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Lambda Legal's Statement on the Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict

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November 19, 2021

Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings today issued this statement following the verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial:

See Also: Racial Justice & Low Income Advocacy
Making "Next" a Reality: On Progress with Senator Tammy Baldwin

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November 3, 2016

Tammy Baldwin, the first openly gay U.S. Senator in history, has been busy. During the summer recess, she joined in submitting an amicus brief to support Lambda Legal's petition for rehearing in the Hively workplace discrimination case.

See Also: LAWS AND AMENDMENTS, Tell U.S. Senators: Do Your Job!
Victory! Wisconsin Court Orders Accurate Birth Certificates for Children of Same-Sex Spouses

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September 14, 2016

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships
LGBT Advocates Urge District Court Not to Let States Game the System

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July 28, 2016

Five leading national civil and LGBT rights organizations late yesterday filed an amicus (friend-of-the-court) brief in the multi-state lawsuit challenging the Obama administration’s guidance regarding public school districts’ responsibility to allow transgender students to use the same restrooms as other students.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Urges Governor Walker To Appoint a Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Who Will Apply Constitution Equally

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May 18, 2016

Yesterday, Lambda Legal sent a letter to Governor Scott Walker regarding his upcoming appointment of a new Wisconsin Supreme Court justice.

See Also: Fair Courts Project
Lambda Legal Asks Wisconsin Court for Swift Action in Case Seeking Accurate Birth Certificates for Same-Sex Couples

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September 11, 2015

Lambda Legal filed a motion for summary judgment in its federal lawsuit seeking an accurate birth certificate for the son of Chelsea and Jessamy Torres, a married lesbian couple, and other similarly situated same-sex couples in Wisconsin. Kyle Palazzolo, Staff Attorney for Lambda Legal, said:

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections
Lambda Legal Seeks Accurate Birth Certificates for Children Born to Same-Sex Parents in Wisconsin

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May 14, 2015

Yesterday Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit on behalf Chelsea and Jessamy Torres, a married lesbian couple, seeking a birth certificate listing both mothers as parents of their son, born in March 2015.

See Also: Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships
Live Blog: Marriage Updates October 2014

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October 17, 2014

Check back here for a live blog of marriage updates from around the country.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Marriage Cases Update: What You Need to Know

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October 9, 2014

It’s only Thursday and already so much has happened since Monday, when the Supreme Court announced that it would not take up cases from Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin that struck down state bans on marriage for same-sex couples — making it possible for same-sex couples to begin marrying in those five states.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Supreme Court Allows All Marriage Decisions to Stand: Marriages Will Begin Soon in Five States

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October 6, 2014

The U.S. Supreme Court today allowed marriage case decisions from the Seventh Circuit, Fourth Circuit and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeal to stand meaning that same-sex couples in five more states Indiana, Wisconsin, Virginia, Utah and Oklahoma will be able to marry – perhaps as soon as later today.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships