texas

Search Blog

Find Your State

Know the laws in your state that protect LGBT people and people living with HIV.

Legal Help Desk

Call us or submit your legal questions online.

RSS Feed

From Sex to Marriage: The Teleconference

from-sex-to-marriage.jpg

By

March 6, 2013

Listen in as Lambda Legal experts and former staffers discuss the importance of Lawrence v. Texas on the 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court's historic decision, and its impact on the marriage cases currently before the Court.

See Also: DOMA, From Sex to Marriage, Hollingsworth v. Perry, Lawrence v. Texas, Marriage at the Supreme Court, Prop 8, Sodomy Laws, U.S. Supreme Court
Lambda Legal's Illinois Marriage Video Featured in Film Festival

il_family_274.jpg

By

September 6, 2012

Our short video "Marriage Equality in Illinois—It's Just Time" has been selected to participate in this year's "Lights. Camera. Help." nonprofit film festival.

See Also: Darby v. Orr, Marriage, Same-sex relationships, Video
Lambda Legal Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Affirmative Action in College Admissions

state_tx_392.jpg

By

August 15, 2012

Lambda Legal joined other civil rights and legal groups on a brief urging the Supreme Court to uphold the University of Texas at Austin's use of race to advance diversity.

See Also: Discrimination, Higher Education, U.S. Supreme Court
Of Counsel: When the News Reporter Calls

upton_274.jpg

By

July 25, 2012

Lambda Legal Supervising Senior Staff Attorney Kenneth D. Upton Jr. dispels the media's misconceptions about workplace discrimination in Texas.

See Also: Discrimination, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Gill v. Devlin, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, Of Counsel
Lambda Legal & College in Texas Reach Agreement in Discrimination Lawsuit Brought by Lesbian Professor

gill_274.jpg

By

July 17, 2012

Tarrant County College (TCC) and former professor Jacqueline Gill have agreed to settle the federal discrimination lawsuit Lambda Legal brought against TCC on Gill's behalf. The suit claimed that TCC officials discriminated against Gill because of her sexual orientation.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Gill v. Devlin
A Dream Derailed

274_gill-dream-derailed.jpg

By

July 3, 2012

In 2009, Jackie Gill realized her lifelong ambition to teach college. But then her boss told her Texas and the institution where she taught “didn’t like homosexuals.”

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace
Supreme Court, Then and Now

supreme-court-a_274.jpg

By

June 26, 2012

Where were you, nine years ago today, when the Supreme Court finally held that state laws criminalizing private sexual intimacy among consenting adults were unconstitutional in Lambda Legal’s historic victory, Lawrence v. Texas?

See Also: Affordable Care Act, Lawrence v. Texas, U.S. Supreme Court
Celebrate Pride With Lambda Legal!

274_blog_pride.jpg

By

June 18, 2012

Join Lambda Legal staff and supporters at a Pride events this weekend in New York City, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis and the Twin Cities.

See Also: Events, Pride
Ask Lambda Legal: Out at Work

workplace_274.jpg

By

May 11, 2012

Q. I just applied for a new job, and am not sure if I should be “out” during the interview process. I don’t think my state protects employees from being discriminated against based on their sexual orientation. Can I be out at my interview or at work without risk of being rejected or fired?

See Also: Ask Lambda Legal, Discrimination, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, ENDA, Gill v. Devlin, Out at Work
Join Lambda Legal for Dallas Pride Fiesta!

pride_274.jpg

By

May 1, 2012

Lambda Legal invites you to join us for Dallas' Latino Pride, where we will have an informational booth with fun and educational Lambda Legal materials. To find out how you can volunteer for this or any other Pride event this season, go to our Pride page.

See Also: Events, Pride