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Staffing Up the Resistance: Lambda Legal Hires Attorney Sasha Buchert to Join Washington, DC Team

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June 19, 2017

Today, Lambda Legal announced the hiring of Sasha Buchert, who will join the organization’s Washington, DC office as a Staff Attorney. Prior to joining Lambda, Buchert was a staff attorney and policy counsel at the Transgender Law Center.

See Also: Community Education, Advocacy & Inclusion, Law & Policy Project
Valerie Huber, an Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Leader, Has Been Appointed to a Key Position in the Department of Health and Human Services

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June 6, 2017

Today, Valerie Huber, a leader in the movement against science-based and honest sex education in schools was appointed as Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary for Health for the US Department of Health and Human Services.

See Also: Advocacy & Inclusion, Community Education, Health Care Fairness, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Resistance, Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights
Equality Act, LGBTQ Federal Non-Discrimination Bill, Reintroduced in Congress

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May 2, 2017

Today Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley and Rhode Island Representative David Cicilline were joined by Democratic Leaders in the Senate and House as well as members of the bipartisan LGBTQ Equality Caucus to reintroduce the Equality Act, a bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in employment, housing, credit, education, and jury service.

See Also: Advocacy & Inclusion, Community Education, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Health Care Fairness, Law & Policy Project, Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections.Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
The So-Called American “Health Care” Act Would Put Americans’ Health At Risk

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March 17, 2017

The AHCA’s effects on people living with or at higher risk for HIV could be devastating. And for those for whom multiple systemic oppressions intersect, the AHCA could be deadly.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, HIV
After Marriage, 134,000 More Young People Are Surviving Each Year

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March 16, 2017

Our work — including but never limited to our marriage wins — exists because lives hang in the balance. Now we know yet one more way that's true.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Marriage, Protect LGBT Students in Illinois, Same-sex relationships, Stand Up to Defeat DOMA!, Teens and Young Adults
Lambda Legal & 21 other LGBT groups: Judge Gorsuch poses a significant threat to the LGBT community.

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March 16, 2017

Lambda Legal leads 19 LGBT groups in sending a letter to the US Senate opposing Judge Gorsuch's nomination to the United States Supreme Court.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Law & Policy Project
U.S. Department of Defense Ends Ban on Transgender Individuals Serving in the Military

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June 30, 2016
Lambda Legal Urges Court to Apply Fair Standards Protecting Transgender People From Health Care Discrimination

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June 8, 2016

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Religious Exemptions
Remarks of Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch at Lambda Legal in DC on

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June 19, 2015

On Thursday, June 18, 2015, United States Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch presented remarks at the annual Lambda Legal in DC reception at the Newseum.

See Also: Loretta Lynch
Why Lambda Legal is Suing the Social Security Administration

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November 7, 2014

In the past few weeks, Lambda Legal has filed two lawsuits against the Social Security Administration (SSA), one in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and the other in the U.S.

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Staffing Up the Resistance: Lambda Legal Hires Attorney Sasha Buchert to Join Washington, DC Team

sasha.jpg

Valerie Huber, an Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Leader, Has Been Appointed to a Key Position in the Department of Health and Human Services

istock-510231500.jpg

Equality Act, LGBTQ Federal Non-Discrimination Bill, Reintroduced in Congress

equalityact_branding_logo74111.png

The So-Called American “Health Care” Act Would Put Americans’ Health At Risk

paul_ryan_1200_x_630.jpg

After Marriage, 134,000 More Young People Are Surviving Each Year

evan-kirby-101570_1200x630.jpg

Lambda Legal & 21 other LGBT groups: Judge Gorsuch poses a significant threat to the LGBT community.

lambda-2017-4001_1080x1080_1.jpg

U.S. Department of Defense Ends Ban on Transgender Individuals Serving in the Military

levasseur_274.jpg

Lambda Legal Urges Court to Apply Fair Standards Protecting Transgender People From Health Care Discrimination

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Remarks of Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch at Lambda Legal in DC on

spotlight-lynch-full.jpg

Why Lambda Legal is Suing the Social Security Administration

ssommer_392.jpg

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