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Lambda Legal Applauds President Biden’s Quick Action to Strengthen Antidiscrimination Protections for LGBTQ People

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January 20, 2021

“… LGBTQ people can now have confidence that the federal government will actually defend, rather than resist, our right to be free from discrimination.”

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Know Your Rights: The Supreme Court’s LGBTQ Employment Decision

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June 22, 2020

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about the decision and what it might mean for you.

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Victory At Last! Supreme Court Confirms Workplace Protections for LGBTQ Employees

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June 15, 2020

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis sex, also protects employees from discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

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6 LGBTQ Rights Fights to Watch in 2020

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January 15, 2020

We’re only two weeks into 2020 and there is no shortage of action.

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7 Questions LGBTQ People Have for the 2020 Presidential Candidates

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October 10, 2019

As the 2020 election approaches, all eyes are on D.C. (and sometimes on Twitter).

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FIRST LOOK: Two Lawyers Analyze Tuesday’s LGBTQ Supreme Court Argument

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October 8, 2019

Analysis from two lawyers who were in the courtroom for the Title VII LGBTQ employees Supreme Court argument.

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Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Historic LGBTQ Employment Discrimination Cases

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October 8, 2019

The text of Title VII is as clear as day: if an employer refuses to hire, dismisses, or mistreats an employee ‘because of’ that employee’s sex, they are in violation of the law.

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