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LGBT Estate Planning: Know Your Rights, Protect Your Rights

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April 23, 2012

Staff Attorney Beth Littrell will be partaking in Southern Equality’s Community Law Workshop, “LGBT Estate Planning: Know Your Rights, Protect Your Rights,” April 28 at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Asheville, NC.

See Also: Events, Take the Power
Police Sting Unfairly Targeted Gay Men

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April 20, 2012

Lambda Legal is urging a California court to reverse several convictions from a 2009 sting operation in the Warm Sands neighborhood of Palm Springs, Calif., because the arrests were the result of discriminatory enforcement of the laws.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Discrimination, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, In re Warm Sands Cases
Lambda Legal Urges NY Lawmakers to Vote on Condom Bill

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April 5, 2012

A bill under consideration by the New York state legislature would prevent police and prosecutors from using possession of condoms as evidence of prostitution and prostitution-related offenses.

See Also: HIV, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Transgender Rights, Youth
Court Blocks Arizona's Move to Revoke Health Coverage

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April 3, 2012

Arizona state employees can rest easy: Family coverage for their same-sex partners will remain in place until a court issues a final decision in Lambda Legal's case.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Legislation and Amendments, Diaz v. Brewer, Discrimination, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Health Care Fairness, Same-sex relationships
Lawrence v. Texas in the Headlines

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March 16, 2012

When the U.S. Supreme Court decided Lawrence v. Texas in 2003, it was the most significant breakthrough in the fight for equality for LGBT people.

See Also: Bowers v. Hardwick, Kevin Cathcart, Lambda Legal in the News, Lawrence v. Texas, Sodomy Laws, U.S. Supreme Court
Maryland House Passes Marriage Equality for Same-Sex Couples

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February 17, 2012

Yesterday, New Jersey's legislature voted for marriage equality and today, Maryland has embraced what a growing number of other states have learned - countless families are protected and no one is hurt when loving same-sex couples are permitted to marry.

See Also: Kevin Cathcart, Marriage
DOMA Complicates Gay Divorces

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February 17, 2012

We all know that the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) means multiple obstacles for same-sex couples who want to tie the knot. But what happens when couples break up? More DOMA roadblocks.

See Also: DOMA, Lambda Legal in the News, Marriage
Rose v. Cahee: HIV Discrimination in Medical Care

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February 17, 2012

When Melody Rose was diagnosed with gallbladder disease, she was referred to a doctor who refused to perform the necessary operation. The reason? She’s HIV-positive.

See Also: Discrimination, Health Care Fairness, HIV, Rose v. Cahee, Video
Sign Our Petition: Tell the Iowa Health Dept. to Stop Erasing Same-Sex Parents

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February 9, 2012

Show your support for Lambda Legal Plaintiffs Jenny and Jessica Buntemeyer.

See Also: Buntemeyer v. Iowa DPH, Marriage