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Lambda Legal Helps Senate Address "School-to-Prison Pipeline"

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December 11, 2012

Lambda Legal submitted testimony explaining the negative impact of school disciplinary actions that push LGBTQ students out of schools and into juvenile justice systems.

See Also: Criminal Justice, School-to-Prison Pipeline, U.S. Senate, Youth, Youth and Schools, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Lambda Legal Defends Inmate's Right to Sue Government for Sexual Assault by Prison Officer

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December 10, 2012

Lambda Legal has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Kim Millbrook, a federal prison inmate who sued the government after claiming he was sexually assaulted by prison officers.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court Holds Action on Arizona State Employees Case and Remaining DOMA Challenges

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December 10, 2012

The U.S. Supreme Court issued no new orders today in the remaining LGBT rights cases on its docket.

See Also: Diaz v. Brewer, DOMA, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Golinski v. OPM, Health Care Fairness, Marriage, Same-sex relationships, U.S. Supreme Court
When Consensual Sex Is a Crime

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December 7, 2012

Lambda Legal client Nick Rhoades was sentenced to 25 years in prison for practicing safe sex. He along with Lambda Legal HIV Project Director Scott Schoettes spoke with Sanjay Gupta of CNN.

See Also: HIV, Lambda Legal in the News, Rhoades v. Iowa
Antigay Group Asks Supreme Court to Take Up Lambda Legal's Nevada Marriage Case

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December 6, 2012

Lambda Legal will oppose the move by the Coalition for the Protection of Marriage to have the Court weigh in on our lawsuit seeking the freedom to marry in Nevada.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Legislation and Amendments, Lambda Legal in the News, Marriage, Sevcik v. Sandoval
Freedom to Marry Begins Today in Washington State!

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December 6, 2012

Lambda Legal's new FAQ has everything Washington same-sex couples need to know.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Doomsday for DOMA

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November 29, 2012

The Supreme Court may decide this week whether to review the so-called Defense of Marriage Act. Here’s everything you need to know.

See Also: DOMA, Golinski v. OPM, Marriage, Marriage at the Supreme Court, Same-sex relationships, U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Court's Ruling on Lambda Legal's Nevada Marriage Case is "Fabulous Fail"

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December 5, 2012

Las Vegas Review-Journal political columnist Steve Sebelius says that U.S. District Judge Robert Jones' ruling on a lawsuit against Nevada's constitutional ban on gay marriage will be overturned is almost a certainty.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Legislation and Amendments, Lambda Legal in the News, Marriage
Court Rules Against Antigay Groups in Lambda Legal's Illinois Marriage Case

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November 30, 2012

The Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division, denied motions by the Church of Christian Liberty, Grace Gospel Fellowship and the Illinois Family Institute (IFI) to intervene in Lambda Legal's lawsuit seeking the freedom to marry for same-sex couples.

See Also: Darby v. Orr, Marriage, Religious Exemptions, Same-sex relationships
From Lambda Legal's Impact magazine: Arrested for Safe Sex

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November 30, 2012

Nick Rhoades was sentenced to 25 years [in prison] for "exposing" someone to HIV -- even though he practiced safe sex. Now Lambda Legal is appealing his conviction.

See Also: HIV, Lambda Legal in the News, Rhoades v. Iowa

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Lambda Legal Helps Senate Address "School-to-Prison Pipeline"

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Lambda Legal Defends Inmate's Right to Sue Government for Sexual Assault by Prison Officer

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Supreme Court Holds Action on Arizona State Employees Case and Remaining DOMA Challenges

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When Consensual Sex Is a Crime

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Antigay Group Asks Supreme Court to Take Up Lambda Legal's Nevada Marriage Case

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Freedom to Marry Begins Today in Washington State!

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Doomsday for DOMA

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Federal Court's Ruling on Lambda Legal's Nevada Marriage Case is "Fabulous Fail"

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Court Rules Against Antigay Groups in Lambda Legal's Illinois Marriage Case

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From Lambda Legal's Impact magazine: Arrested for Safe Sex

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