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17 States and DC Join Lambda Legal Supreme Court Push to End LGBT Employment Discrimination

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October 12, 2017

Today the attorneys general of 17 states and the District of Columbia joined Lambda Legal to urge the U.S. Supreme Court to decide once and for all whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act protects LGBT individuals from discrimination on the job.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace
76 Businesses, Legal Scholars & Leading LGBTQ Rights Organizations Join Lambda Legal's Push to End Discrimination Against LGBTQ Employees

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October 11, 2017

Today 76 businesses, legal scholars and the nation’s leading LGBT rights organizations joined Lambda Legal in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to finally decide whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits sexual orientation discrimination on the job.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace
Whether or Not You Stay in Jail Should Not Depend on How Poor You Are

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October 11, 2017

Our justice system should be designed to treat all people equally. Yet that does not happen for the estimated 450,000 Americans who remain in pretrial detention because they cannot afford to pay costly bail.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Racial Justice & Low Income Advocacy, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Continues Fight on Behalf of Intersex Citizen Denied a U.S. Passport

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October 10, 2017

Lambda Legal returned to federal court today on behalf of Dana Zzyym, an intersex citizen and U.S. Navy veteran denied a passport because the U.S. State Department refuses to recognize a gender marker that is neither male nor female.

See Also: Intersex, Intersex Rights
Lambda Legal and Advocates Urge Supreme Court to Strike Down Anti-LGBT Mississippi Law

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October 10, 2017

See Also: Anti-LGBT Legislation and Amendments, Marriage, Religious Exemptions, Same-sex relationships, Transgender Rights
Governor Signs Bill Modernizing California HIV Laws

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October 6, 2017

Governor Jerry Brown today signed into law landmark legislation to reform outdated laws that unfairly criminalized and stigmatized people living with HIV.

See Also: HIV
60+ LGBTQ Organizations Oppose Eric Dreiband to Run DOJ’s Civil Rights Division

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October 4, 2017

Lambda Legal and more than 60 groups from across the country urged the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to reject the nomination of Eric S. Dreiband.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Fair Courts Project
Advocates Will Appeal Case Against Mississippi Anti-LGBT Law HB 1523 to Supreme Court

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October 2, 2017

Mississippi civil rights attorney Rob McDuff, along with Mississippi Center for Justice and Lambda Legal, today announced they will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied their en banc petition asking the full court to rehear the case challenging Mississippi House Bill 1523.

See Also: Law & Policy Project, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Urges Full Second Circuit to Protect LGBT People from Discrimination at Work

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September 26, 2017

Lambda Legal argued before the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, supporting the estate of Donald Zarda, a New York skydiving instructor who was fired from his job because he was gay.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Out at Work
Lambda Legal Welcomes Jamie Gliksberg as New Staff Attorney in Chicago

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September 26, 2017

Today we announced the addition of Jamie Gliksberg to Lambda Legal as a staff attorney in our Midwest Regional Office, located in Chicago.

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17 States and DC Join Lambda Legal Supreme Court Push to End LGBT Employment Discrimination

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76 Businesses, Legal Scholars & Leading LGBTQ Rights Organizations Join Lambda Legal's Push to End Discrimination Against LGBTQ Employees

j.evans_77.jpg

Whether or Not You Stay in Jail Should Not Depend on How Poor You Are

daan-huttinga-135885.jpg

Lambda Legal Continues Fight on Behalf of Intersex Citizen Denied a U.S. Passport

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Lambda Legal and Advocates Urge Supreme Court to Strike Down Anti-LGBT Mississippi Law

1200x630_barber-plaintiffs.png

Governor Signs Bill Modernizing California HIV Laws

eqca17_hivisnotacrime_v2-04_fb.png

60+ LGBTQ Organizations Oppose Eric Dreiband to Run DOJ’s Civil Rights Division

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Advocates Will Appeal Case Against Mississippi Anti-LGBT Law HB 1523 to Supreme Court

1200x630_barber-plaintiffs.png

Lambda Legal Urges Full Second Circuit to Protect LGBT People from Discrimination at Work

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Lambda Legal Welcomes Jamie Gliksberg as New Staff Attorney in Chicago

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