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Lambda Legal Condemns Failure to Include Binational Same-Sex Couples in Immigration Reform

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May 22, 2013

Lambda Legal joined the nation's leading LGBT advocacy organizations in the following statement: We remain steadfast in our commitment to passing compassionate, comprehensive immigration reform that will provide a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented men, women and children living in our country, including at least 267,000 LGBT undocumented immigrants.

See Also: Immigration and Asylum, U.S. Senate, UAFA
What LGBTQ Students Need to Know About Graduation and Prom

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May 20, 2013

For LGBTQ high school students, this should be a season of celebration, not trepidation.

See Also: Graduation, Know Your Rights, Prom, Teens & Young Adults, Youth, Youth and Schools
In Brief: Victories in Iowa & Ariz. | Pride Calendar | Marriage Update

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May 20, 2013

In Brief is Lambda Legal's newsletter summarizing our recent groundbreaking litigation, education and public policy work.

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Ten Years Later, Lambda Legal Remembers Sakia Gunn

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May 14, 2013

Last Saturday marked 10 years since Sakia Gunn, a 15-year-old Black lesbian, was murdered in downtown Newark, N.J., for being who she was. Today, we honor the memory of Sakia Gunn and all those we’ve lost because of anti-LGBT hatred and violence.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Violence, Teens & Young Adults
Lambda Legal Urges Congress to Pass the REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act

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May 8, 2013

Lambda Legal is voicing its support the REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act, which would encourage states to reconsider laws and practices that unfairly target people with HIV for consensual sex and conduct that poses no real risk of HIV transmission.

See Also: Discrimination, HIV, U.S. House of Representatives
And Delaware Makes 11!

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May 7, 2013

Today, the Delaware Senate voted to grant the freedom to marry to same-sex couples in Delaware. Governor Jack Markell signed the bill into law, and Delaware has joined the rapidly growing list of jurisdictions in the United States where the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage has ended.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Watch: President Obama Congratulates Lambda Legal

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May 7, 2013

Watch President Obama's special message to Lambda Legal and all our supporters on our 40th anniversary.

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Victory! Iowa Supreme Court Orders State to Treat Children of Lesbian Couples as Having 2 Parents at Birth

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May 3, 2013

The Court built upon its 2009 ruling in Lambda Legal's landmark case Varnum v. Brien, which ordered that same-sex couples and their families be treated equally under state law, and won the right for same-sex couples to marry.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Discrimination, Gartner v. Newton, Marriage, Same-sex relationships, Vital Records
May 6 Is Lambda Legal Day in New York City

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May 1, 2013

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proclaimed May 6, 2013, Lambda Legal Day, in honor of the organization’s 40th anniversary, which will be celebrated at its annual gala that evening.

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Lambda Legal Celebrates as Colorado Civil Union Law Goes Into Effect

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May 1, 2013

Another state takes an important step forward in recognizing and protecting same-sex couples and their families.

See Also: Civil Unions