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A decision by New York State's highest court, in which all seven judges concurred, expands the rights of non-biological lesbian parents.

On April 29, 2010, the last day of its legislative session, the Hawai`i House of Representatives voted to grant the state's straight and gay couples the right to join in civil union, following a similar vote earlier this session by the state senate. The historic vote took many observers by surprise.

Lambda Legal joined with other LGBT legal and advocacy groups in filing two friend-of-the-court (amicus) briefs in major cases before the U.S. Supreme Court:

On March 31, 2010, in a case brought by Lambda Legal and the ACLU, a federal court in Wisconsin ruled that a law barring transgender people from receiving medical care in prison was unconstitutional.

"Civil unions are a failed legislative experiment in providing equality in New Jersey—marriage equality is the only solution."

SkyWest Airlines announced in early March that it will offer equal travel benefits to gay and lesbian employees with a same-sex spouse or registered domestic partner, reversing a policy that prompted a warning letter from Lambda Legal in October of last year.