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The Constitution Should Protect Sex Work

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October 12, 2016

As courts confront challenges to prostitution laws that pile fines and criminal records on people who get paid for consensual sex, we’re making our position clear: we see no constitutionally adequate basis to criminalize sex solely because one consenting adult pays another.

See Also: Constitution, Sex Work
Full Seventh Circuit Agrees to Rehear Lambda Legal’s Indiana Employment Discrimination Case

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October 11, 2016

The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals today granted en banc review in Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College, meaning that the entire court will hear the employment discrimination appeal of Lambda Legal’s client, Kimberly Hively.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace
Lambda Legal Honors New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu with 2016 Partners for Equality Award

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October 7, 2016

Lambda Legal's South Central Regional office announced today that it will award its 2016 Partners for Equality Award to New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, at a reception in the city on Wednesday, October 19.
#BiWeek 2016: What Bi Visibility Means to Lambda Legal

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September 22, 2016

Meet just some of the bi-identified Lambda Legal staff members helping to fight for the rights of all LGBT people and people living with HIV around the country.

See Also: Bisexual Awareness Week, Bisexuality, Celebrate Bisexuality Day
How Do I Explain to People That Being Bi Doesn’t Mean I Can’t Be Monogamous?

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September 21, 2016

Q. I’m a bisexual woman in a monogamous relationship with a man. That seems pretty straightforward, I think, but lots of folks seem to think I must be secretly unsatisfied because I’m not having sex with women as well.

See Also: Bisexual, Bisexual Awareness Week, Bisexuality
White House Hosts Historic Meeting on LGBTQ People and People Living with HIV in the U.S. Criminal Justice System

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September 20, 2016

Today the White House hosted 150 formerly incarcerated LGBTQ people, policymakers & advocates to discuss unique challenges faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people and people living with HIV (PLHIV) in the criminal legal system.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, HIV, Stop Prison Rape in Texas, Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
Lambda Legal Celebrates Annual Atlanta Reception

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September 19, 2016

Yesterday, Lambda Legal hosted its annual Atlanta reception at the Wimbish House where new CEO Rachel B. Tiven was the featured speaker. At the event, Lambda Legal announced that the estate of Atlanta philanthropist Loyd Clifton Lietch had bequeathed $250,000 to the organization.
Lambda Legal and ACLU Statement on H.B. 2 Developments

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September 18, 2016

The ACLU and Lambda Legal today called on Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina legislative leaders to stop playing games and repeal H.B. 2, the state law that bans many transgender people from appropriate restrooms and prohibits local municipalities from extending nondiscrimination protections to LGBT people.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights
Victory! Wisconsin Court Orders Accurate Birth Certificates for Children of Same-Sex Spouses

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September 14, 2016

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships
Lambda Legal Condemns Suburban Pittsburgh School District Vote to Discriminate Against Transgender Students

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September 13, 2016

Lambda Legal today condemned last night’s 5-4 vote by the Pine-Richland School District school board in suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to implement a new policy on restroom and locker room access that singles out transgender students for discriminatory treatment.