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Americans United and Lambda Legal: Victory For Woman Rejected By Federally Funded Foster Care Agency Because She Is A Lesbian

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June 24, 2022

Organizations Voluntarily Dismiss Lawsuit Against U.S. Dept. Of HHS After Securing Ability For Tennessee Woman To Foster Refugee Children

See Also: Adoption and Parenting
Lambda Legal: “People Will Die”

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June 24, 2022

Lambda Legal today condemned the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, severely undermining more than 50 years of individual liberty, bodily autonomy, and gender equality rights.

See Also: Health Care Fairness
Lambda Legal Applauds Biden Administration for Proposed Regulations Protecting LGBTQI+ Students

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June 23, 2022

Lambda Legal commends the Biden administration for issuing proposed regulations that will help protect LGBTQI+ youth against unlawful discrimination. The proposed rules, issued today by the U.S. Department of Education, clarify that LGBTQI+ youth are protected against discrimination under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.

See Also: Youth and Schools
Lambda Legal Reacts After Supreme Court Strikes Down New York’s Gun Law

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June 23, 2022

“The Court’s distorted understanding, of the Second Amendment will only result in more Uvaldes, more Buffalos, more Pulse nightclubs, and more children, people of color, and LGBTQ people, especially transgender women of color, targeted, shot, and killed.”
Lambda Legal Launches New Podcast

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June 9, 2022

“Making the Case,” hosted by Alex Berg, will feature interviews with Lambda Legal attorneys on their work litigating some of the most consequential lawsuits on behalf of LGBTQ+ people and everyone living with HIV.
Lambda Legal Celebrates Biden Administration’s Decision to Abandon Appeal of Court Order Striking Down Discriminatory Restrictions on Service Members Living with HIV and Welcomes Pentagon’s Policy Change

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June 8, 2022

Lambda Legal celebrates the Biden administration’s announcement yesterday that it will no longer defend discriminatory restrictions that prevented service members living with HIV from deploying and commissioning as officers in the U.S. military.

See Also: HIV, Military
Lambda Legal y Black & Pink National lanzan la encuesta “Protected & Served?”

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May 5, 2022

“Toda persona que se relaciona con el sistema legal penal, ya sea víctima o sospechosa de un delito, acusada o condenada por cometer un delito, tiene derechos legales y debe ser tratada de manera justa.”

See Also: Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Fair Courts Project
Lambda Legal and Black & Pink National Launch “Protected & Served?” Survey

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May 5, 2022

Today, Lambda Legal

See Also: Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Fair Courts Project
Lambda Legal Statement on Confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to U.S. Supreme Court

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April 7, 2022

“Along with her remarkable qualifications … Judge Jackson – as the first Black woman and public defender to sit on the highest court in the nation – brings perspectives, histories, and life experiences that the Court has been lacking.”

See Also: Fair Courts Project
Federal Court Strikes Down Pentagon’s Discriminatory Restrictions on Military Service of People Living with HIV as Arbitrary and Unconstitutional; Hailed by Lambda Legal as “Landmark Victory”

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April 7, 2022

Yesterday, a federal district court handed down one of the strongest judicial rulings in over two decades for people living with HIV, ordering the Department of Defense (DOD)—the world’s largest employer—to stop discriminating against people living with HIV and to allow them to deploy and commission as officers in the U.S. military.

See Also: HIV, Military