by BALIF Admin | Sep 18, 2025 | News
Dear BALIF Members, BALIF stands in full support of Lambda Legal attorney Carl Charles in response to the outrageous federal indictment filed against him earlier this month in the Middle District of Alabama. Mr. Charles is a highly respected civil rights lawyer who...
by BALIF Admin | Jul 30, 2025 | News
Last week, BALIF joined an emergency amicus brief submitted with the U.S. Supreme Court in NetChoice v. Fitch, urging the Court to vacate a Fifth Circuit decision that allowed a Mississippi law restricting minors’ access to social media to take effect while its...
by BALIF Admin | Jun 18, 2025 | News
Dear BALIF Members, This morning, the Supreme Court issued an opinion in US v. Skrmetti, upholding the Tennessee ban on gender affirming care for minors. A link to the full opinion can be found here. U.S. v. Skrmetti is one of the most consequential cases involving...
by BALIF Admin | May 24, 2025 | News
Dear BALIF Members, On May 22nd, the House passed a bill that purports to cut all federal funding for gender affirming care for trans people of any age. It also reduces healthcare funding overall in ways that disproportionately impact the LGBTQ+ community, especially...
by BALIF Admin | Mar 14, 2025 | News
BALIF opposes the recent revision to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) Policy Manual which removes gender identity from its list of protected classes in DHS’ personnel’s intelligence gathering. Previously, the...
by BALIF Admin | Mar 4, 2025 | News
The Trump administration’s recent Executive Orders broadly targeting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts—and those specifically attacking the rights and dignity of transgender individuals—are an affront to the core values of BALIF, the Asian American Bar...