proceedings. Provided free legal assistance and directly represented LGBTQ immigrants in individual asylum claims, and assisted private attorneys representing LGBTQ immigrants throughout the U.S., participated in impact cases affecting immigrants. To date, we have won every asylum case we have brought. 329229 100000 44923 Litigated anti-discrimination cases in courts around the country on behalf of LGBTQ people and their families, including successfully resolving a case representing a lesbian couple denied a place in a retirement community because of their sexual orientation and participating as amicus in additional antidiscrimination cases. We worked to implement the Bostock decision through trainings, coalition building, blog posts, and case tracking and support. The cases are as follows: Doe v. Doe - Category #8: Case between parents in New Jersey regarding consent to treatment for gender dysphoria. The matter was settled prior to a decision on the merits, recognizing that the "best interests of the child" factors require following the prevailing standards of care for the treatment gender dysphoria. No fees were sought or recovered. Henderson v. Box - Category #7: Case against the state of Indiana for refusing to place same-sex parents on birth certificates. This case furthered the rights of children and parents to be accurately listed on identity documents. $13,798.40 in fees were recovered from the state of Indiana. Mathews v. LeFever - Category #7: Parentage and custody case in Michigan where the court refused to recognize a gestational mother as a parent. This case furthered the rights of children and their parents to be recognized by courts. No fees were sought or recovered. In re Josephina Rodriguez - Category #7: Guardianship matter in which the children of Ms. Rodriguez moved her to Florida without telling her long-term partner and then sought to exclude the partner from the proceedings. The case furthered the rights of same sex partners who have no formal, legal relationship to their long-term partner. No fees were sought and recovered in the case. Tingley v. Ferguson - Category #12: This case seeks to defend Washington's state law protecting LGBTQ youth from conversion therapy by licensed therapists. The case remains pending but seeks to further the rights of LGBTQ youth and their parents to be protected from the serious harms caused by conversion therapy. No fees were sought or recovered in the case. Curb Records v. Lee - Category #1: This case challenges on First Amendment grounds a Tennessee law requiring businesses and others to post discriminatory and stigmatizing messages on public restrooms which are accessible by transgender persons in accordance with their gender identity. The case remains pending but seeks to further the rights of businesses and others to be free of state compulsion to engage in speech to which they object. No fees were recovered in the case. Doe v. Austin - Category #1: This was a challenge to the Trump Administration's attempt to ban transgender servicemembers. This case benefited the public by stopping our federal government from discriminating against transgender servicemembers in violation of their constitutional rights. Pursuant to a settlement agreement, the federal government agreed to pay $282,426.66 in fees for Doe v. Austin and Stockman v. Austin. These fees were not yet recovered by the end of fiscal year 2021. Stockman v. Austin - Category #1: This was a challenge to the Trump Administration's attempt to ban transgender servicemembers. This case benefited the public by stopping our federal government from discriminating against transgender servicemembers in violation of their constitutional rights. Pursuant to a settlement agreement, the federal government agreed to pay fees in a consolidated settlement involving the case Doe v. Austin, described above. Edmo v. Idaho Dept of Corrections - Category #2: This case involved Idaho Department of CorrectionsX and Corizon Health's failure to provide transition-related care to a transgender prisoner in violation of the 8th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Since prevailing in the case and securing surgery for our client, the appellate decision has been cited more than 200 times, including in more than 50 Law Review Articles. A fee request has been filed in the case but remains pending. Doe v. Snyder - Category #2: Case challenging Arizona Medicaid's exclusion of coverage for surgical treatment for gender dysphoria. This case is ongoing, but has already resulted in a Ninth Circuit opinion reaffirming that federal laws prohibiting sex discrimination protect transgender people. No fees were sought or recovered in the case. Meriwether v. Shawnee State University - Category #3: NCLR intervened in this case on behalf of transgender student to help defend Shawnee's antidiscrimination policy from a challenge filed by a professor alleging a First Amendment right to discriminate against transgender student in his classes. This case seeks to safeguard the authority of educational institutions to develop and implement antidiscrimination policies that protect the right of transgender students to equal access to educational opportunities. No fees were sought or recovered in the case. Roe v. Herrington - Category #2: Case challenging Arizona's requirement that a transgender person undergo surgical treatment in order to correct their birth certificate through a private administrative process. This case is ongoing and would help expand access to corrected birth certificates, especially for transgender young people for whom surgery is not medically necessary. No fees were sought or recovered in the case. Vlaming v. West Point School Board - Category #3: A transgender student who was discriminated against by his high school French teacher sought and was denied intervention in a case filed by the teacher challenging his termination for violating the school's antidiscrimination policy. This case is ongoing but has already resulted in the dismissal of his complaint, reinforcing the authority of public schools to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity. No fees were sought or recovered in the case. 25 asylum and U-visa cases in litigation. 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Participated in planning and delivered several workshops at a virtual Pride event in North Dakota. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Promoted and fought for LGBTQ issues at the federal level by: Monitoring federal Requests for Information and Notices of Proposed Rulemaking for rollbacks in LGBTQ protections and mobilizing the community to file comments in opposition; seeking meetings with federal agency officials who worked on LGBTQ nondiscrimination issues to identify areas of common ground and opportunities for progress; participating as amicus in litigation challenging anti-LGBTQ federal policies. Examples of proposed regulations on which we submitted comments include HUD's attempt to roll back protections for transgender individuals seeking access to homeless shelters, the expansion of the Global Gag Rule to federal contracts, and a proposed rule from HHS that would have resulted in the expiration of numerous important regulatory protections (the so-called HHS "sunset rule"). Conducted congressional outreach by: Meeting with congressional offices to address the need for criminal justice reform and economic justice pertaining to the LGBTQ community and other vulnerable communities; speaking on Congressional briefing panels; developing LGBTQ fact sheets on key federal legislation. Remained an active member of the LGBTQ Criminal Justice Working group, which works with various federal agencies to address the overcriminalization of LGBTQ people and people living with HIV/AIDS, and led advocacy for LGBTQ anti-poverty priorities in COVID relief and recovery legislation as the leader of the National LGBTQ Anti-Poverty Action Network ("the Network"). Co-led the Network's transition memo efforts for the current presidential administration and Congress. Continued our participation in various reproductive health, rights, and justice coalitions at the federal level, including Act for Women and All* Above All, and helped with legislative drafting for proactive bills planned to be introduced in the 117th Congress. We worked with Presidential campaigns and the Biden transition team on plans to address LGBTQ discrimination, poverty, and criminal justice issues, as well as reproductive health, rights, and justice issues. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: Increased access to legal representation and public benefits for low-income LGBTQ people by: providing LGBTQ cultural competency training to legal aid organizations, in particular those that serve rural areas and communities of color; partnering with a statewide legal aid organization (Lone Star Legal Aid in Texas) to train key staff to take the lead on increasing LGBTQ cultural competency within the organization; presenting workshops or CLEs to legal aid and pro bono attorneys on LGBTQ legal issues; operating a national listserv of over 250 poverty law advocates discussing LGBTQ issues; starting a monthly conference call for legal services professionals to discuss issues coming up during the COVID-19 Pandemic in serving low-income LGBTQ clients; convening a gathering of poverty law advocates focusing on LGBTQ issues and moderating a panel at the Lavender Law conference, which will be virtual this year. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 7: Worked to ensure that all families are respected under the law by: Litigating cases challenging the right of same-sex spouses to be recognized as parents and protecting the rights of unmarried same-sex parents and their children; litigating cases advancing the rights of LGBTQ parents and their children and providing technical assistance in additional cases; assisting in the drafting of legislation protecting families and participating in the drafting of model and uniform laws; presenting trainings to attorneys on LGBTQ family law; distributing resources for LGBTQ families to legal services organizations across the country; operating our National Family Law Advisory Council as a brain trust of experts working in states across the country to advance LGBTQ families' rights; co-leading the LGBT Family Law Institute supporting attorneys practicing LGBTQ family law around the country and internationally. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 8: Improved outcomes for transgender children and their families by: Representing parents in custody disputes who are supportive of their transgender children and providing technical assistance to attorneys in additional cases; advocating for expanded access to medically necessary transition-related care for transgender children; presenting workshops on transgender youth and children; acting as the legal director for the Child and Adolescent Gender Center, the gender clinic for transgender and gender-expansive youth at UC San Francisco's Benioff Children's Hospital. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 9: Promoted the health and well-being of LGBTQ youth in child welfare and juvenile justice systems and minimized unnecessary contact with these systems by: Partnering with Ceres Research Policy to implement Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, & Expression data collection protocols in 5 jurisdictions; partnering with the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown to provide a week-long certificate program on supporting LGBTQ youth in public systems of care; partnering with the Center for the Study of Social Policy on upEND, an initiative to reconceive the function of the public child welfare system, working with the Pacific Juvenile Defender Center to advocate for structural changes to protect youth in detention from exposure to COVID-19; and managing the Support Out project with the Office of LGBTQ Affairs in Santa Clara County. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 10: Advanced reproductive justice (RJ) and fostered collaboration between the LGBTQ and RJ movements by: Participating and leading intra- and extra-movement conversations about the intersection between LGBTQ and RJ work; leading LGBTQ community comments on new regulations for the Title X family planning program; working within the RJ community to promote trans-inclusive messaging; supporting the EACH Woman Act, prohibiting the federal government from restricting insurance coverage of abortion; supporting the Women's Health Protection Act; writing articles and presenting about the impact of religious liberty on LGBTQ rights and access to reproductive health care and about First Amendment challenges in both movements; co-developing guidelines for providers around best practices for serving trans patients of color; providing technical assistance to state-based organizations on non-discrimination in the Affordable Care Act; advocating for equal insurance coverage for fertility services for LGBTQ people. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 11: Challenged homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia in sports by: Improving conditions for high school transgender student athletes by working with state high school associations on transgender-inclusive eligibility policies; providing technical assistance and support in cases challenging the ability of transgender athletes to compete; working on individual sports discrimination cases; leading a national project, "Seeking Common Ground: Creating Respectful Athletic Climate for Athletes and Coaches of All Religious Perspective, Sexual Orientation, and Gender Identity or Expression" (with the National Collegiate Athletic Association). OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 12: Protected LGBTQ youth from sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts, also known as "conversion therapy," through NCLR's Born Perfect campaign. Worked with lawmakers and equality groups in Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas to advance legislation protecting LGBTQ youth from conversion therapy; and with local governments in 23 municipalities that enacted measures against conversion therapy practices. Assisted equality groups in 18 states through assistance in drafting and advocating for new state that prohibit conversion-therapy practices. Defended against constitutional challenges in the federal Fourth and Eleventh Circuits. Filed regulatory complaints representing survivors against practitioners accountable for harm they caused in Kentucky and Texas; worked with state agencies to address conversion therapy through regulation and executive action in Michigan, North Dakota, and Wisconsin; and educated families and the public about the dangers of these practices through the Born Perfect website, local and virtual workshops, and numerous media outlets. Worked with Roman Catholic religious leaders to end religious conversion-therapy counseling within the denomination; expanded our network of conversion therapy survivors by 30%, collaborated with former leaders of conversion-therapy programs and with leaders in the survivor movement to amplify thei Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process Form 990 is approved by the Audit Committee before filing and an electronic copy of Form 990 is provided to the Board of Directors for their review prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts NCLR's conflict of interest policy covers transactions and relationships of Board members, officers, and key employees. These individuals are required on an annual basis to consider and disclose any conflicts of interest. This process is documented. 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