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Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Brought by Lesbian Teacher against Hesperia USD

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April 18, 2019

Lambda Legal announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement with Hesperia Unified School District (HUSD) in the lawsuit brought on behalf of Julia Frost, a lesbian teacher who supported LGBTQ students as co-advisor of the students’ Gay-Straight Alliance club while teaching English at Sultana High School.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace
VICTORY! Arizona Repeals Anti-LGBTQ Curriculum Law After Filing of Lawsuit

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April 11, 2019

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey today signed into law an amendment that repeals the state’s anti-LGBTQ curriculum law that barred LGBTQ students from receiving medically accurate, age-appropriate information about non-heterosexual people in their health education classes.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Teens & Young Adults, Youth and Schools
Lambda Legal Reaches Settlement on Behalf of Upstate New York Same-Sex Couple Denied Marriage License

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April 11, 2019

Lambda Legal reached a settlement late yesterday on behalf of a same-sex couple who was denied a marriage license in upstate New York last year.
NCLR and Lambda Legal Sue Arizona over Anti-LGBTQ Curriculum Law

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March 28, 2019

The National Center for Lesbian Rights and Lambda Legal, along with law professor Clifford Rosky and pro bono counsel Perkins Coie LLP, today filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Equality Arizona, including its members who are public school students, challenging the State of Arizona’s anti-LGBTQ curriculum law.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Teens & Young Adults, Youth and Schools
Lambda Legal Announces National CEO Search

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March 28, 2019

Today, Lambda Legal announced its search for the organization’s next CEO.
Equality Act Introduced in Congress

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March 13, 2019

This bipartisan legislation will update existing federal nondiscrimination laws, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Housing Act, to confirm that discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is unlawful discrimination based on sex.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Housing, Religious Exemptions, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Urges Senate Judiciary Committee to Oppose Kenneth Lee

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March 13, 2019

Lambda Legal sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) urging them to oppose Kenneth Lee, President Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Judicial Nominees
Trump Greenlights Discrimination in Foster Care as Additional States Try to Pass Harmful Laws

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March 12, 2019

The most recent battle over “religious freedom” comes at the expense of some of the most vulnerable members of our society: children in foster care.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Lambda Legal and TLDEF Sue North Carolina Officials for Denying Health Coverage to Transgender Employees And Children

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March 10, 2019

Lambda Legal and Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) filed a federal lawsuit against North Carolina officials today for discrimination in state employee health care.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Allison Rushing, Warrior for Anti-LGBTQ Extremist Group, Confirmed to Lifetime Seat on Court of Appeals

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March 5, 2019

Today, Sharon McGowan, Legal Director and Chief Strategy Officer of Lambda Legal, issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate confirmed Allison Rushing, President Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.