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Victory! Lambda Legal Hails U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Protecting Access to Abortion

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June 27, 2016

Today, in a 5-3 decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down two provisions of a Texas anti-abortion law that, if allowed to go into effect, would have forced 75 percent of Texas abortion clinics to close. Lambda Legal applauded today’s decision.

See Also: Health Care Fairness
Abortion Stigma and the Politics of the Closet

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June 23, 2016

Any day now the U.S. Supreme Court will issue a decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, which may be the most important abortion case in decades. The case involves a challenge to two provisions of Texas's House Bill 2, an anti-abortion law enacted in July 2013 that, if allowed to go into effect, would force the vast majority of Texas abortion clinics to close.

See Also: Health Care Fairness
Two Lambda Legal Fellows to Be Honored by the Windy City Times

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June 22, 2016

Lambda Legal Tyron Garner Fellow, Aisha N. Davis and Skadden Fellow Kara Ingelhart have been named Windy City Times 30 Under 30 honorees.
Lambda Legal Urges Court to Rule in Florida Case Seeking Accurate Death Certificates

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June 20, 2016

Lambda Legal today announced it has filed papers with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida asking the court for a swift end to the harm and indignity that Florida same-sex spouses, like gay widowers Hal Birchfield and Paul Mocko, face when denied accurate death certificates that acknowledge they were married and recognize them as surviving spouses.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
LGBTQ and Gun Violence-Prevention Groups Call for Hate and Terror to Be Disarmed Following Orlando Shooting

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June 16, 2016

The Orlando tragedy, the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, highlights how vulnerable LGBTQ communities are to hate-fueled violence, especially LGBTQ communities of color.

See Also: Discrimination, Gun Violence
Lambda Legal Urges Court to Rule in LGBT Housing Discrimination Case

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June 16, 2016

"The facts are indisputable: Deepika Avanti refused to rent to Tonya and Rachel Smith because they are a same-sex couple and Rachel is transgender. Discrimination based on what the neighbors might say is not just wrong, it is unlawful."

See Also: Discrimination
LGBTQ Groups Call for Unity in the Wake of Orlando Shooting

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June 13, 2016

This national tragedy happened against the backdrop of anti-LGBTQ legislation sweeping this country and we must not forget that in this time of grief. Unity and organized response in the face of hatred is what we owe the fallen and the grieving.

See Also: Gun Violence, Hate Crimes
Lambda Legal Urges Georgia Court to Grant Name Change for Transgender Man

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June 9, 2016

Lambda Legal filed a brief today in the Georgia Court of Appeals on behalf of Rowan Feldhaus, a transgender man whose petition to legally change his name to reflect his gender identity was denied by a trial court.
Lambda Legal Urges Court to Apply Fair Standards Protecting Transgender People From Health Care Discrimination

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June 8, 2016

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Religious Exemptions
Lambda Legal Urges City Council to Strike ID Requirement from Chicago Human Rights Ordinance

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June 8, 2016

Today, Christopher Clark, Counsel and Young Adults, Teens and Children Program Strategist for Lambda Legal testified before the Chicago City Council’s Commission on Human Relations in support of an amendment striking a provision of the city’s Human Rights Ordinance that requires people to use public facilities in Chicago that match the sex marker on their government-issued identification.

See Also: Transgender Rights