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Meet Brian Richardson, Lambda Legal's New Midwest Regional Office Director in Chicago

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March 1, 2019

Brian J. Richardson, former Deputy Commissioner of the City of Chicago Department of Health, has been named Lambda Legal’s Midwest Regional Director, based in Chicago.

See Also: Midwest Regional Office, MRO
VICTORY! Michigan Department of Corrections to Amend Policies for Incarcerated People Living With HIV

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November 14, 2018

Lambda Legal and Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service (MPAS) today announced the successful settlement of a 2015 lawsuit filed on behalf of John Dorn against the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC).

See Also: Criminal Justice, HIV
Lambda Legal Condemns Passage of Discriminatory Religious Refusal Bills in Michigan and North Carolina

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June 11, 2015

Today was a discouraging day for equality and justice.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions
Lambda Legal Condemns Discriminatory “Conscience Clause” Foster Care Bills; Urges Senate to Continue Push to Protect Runaway and Homeless Youth

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April 23, 2015

Two statements from Currey Cook,Lambda Legal Senior Attorney and Youth in Out-of-Home Care Project National Director

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law and Policy Project, Religious Exemptions, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Supreme Court Schedules Marriage Case Arguments for April 28

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March 5, 2015

The U.S. Supreme Court today announced it has scheduled argument for the marriage cases on Tuesday, April 28, at 10:00am.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
What Happened at the Supreme Court?

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January 17, 2015

This is it! We are headed to the U.S. Supreme Court to argue for the freedom to marry!

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Supreme Court Will Hear Ohio Marriage Cases Brought by Lambda Legal, ACLU and Gerhardstein & Branch

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January 16, 2015

All cases in the Sixth Circuit including those from Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee will be heard.

See Also: Marriage, Marriage at the Supreme Court, Same-sex relationships
Supreme Court Grants Review in Lambda Legal Marriage Case

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January 16, 2015

“After years of struggle and the dedicated work of thousands across the movement, we are finally within sight of the day when same-sex couples across the country will be able to share equally in the joys, protections and responsibilities of marriage.”

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Ohio Families to Petition Supreme Court for Review of Discriminatory Sixth Circuit Ruling

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November 7, 2014

Yesterday, over a strenuous dissent, two Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals judges upheld discriminatory bans on marriage rights for same-sex couples in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee, becoming the first federal circuit court after the Supreme Court’s watershed 2013 Windsor ruling to uphold such bans and departing from recent decisions from the 4th, 7th, 9th and 10th Circuits.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Sixth Circuit Upholds Discriminatory Bans on Marriage Rights for Same-Sex Couples in Four States

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November 6, 2014

Today the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld as constitutional bans on marriage rights for same-sex couples in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee, becoming the first federal circuit court after the Supreme Court’s watershed 2013 Windsor ruling to uphold such bans and departing from recent decisions from the 4th, 7th, 9th and 10th Circuits.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships