The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act is the first federal law in our nation's history to specifically protect the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
Lambda Legal argues before the New York Court of Appeals on behalf of two married same-sex couples fighting to defend marriage recognition by the state.
On May 14, 2008, Governor David A. Paterson of New York instructed all state agencies to revise policies and regulations to recognize marriages of same-sex couples performed in other countries or in states like Massachusetts and California.