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Lambda Legal Urges NYC Welfare Agency to Update Transgender Policy

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September 14, 2012

Lambda Legal and other legal, medical and social services providers in a letter point to the agency's "lack of a uniform and appropriate method of processing recipients' requests" to change the gender listed in official records and benefit cards.

See Also: Discrimination, Transgender Rights
Victory! NYC Landlord Adds Wife of Lesbian Tenant to Rent-Stabilized Lease

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August 1, 2012

The building owner and management company will comply with state and city law and allow Lambda Legal client Regina Hawkins-Balducci to add her wife to the lease on her rent-stabilized Manhattan apartment.

See Also: Discrimination, Housing, In re Balducci, Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Video: Happy Anniversary, New York!

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July 24, 2012

One year ago today, the whole world watched as New York State celebrated marriage equality. Among the first to tie the knot were Douglas Robinson and Michael Elsasser, plaintiffs in Lambda Legal's New York marriage lawsuit.

See Also: Hernandez v. Robles, Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Celebrate Pride With Lambda Legal!

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July 19, 2012

This weekend, Lambda Legal will be at Pride events in San Diego, Colorado Springs and Newark, N.J. Also this weekend is our annual Lambda Legal in the Hamptons fundraiser.

See Also: Events, Pride
A Whirlwind Season for Student Rights in New York

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July 9, 2012

Two near-simultaneous developments have left many people understandably confused about whether students in New York are protected from harassment and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

See Also: Bullying, Youth and Schools
New York Daily News Reports on NYC Landlord-Tenant Discrimination Dispute

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July 6, 2012

After marrying her longtime partner in New York state, Regina Hawkins-Balducci tried to add her wife’s name to the lease on her rent-stabilized apartment in Harlem. Her landlord refused, even though Hawkins-Balducci presented him with the couple’s marriage certificate.

See Also: Discrimination, Housing, In re Balducci, Marriage, Same-sex relationships
On the Docket, In the Field

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July 3, 2012

Highlights of Lambda Legal's recent work around the country.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, Immigration and Asylum, Parenting, Transgender Rights
Today in History: The Stonewall Riots

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June 28, 2012

Forty-three years ago today, in the early morning of June 28, 1969, New York City police raided a gay bar on Christopher Street called the Stonewall Inn. Cop raids on gay bars were routine in those days, but this time, patrons fought back.

See Also: Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, Pride
Lambda Legal Urges NY Landlord to Add Wife of Lesbian Tenant to Lease

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June 27, 2012

Lambda Legal is fighting for the right of a New York City woman to add her wife to her rent-stabilized lease.

See Also: Discrimination, Housing, In re Balducci, Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Sommer's Day

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June 20, 2012

The Matrimonial Law Section of the New York County Lawyers' Association honored Lambda Legal and our Senior Counsel and Director of Constitutional Litigation, Susan Sommer, in recognition of our key roles in achieving marriage equality in New York State.

See Also: Lambda Legal in the News