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Lambda Legal and Immigration Equality Urge ICE to Release Detainees Living with HIV

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April 27, 2020

Today, Lambda Legal and Immigration Equality, along with co-counsel Vinson & Elkins, submitted a letter to ICE demanding the release of two asylum seekers living with HIV who are currently detained at the IAH Secure Detention Facility in eastern Texas. The men were severely persecuted in Cuba because of their political activism and sexual orientation. They have been detained in the U.S. since October 2019.

See Also: HIV, Immigration
Lambda Legal Urges TX Gov. Abbott to Expand Medicaid During COVID-19 Pandemic

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April 24, 2020

Today, Lambda Legal’s South Central Regional Office in Dallas urged Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the Commissioner of Health Services to expand Medicaid coverage to ensure all uninsured Texans can access critical testing and other medical services during the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic.
Trump Nominee Matthew Kacsmaryk Is a Threat to Queer People

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June 17, 2019

Call your senators NOW and tell them to vote NO on Matthew Kacsmaryk.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Fair Courts Project
Same-Sex Couple Blocked from Serving as Foster Parents Deserve Their Day in Court

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November 30, 2018

The couple was denied the opportunity to apply to serve as foster parents for refugee children because they did not “mirror the Holy Family.”

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Same-sex relationships
Lambda Legal Sues HHS after Same-Sex Couple Blocked from Serving as Foster Parents

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February 20, 2018

Fatma Marouf and Bryn Esplin were denied the opportunity even to apply to serve as foster parents for refugee children by a USCCB affiliate because, they were told, they did not “mirror the Holy Family.”
4 Recent Developments LGBTQ Immigrants Need to Know About

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September 22, 2017

This week is Welcoming Week across the US; a week of activities designed to bring immigrant and non-immigrant communities together to interact and get to know each other.

See Also: DACA, Immigration
Toilet Flushing: Adiós TX SB3

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August 17, 2017

In a stunning move Tuesday night, the Texas House and Senate ended the month-long special session a full day early. That wise conclusion lifted a cloud of fear from thousands of Texas families because it ended the imminent threat of “bathroom bills” that were pending in both chambers of the Texas legislature.

See Also: Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
Lambda Legal Sues Houston to Defend Obergefell

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August 10, 2017

Lambda Legal and co-counsel Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of six clients against Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and the City of Houston to preserve health coverage and other benefits for the same-sex spouses of city employees.
6 Reasons the Texas Legislature Needs to Stop Messing with Texans

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July 27, 2017

The Texas Senate voted 21-10 on Tuesday to approve SB 3 – a so-called "bathroom bill" – which aims to prohibit transgender Texans from using restroom and changing facilities consistent with their gender identity, and to exclude transgender girls from playing sports with teammates who have the same gender identity. It is yet one more example of extremely harmful, lie-fueled legislation designed to drive transgender people from public life.

See Also: Transgender Rights
Texas Supreme Court Ruling Revives Attacks on Same-Sex Marriage

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June 30, 2017

The Texas Supreme Court today defied the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges which ushered in the freedom to marry for same-sex couples nationwide, saying it leaves open questions whether Texas municipalities must extend access to spousal benefits including health insurance to the legal same-sex spouses of municipal employees in the same way it does for other married employees.

See Also: Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships