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Guadalupe Benitez, a California lesbian, was denied a standard infertility treatment by her doctors because of their religious beliefs. Now Lambda Legal defends her before the California Supreme Court.

Lambda Legal Transgender Rights Attorney Cole Thaler spends much of his waking hours litigating precedent-setting cases or working as an educator or activist. He's just been honored for this work by the Southern Voice, which named him one of Atlanta's top 20 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender leaders. From the Southern Voice:

Lambda Legal defends recognition of out-of-state marriages of same-sex couples as court dismisses challenge brought by anti-gay Alliance Defense Fund.

Warding off persistent attacks from antigay groups, Lambda Legal has helped protect a medically accurate health curriculum that includes the facts on sexual orientation for 8th and 10th graders in Montgomery County, Maryland.

A wide array of organizations and individuals have filed over a dozen briefs at the Iowa Supreme Court on behalf of the six same-sex couples and their families in Lambda Legal's historic marriage case.

In response to a ruling by the Sixth Circuit Court for Pinellas County that rejected an attempt to terminate previously agreed to and ordered alimony for an ex-spouse because he is transgender, Lambda Legal issued this statement from Greg Nevins, Senior Staff Attorney in Lambda Legal's Southern Regional Office in Atlanta and Cole Thaler, Transgender Rights Attorney for Lambda Legal:

Lambda Legal strongly believes that, in addition to intellect, legal training and experience, another critical measure of whether a nominee to the Supreme Court is qualified to serve is a clear commitment to fairness and equal rights for all Americans, including those who historically have been subjected to discrimination.

A mid-level court in New York has wiped out a lower court ruling denying spousal benefits to a retired school teacher, even though he and his partner were legally married in Canada.

In late 2006, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began actively promoting HIV testing of all patients age 13 to 64 in health care settings.