2019-04-23T17:41:29-07:00 2018-06-30 460796445 Shining Star Consulting LLC 2320 Oak St Berkeley CA 94708 990 2017-07-01 943086885 National Center For Lesbian Rights NATI 4153926257 870 Market Street Suite 370 San Francisco CA 94102 Cindy Myers Executive Director 4153926257 2019-04-23 1 Monte Meyers P01067312 5109996712 2019-04-23 X 104.6.68.198 2017 2020-01-14 16:20:31Z Cindy Myers 870 Market Street Suite 370 San Francisco CA 94102 5778352 0 X www.nclrights.org X 1988 CA The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) is a legal resource center with a primary commitment to advancing the rights and safety of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and communities through a program of litigation, public policy advocacy, free legal advice and counseling, and public education. 13 12 36 30 0 0 4510153 5310016 261230 293241 17720 751 -213690 4452 4575413 5608460 0 0 0 0 2986746 3279412 265721 169945 1293658 1608820 2215133 4861287 5664490 -285874 -56030 1498784 1489962 443614 481411 1055170 1008551 The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) is a legal resource center with a primary commitment to advancing the rights and safety of lesbians, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and communities through a program of litigation, public policy advocacy, free legal advice and counseling, and public education. 0 0 4100747 0 293241 1. Worked to ensure that all families are respected under the law by: litigating cases addressing recognition of nonbiological parents in Arizona, Missouri, and Minnesota; providing significant technical assistance in a divorce case in which the Alabama trial court initially ruled it had no jurisdiction to either grant divorces to same-sex spouses or recognize both spouses as parents, then reconsidered its decision once we became involved; providing technical assistance and training to 325 attorneys on LGBT family law; being significantly involved in the drafting of the Uniform Parentage Act of 2017, which was approved by the Uniform Law Commission in Sept 2017 and provides protections for LGBT parents and their children in a variety of ways; 2. Continued to advance legal strategies to protect the best interests of transgender children in custody cases, including representing a Michigan mother whose children were taken away by the state because she followed the advice of mental health professionals and supported her gender non-conforming child; and representing an Arizona mother of a gender nonconforming child in an appeal of a custody decision appointing a gender expert and therapist to provide affirming therapy for her child. 3. Filed two suits (with GLAD) challenging President Trump's directive barring transgender people from serving in the military and secured stays. In Doe v. Trump, we represent eight transgender service members with nearly 60 years of combined military service. The complaint challenges the ban on the grounds that it violates the constitutional requirements of equal protection and due process. In Stockman v. Trump, we represent Equality California along with transgender service members and transgender individuals who wish to join the military. As a result of preliminary injunctions secured in these cases, transgender service members continued to serve, and transgender people became eligible to openly enlist for the first time on 1/1/2018. As part of our work to stop Trump's transgender military ban, we developed a strategic communications campaign committed to lifting up the lives and stories of our plaintiffs and others to help change hearts and minds about transgender people and counter stigma, securing coverage from major outlets including CNN, USA Today, BuzzFeed, NPR, and Teen Vogue, and many others, reaching an audience of over 1 billion. 4. Advanced and defended access to health care without discrimination by: securing a ruling in a suit against a San Diego Hospital that the Affordable Care Act's prohibition on sex discrimination in healthcare includes discrimination on the basis of gender identity, in which a transgender boy who experienced discrimination when he was in need of acute, inpatient care and subsequently died by suicide; litigating a case on behalf of a transgender prisoner in Idaho addressing the applicability of federal sex discrimination laws to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination, including access to appropriate healthcare; successfully representing a young transgender woman in Oregon who was denied coverage for facial feminization surgery by Oregon Medicaid, resulting in Oregon Medicaid revising its regulations, clearing the way for other transgender people to receive this care as well; and representing a transgender girl on Medicaid in Florida who had been denied coverage for puberty-delaying medication, also resulting in an agency policy revision. 5. Protected LGBTQ youth from so-called "conversion therapy" by: providing technical assistance to administrative advocacy partners in North Carolina, Maryland, Maine, and Pennsylvania; litigating a groundbreaking consumer fraud case against a licensed California marriage and family therapist; sustain and growing our network of conversion therapy survivors; elevating diverse survivor stories in the media to show that conversion therapy is happening across the country, in many different religious and secular settings, with LGBTQ individuals from many different communities; providing expert input into two major feature films addressing this issue; and (with HRC) releasing Just As They Are, a guide that helps parents recognize when and how conversion therapy is promoted, provides information about the dangers of the practice, and outlines best practices for parents seeking to promote the health and well-being of their LGBTQ child, including finding inclusive counseling services and churches. 6. Promoted the health and well-being of LGBTQ youth in juvenile justice systems by working with the Ruth Ellis Center and the Michigan Council on Crime and Delinquency to develop and deliver 4 trainings to the Case Management Organizations that contract to provide juvenile justice services to youth; and collaborated with Santa Clara County in California on work toward developing systems to help keep LGBTQ youth from entering the juvenile justice system. 7. Protected the wellbeing of transgender youth by representing youth in Florida and Ohio who are being denied access to appropriate restrooms and facilities by their schools. 8. Provided expert technical assistance to Equality Michigan in their strategy and advocacy with the Michigan Department of Civil Rights (MDCR) requesting the MDCR to issue an interpretive statement clarifying that discrimination on the basis of sex, as prohibited the Elliot Larsen Civil Rights Act, includes discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. 9. Supported litigation against employment discrimination by drafting and submitting amicus briefs in critical Title VII cases on behalf of lesbian, gay, and bisexual plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court and the First, Second, Eighth, and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals. 10. Directly assisted more than 250 LGBTQ clients with various aspects of their immigration cases-from direct representation to identifying attorneys who can represent individuals to providing ongoing technical assistance to going out to meet with detainees and help them with their paperwork. Filing an amicus brief in City & County of San Francisco v. Trump, the California case challenging President Trump's executive order attacking sanctuary cities. 11. Co-hosting, with the NCAA the third annual Common Ground Initiative meeting, once again bringing together representatives from conservative religious schools across the country to meet with LGBT advocates. Several schools have adopted new policies and programming for LGBT students as a direct result of this initiative. 12. Deepened public education on so-called religious freedom issues and leading a call to action that resulted in nearly 300 comment submissions to the U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, denouncing a proposed rule that would encourage healthcare providers and institutions-like doctors and hospitals-to deny health care services for religious reasons. 13. Provided assistance through our Legal Information Helpline to over 1,000 people (more than half low-income or indigent) who contacted us during this period with questions on subjects including: custody and visitation of children, establishing legal parentage for non-biological parents, name and gender changes, employment and housing discrimination, public benefits, healthcare access, prison conditions, and family formation. 14. Addressed the particular needs of low-income LGBTQ people by: providing training for over 150 attorneys providing free or low-cost legal services to low-income clients on how to better serve LGBTQ clients; participating actively in the LGBTQ Poverty Initiative; helping to develop the initiative's landmark report, Intersecting Injustice: A National Call to Action - Addressing LGBTQ Poverty and Economic Justice for All (including having a staff attorney co-author the section on Federal Economic Policy); being the only LGBTQ organization to join the Coalition on Human Needs; and leading a coalition of LGBTQA organizations to educate the public about proposed eligibility and benefit cuts in the House farm bill that would cause one million households with two million individuals to lose access to food assistance altogether or experience a reduction in benefits. 15. 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; partnering in opposition to the reinstatement of the "global gag rule"; participating in coalition efforts to protect access to family planning services; opposing ACA repeal efforts; drafting and signing on to letters, comments, and amicus briefs related to reproductive health, rights, and justice. 16. 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Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b 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, Section B, Line 12c 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 and this process is documented. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The compensation of the Executive Director is reviewed and approved annually by the Board of Directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 NCLR makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon reasonable request. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Legal Program consultants, Other Program consultants, Organizational consultants, Communications consultants. 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