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Lambda Legal and American Constitution Society Find States Fail to Measure the Diversity of Judges

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June 21, 2017

States fail to collect basic information on the demographic and professional backgrounds of state judges, according to a new report released today by Lambda Legal and the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS).

See Also: Fair Courts Project
Staffing Up the Resistance: Lambda Legal Hires Attorney Sasha Buchert to Join Washington, DC Team

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June 19, 2017

Today, Lambda Legal announced the hiring of Sasha Buchert, who will join the organization’s Washington, DC office as a Staff Attorney. Prior to joining Lambda, Buchert was a staff attorney and policy counsel at the Transgender Law Center.

See Also: Community Education, Advocacy & Inclusion, Law & Policy Project
One Year After the Pulse Massacre, You Deserve More Than Survival; You Deserve Life

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June 12, 2017

You deserve so much more than to survive and get by – you deserve to thrive, to be fulfilled, validated and loved – for who you are.
Lambda Legal & 15 LGBT Groups Oppose Anti-LGBT John K. Bush & Damien Schiff for Federal Bench

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June 12, 2017

Today, Lambda Legal and 15 other national LGBT groups urged opposition to the confirmations of John K. Bush to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and Damien Schiff to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Fair Courts Project, Resistance
Call Your Senator

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June 1, 2017

Select your state from the list to see the phone number for your senators.
A Court Ruled That an Anonymous Sperm Donor Has Parental Rights, but This Lesbian Mom Doesn't. Lambda Legal Is Appealing.

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June 1, 2017

Today, Lambda Legal and local counsel Dianne Ellis filed an appeal in the Mississippi Supreme Court on behalf of Christina Strickland, a non-biological lesbian mother denied legal parentage to children she and her now ex-wife planned for and raised together.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships
Lambda Legal Commends Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission for Guidance Protecting LGBTQ People, Urges Adoption of Formal Rules

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May 30, 2017

On Friday, Lambda Legal submitted comments to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission regarding proposed guidance concerning protections for LGBTQ people under Pennsylvania Human Relations Act and Pennsylvania Fair Educational Opportunities Act, and urged the Commission to adopt rules and regulations barring sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination.

See Also: Advocacy & Inclusion, Community Education, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Law & Policy Project, Transgender Rights
Antigay Employment Discrimination Case Advances to Full Second Circuit Court

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May 25, 2017

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit today granted en banc review in Zarda v. Altitude Express, the case of a New York skydiving instructor who was fired from his job because he was gay.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace
Texas Senate Passes Damaging Child Welfare Bill: Lambda Legal Urges Governor to Veto

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May 22, 2017

"Those agencies that won't commit to putting children's needs first, and to nondiscrimination as a core promise to children and families, must not be allowed to operate as agents of the government."

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Law & Policy Project, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions, Same-sex relationships, Teens & Young Adults, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Must Be Stopped

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May 21, 2017

The Texas legislature today is considering several bills and potential amendments that target LGBT Texans – and specifically transgender schoolchildren, LGBT kids in the child welfare system and potential LGBT foster and adoptive parents – for discrimination.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights