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Lambda Legal Mourns the Passing of Legendary Activist Urvashi Vaid

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May 14, 2022

Today Lambda Legal learned that legendary queer activist Urvashi Vaid passed away.
Lambda Legal, ACLU Statement on Texas Supreme Court Ruling Partially Upholding Injunction Blocking Investigations into Families of Transgender Youth

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May 13, 2022

The Texas Supreme Court issued a ruling this morning that upholds part of an appeals court order preventing the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) from investigating parents who work with medical professionals to provide their adolescent transgender children with medically necessary healthcare.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
Lambda Legal Names John E. Roane, Jr. as Chief Operating Officer

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May 11, 2022

Today, Lambda Legal announced it has named John E. Roane, Jr. as the organization's next Chief Operating Officer.
LGBTQ Legal Rights Organizations Move to Protect California’s Trans-Inclusive Incarceration Policy

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May 9, 2022

Lambda Legal, Transgender Law Center, and ACLU of Southern California file to intervene in anti-trans challenge to SB132: The Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act.
Lambda Legal y Black & Pink National lanzan la encuesta “Protected & Served?”

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May 5, 2022

“Toda persona que se relaciona con el sistema legal penal, ya sea víctima o sospechosa de un delito, acusada o condenada por cometer un delito, tiene derechos legales y debe ser tratada de manera justa.”

See Also: Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Fair Courts Project
Lambda Legal and Black & Pink National Launch “Protected & Served?” Survey

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May 5, 2022

Today, Lambda Legal

See Also: Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Fair Courts Project
Where Are They Now? Meet Janizia Ross

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April 15, 2022

See Also: Youth and Schools
Families Sue Alabama Over Felony Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Adolescents

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April 11, 2022

Two Alabama families

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Healthcare Fairness, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
Lambda Legal Statement on Confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to U.S. Supreme Court

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April 7, 2022

“Along with her remarkable qualifications … Judge Jackson – as the first Black woman and public defender to sit on the highest court in the nation – brings perspectives, histories, and life experiences that the Court has been lacking.”

See Also: Fair Courts Project
Federal Court Strikes Down Pentagon’s Discriminatory Restrictions on Military Service of People Living with HIV as Arbitrary and Unconstitutional; Hailed by Lambda Legal as “Landmark Victory”

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April 7, 2022

Yesterday, a federal district court handed down one of the strongest judicial rulings in over two decades for people living with HIV, ordering the Department of Defense (DOD)—the world’s largest employer—to stop discriminating against people living with HIV and to allow them to deploy and commission as officers in the U.S. military.

See Also: HIV, Military

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Lambda Legal Mourns the Passing of Legendary Activist Urvashi Vaid

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Lambda Legal, ACLU Statement on Texas Supreme Court Ruling Partially Upholding Injunction Blocking Investigations into Families of Transgender Youth

shutterstock_1786894016.jpg

Lambda Legal Names John E. Roane, Jr. as Chief Operating Officer

jroane_headshot_2.jpeg

LGBTQ Legal Rights Organizations Move to Protect California’s Trans-Inclusive Incarceration Policy

shutterstock_1996951118.jpg

Lambda Legal y Black & Pink National lanzan la encuesta “Protected & Served?”

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Lambda Legal and Black & Pink National Launch “Protected & Served?” Survey

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Where Are They Now? Meet Janizia Ross

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Families Sue Alabama Over Felony Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Adolescents

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Lambda Legal Statement on Confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to U.S. Supreme Court

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Federal Court Strikes Down Pentagon’s Discriminatory Restrictions on Military Service of People Living with HIV as Arbitrary and Unconstitutional; Hailed by Lambda Legal as “Landmark Victory”

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