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Lambda Legal Urges Investigation into Sexual Assaults of Incarcerated LGBT People in Texas

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July 28, 2016

Following the state of Texas’s latest assurance to the U.S. Department of Justice that it will work towards fully complying with Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) in future years, Lambda Legal today sent a letter to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) PREA Ombudsman, urging investigations into several reports of sexual assault and abuse against LGBT people in Texas’s prison system.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Transgender Rights
LGBT Advocates Urge District Court Not to Let States Game the System

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July 28, 2016

Five leading national civil and LGBT rights organizations late yesterday filed an amicus (friend-of-the-court) brief in the multi-state lawsuit challenging the Obama administration’s guidance regarding public school districts’ responsibility to allow transgender students to use the same restrooms as other students.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Transgender Rights
FAQ: Housing Rights of LGBT Seniors

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July 26, 2016
State Department Got It Wrong in Denying Passport to Intersex Citizen

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July 20, 2016

Lambda Legal today argued in federal district court that the U.S. State Department erred when it refused to issue a passport to Dana Zzyym, a U.S. citizen and Navy veteran who is intersex and does not identify as male or female.

See Also: Intersex Rights, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Mourns Vicious Attack in Dallas

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July 8, 2016

After the shooting deaths of Dallas Police Officers and DART officers at a peaceful protest last night, Lambda Legal issued a statement from Roger Poindexter, South Central Regional Office Director and National Board of Directors Co-chair Tracey Guyot-Wallace, both based in Dallas.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct
Ten Years Ago Today: “On Thursday morning, July 6, I was at my desk when the clerk’s office in Albany called … the news hit like a punch to the stomach.“

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July 6, 2016

The following blog post is an excerpt from Losing Forward: The Marriage Case in New York by Jeffrey Trachtman, a partner in the New York law firm Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP.

See Also: Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships
Lambda Legal Urges Supreme Court to Ensure Public Funds Aren’t Used to Discriminate

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July 5, 2016

Today, Lambda Legal filed an amicus brief in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court concerning whether Missouri can enforce a provision of its state constitution that excludes churches from receiving government grants.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions
U.S. Department of Defense Ends Ban on Transgender Individuals Serving in the Military

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June 30, 2016
Lambda Legal Calls for Mississippi HB 1523 Records to Watchdog Against Discrimination

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June 30, 2016

Today Lambda Legal announced that as part of its watchdog efforts as HB 1523 — Mississippi’s anti-LGBT law — takes effect tomorrow, it has sent demands to a dozen Mississippi government agencies and officials for records relating to the law and its impact.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Religious Exemptions
Lambda Legal and ACLU Condemn Failure to Repeal H.B. 2

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June 28, 2016

Today, after draft legislation with proposed changes to the sweeping anti-LGBT measure, North Carolina House Bill 2, was released, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of North Carolina, and Lambda Legal—who are challenging House Bill 2 in federal court on behalf of six LGBT North Carolinians and members of the ACLU of North Carolina—released the following statement.

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