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Lambda Legal Joins Brief in Support of U. of Texas Use of Race to Advance Admissions Diversity

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November 3, 2015

Late yesterday, Lambda Legal joined the National Women’s Law Center and other allied organizations in filing a friend-of-the-court brief in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, a case pending at the U.S. Supreme Court for the second time challenging the use of race in undergraduate admissions decisions.
Lambda Legal Welcomes Ford Fellow Caroline Sacerdote to its HIV Project

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October 29, 2015

Lambda Legal today announced Ford Foundation Fellow Caroline Sacerdote has joined its legal team, working out of the organization’s headquarters office in New York City.
Lambda Legal Announces Simone Bell as New Regional Director for Southern Regional Office

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October 29, 2015

Today, Lambda Legal announced that Simone Bell, former Georgia State Representative and Lambda Legal Community Educator, has returned to its Southern Regional Office in Atlanta as Regional Director.

See Also: Simone Bell
Lambda Legal Joins Federal Lawsuit After Antigay Attack at Rikers Island

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October 29, 2015

Lambda Legal has filed an amended complaint in a federal lawsuit in the U.S.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct
ACA Section 1557: Tell HHS You Oppose Health Care Discrimination

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October 27, 2015

Have you experienced discrimination in a health care setting based on your sexual orientation or gender identity? We want to hear from you TODAY.

See Also: ACA, Health Care Fairness
Lambda Legal Sues U.S. State Department on Behalf of Intersex Citizen Denied Passport

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October 26, 2015

Lambda Legal today filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. State Department on behalf of an intersex client, Dana Zzyym, denied a U.S. passport because Dana could not accurately choose either male or female on the passport application form, and the form does not provide any other gender marker designation.

See Also: Intersex Rights
Intersex 101

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October 26, 2015

Intersex is an umbrella term used to describe a wide range of natural bodily variations. Intersex people are born with sex characteristics that do not fit typical binary notions of bodies designated “male” or “female.” In some cases, intersex traits are visible at birth, while in others they are not apparent until puberty. Some intersex variations may not be visibly apparent at all.

See Also: Intersex Rights
Commemorating the National Day of Action to End Violence Against Women Living with HIV

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October 23, 2015

October 23, 2015 marks the second annual National Day of Action to End Violence Against Women Living with HIV.

See Also: HIV, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Transgender Rights
Victory! Gay Widower Wins Florida Property Tax Battle

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October 22, 2015

At a hearing today, the Miami-Dade County Office of Property Appraisal agreed to reinstate the spousal homestead protections of Lambda Legal client Hal Birchfield, a gay widower previously denied protections against certain tax increases for the home he had shared with his husband because his marriage was not recognized at the time of his husband’s death.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Closing the Book on Georgia’s Marriage Ban

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October 8, 2015

Today, the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia officially issued its decision in Inniss et al v. Aderhold et al, the Georgia marriage case.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships