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Take Our “Quiz”: Obamacare at the Supreme Court

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February 26, 2015

Somebody has leaked to us the entrance exam for the ultra-prestigious ACME School of Public Health, designed to determine whether applicants can reason through challenging public health dilemmas: You are an aspiring health czar for the nation, and listed below are facts for you to consider and then two potential courses of action for you to choose.
Headscarves and Gay Rights and Work, Oh My!

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February 24, 2015

Why Lambda Legal supported this religious accommodation claim.

See Also: EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Law and Policy, Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, Scope of Title VII Coverage
Animus on Display: Why Arkansas SB 202 Deserves a Veto

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February 21, 2015

In response to the passage of SB 202 by the Arkansas legislature, the American Civil Liberties Union; ACLU of Arkansas; Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders; Lambda Legal; and National Center for Lesbian Rights issued the following statement.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions
On Valeria and Katya: Pain in Our Hearts

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February 19, 2015

The recent tragedy involving two transgender women of color in Orange County, CA – the death of Katya De La Riva and arrest of Valeria De La Luz for allegedly giving Katya silicone injections that authorities claim caused Katya’s death -- surfaces many of the issues faced by transgender people, and especially by low-income and immigrant transgender women of color – issues of acceptance, identity, discrimination, and transphobia.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
The Nation’s First Bi Governor and the Importance of the “B” in “LGBT”

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February 19, 2015

Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown made history yesterday when she became the nation’s first openly LGBT person — and, more specifically, the first openly bisexual person — to be sworn in as governor.

See Also: Bisexual, Bisexuality, Kate Brown
The Tyron Garner Memorial Fellowship for African-American LGBT Civil Rights

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February 14, 2015

Tyron Garner and John Geddes Lawrence were arrested the night of September 17, 1998, after police responded to a call claiming that a black man was “going crazy with a gun” in Lawrence’s apartment just outside Houston. No gun was ever found at the scene. The men were arrested, the police said, for having sex. They pled no contest to violating a Texas sodomy law, a Class C misdemeanor.
Lambda Legal to Alabama Probate Judges: Ignore Chief Justice Roy Moore

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February 10, 2015

Lambda Legal sent an open letter to the President of the Alabama Probate Judges Association and probate judges of counties that are not issuing licenses to same-sex couples urging them to disregard Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore’s legally incorrect and unfounded Administrative Order and instead issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples and different-sex couples alike, after the U.S.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Marriage, Same-sex relationships
WHEREAS, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has Completely Lost the Public’s Trust and is Not Fit to Serve

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February 9, 2015

This blog post was co-written by Lambda Legal's Fair Courts Project Manager, Eric Lesh, and Senior Attorney Beth Littrell.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions, Same-sex relationships
Lambda Legal Mourns the Loss of Indiana Marriage Plaintiff Niki Quasney

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February 8, 2015

On Thursday, February 5th, after more than five years of battling ovarian cancer, Lambda Legal plaintiff Niki Quasney, 38, passed away with her wife, Amy Sandler, her mother and 5 siblings by her side. Lambda Legal Staff Attorney Paul Castillo said:
Lambda Legal Black History: A Timeline

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February 1, 2015

This year, we are making Black History Month about championing our inspirational Black clients.

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Take Our “Quiz”: Obamacare at the Supreme Court

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Headscarves and Gay Rights and Work, Oh My!

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Animus on Display: Why Arkansas SB 202 Deserves a Veto

ll_logo.jpg

On Valeria and Katya: Pain in Our Hearts

translatina.jpg

The Nation’s First Bi Governor and the Importance of the “B” in “LGBT”

oregon_secretary_of_state_kate_brown_cropped.jpg

The Tyron Garner Memorial Fellowship for African-American LGBT Civil Rights

ll_logo.jpg

Lambda Legal to Alabama Probate Judges: Ignore Chief Justice Roy Moore

ll_logo.jpg

WHEREAS, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has Completely Lost the Public’s Trust and is Not Fit to Serve

rmoore-crop.jpg

Lambda Legal Mourns the Loss of Indiana Marriage Plaintiff Niki Quasney

392_nikiamy.png

Lambda Legal Black History: A Timeline

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