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Lambda Legal Expands Advocacy for LGBT Youth as Skadden Fellow Kara Ingelhart Joins Midwest Regional Office

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October 2, 2015

Ingelhart, a University of Chicago Law School graduate, was awarded the fellowship to assist LGBTQ youth with juvenile or criminal records by addressing the many barriers low-income LGBTQ youth face in accessing housing, employment and educational opportunities.
Lambda Legal to Seventh Circuit: Federal Law Prohibits Discrimination Against Lesbian Instructor

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September 30, 2015

Today, Lambda Legal urged the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse a lower court ruling and allow Kimberly Hively to present her case alleging that Ivy Tech Community College, where she worked as an instructor for 14 years, denied her fulltime employment and promotions, and eventually terminated her employment, because she is a lesbian.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace
Lambda Legal Launches “Know Your Rights” Hub for People Living With HIV

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September 28, 2015

Today, Lambda Legal launched the newest section of its Know Your Rights information hub.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Criminal Justice, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Fair Courts Project, Health Care Fairness, HIV, Housing, Immigration
Bi Awareness Week – Bringing Visibility to the “B” in LGBT

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September 22, 2015

This week marks the annual Bisexual Awareness Week. Additionally, tomorrow, September 23rd, is the 16th annual Celebrate Bisexuality Day.

See Also: Bisexual, Bisexual Awareness Week, Bisexuality, Celebrate Bisexuality Day
Victory! South Carolina High School Reverses Position on Lesbian Student’s Right to Wear T-Shirt

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September 21, 2015

After receiving a letter from Lambda Legal, Chesnee High School Principal Thomas Ezell agreed to allow student Brianna Popour to wear a t-shirt bearing the message “Nobody Knows I’m A Lesbian.”

See Also: Youth and Schools
Lambda Legal Asks Wisconsin Court for Swift Action in Case Seeking Accurate Birth Certificates for Same-Sex Couples

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September 11, 2015

Lambda Legal filed a motion for summary judgment in its federal lawsuit seeking an accurate birth certificate for the son of Chelsea and Jessamy Torres, a married lesbian couple, and other similarly situated same-sex couples in Wisconsin. Kyle Palazzolo, Staff Attorney for Lambda Legal, said:

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections
Lambda Legal Sues After Helicopter Paramedic Living With HIV Loses His Job

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September 10, 2015

Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on behalf of Clinton (Clint) Moore, who was removed from his job as a flight paramedic with Air Evac Lifeteam (AEL) and demoted to a lower-paying post in the company dispatch center after informing company management that he had been diagnosed with HIV.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, HIV
Lambda Legal Underscores Importance of Corporate Leadership In RFRA Fight, Honoring Salesforce and Bill Oesterle

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August 28, 2015

On Friday, September 18th, Lambda Legal will honor two leaders whose public stance against Indiana’s so-called “Religious Freedom Restoration Act” (RFRA) this year elevated public outcry, outlined the costly impact of discrimination on business, and set important standard for corporate leadership on civil rights.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions
LGBT Rights Organizations Join Amnesty International in Call to Decriminalize Sex Work

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August 20, 2015

Today, several LGBT rights organizations across the country issued the following joint statement in support of Amnesty International’s August 11th resolution supporting sex worker human rights.

See Also: Amnesty International, Sex Work
Two Important Trans Surveys!

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August 20, 2015

Two high-impact nationwide transgender-specific surveys are now available to the community.

See Also: Transgender Rights