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Lambda Legal's Camilla Taylor Inducted Into Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame

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November 11, 2015

The committee cited Taylor “for her successful prosecution of Lambda Legal’s marriage lawsuit in Iowa and her further work on behalf of the LGBT communities.”
'I Believe in Me' Screening at Seattle Transgender Film Festival

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May 7, 2015

This weekend Lambda Legal's short documentary, I Believe in Me: Fighting for Trans Rights in Prison, will screen at Translations: The Seattle Transgender Film Festival.
'I Believe in Me' Screening at (In)Justice For All Film Festival

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April 8, 2015

On Saturday, Lambda Legal's short documentary, I Believe in Me: Fighting for Trans Rights in Prison, will screen in Chicago at the (In)Justice For All Film Festival, a festival presenting films that explore the criminal justice system.

See Also: Prisons
Lambda Legal Condemns Confirmation of Rev. Meeks as Chair of Illinois State Board of Education

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March 19, 2015

Today, Reverend James Meeks was confirmed as Chair of the Illinois State Board of Education in the Illinois Senate.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, Teens & Young Adults, Youth and Schools
Statement on the Nomination of Rev. Meeks as Chair of Illinois State Board of Education

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January 23, 2015

In response to Governor Rauner’s nomination of Reverend James Meeks as Chair of the Illinois State Board of Education, Christopher Clark, Counsel and Youth and Schools Program Strategist for Lambda Legal, released the following statement.

See Also: Youth and Schools
Chicago-based CNA Implements New Policy Supporting Employees’ Surviving Same-Sex Spouses

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January 8, 2015

Lambda Legal announced that Douglas Hammett-Lair (Doug) started receiving spousal survivor benefits after CNA Financial Corporation amended its retirement plan to allow many surviving same-sex spouses to receive benefits. The change came after Lambda Legal and private counsel Louis Ascherman urged CNA to grant spousal benefits to same-sex couples together for years, if not decades, but only recently able to marry due to discriminatory marriage exclusions.

See Also: Marriage, Relationships, Same-sex relationships, Seniors
15 Inspiring Moments for LGBT & HIV+ People in 2014

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December 26, 2014

2014 was an amazing year for the LGBT and HIV rights movements.
Why Lambda Legal is Suing the Social Security Administration

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November 7, 2014

In the past few weeks, Lambda Legal has filed two lawsuits against the Social Security Administration (SSA), one in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and the other in the U.S.
Lambda Legal Sues Social Security Administration on Behalf of Gay Chicago Widower

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November 6, 2014

Today, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit against the Social Security Administration (SSA) on behalf of Dave Williams, a widower, formerly of Arkansas, now a Chicagoan, who was denied spousal benefits after the death of his husband, Carl Allen.

See Also: Same-sex relationships, Social Security Administration
(VIDEO) Lambda Legal and Transgender Woman Celebrate Successful Fight Against Discrimination and Harassment at Halfway House

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September 4, 2014

Today, Lambda Legal released a video documenting Donisha McShan’s successful fight to be treated as a woman while at The H Group, the Marion, Illinois, halfway house where she was receiving substance abuse counseling.