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LGBT Organizations Urge NY City Council to Override Mayor's Veto of Law Prohibiting Discriminatory Profiling by Police

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August 15, 2013

Lambda Legal joined 34 local and national LGBT organizations to issue this statement.

See Also: Discrimination, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination
Trayvon Martin Deserves Justice

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July 16, 2013

A coalition of national LGBT rights organizations issued an open letter yesterday.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Discrimination, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination
Lambda Legal, Freedom to Work Resolve EEOC Complaint on Behalf of Maryland Transgender Woman

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July 15, 2013

The woman filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and alleged that she was subjected to physical and verbal harassment in the workplace over a two-year period.

See Also: Discrimination, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, ENDA, Transgender Rights
Supreme Court Strikes Down Key Part of Voting Rights Act

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June 25, 2013

We are deeply saddened by the Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder to strike Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, which required federal pre-clearance of changes in voting rules in states and localities with histories of racial disenfranchisement.

See Also: Discrimination, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, U.S. Supreme Court
Restoring Honor to Service Members Discharged Under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

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June 21, 2013

The history of sexual orientation discrimination continues to tarnish the record of approximately 11,400 service members were discharged on the basis of their sexual orientation between World War II and the end of DADT in 2011.

See Also: Discrimination, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, Military, U.S. House of Representatives
Ask Lambda Legal: Bathroom Access for Transgender People

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June 12, 2013

Q: I’m a transgender person and was recently questioned by an employee of a local restaurant when I went to use the bathroom. What should I do if this happens again?

See Also: Ask Lambda Legal, Discrimination, Transgender Rights
Historic Day for LGBT Rights in Puerto Rico

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May 29, 2013

Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García Padilla signed two bills into law today: one prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, and one that includes same-sex couples in the domestic violence law.

See Also: Discrimination, Domestic Violence, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, ENDA, Proyecto Igualdad
Good News About the Boy Scouts—Or Is It?

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May 23, 2013

Having worked on trying to get the Boy Scouts to end its discriminatory policies for 25 years, I am torn by today's vote by Scouting to no longer kick out gay youth.

See Also: Boy Scouts, BSA v. Dale, Discrimination
Lambda Legal Urges Congress to Pass the REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act

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May 8, 2013

Lambda Legal is voicing its support the REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act, which would encourage states to reconsider laws and practices that unfairly target people with HIV for consensual sex and conduct that poses no real risk of HIV transmission.

See Also: Discrimination, HIV, U.S. House of Representatives
Victory! Iowa Supreme Court Orders State to Treat Children of Lesbian Couples as Having 2 Parents at Birth

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May 3, 2013

The Court built upon its 2009 ruling in Lambda Legal's landmark case Varnum v. Brien, which ordered that same-sex couples and their families be treated equally under state law, and won the right for same-sex couples to marry.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Discrimination, Gartner v. Newton, Marriage, Same-sex relationships, Vital Records

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LGBT Organizations Urge NY City Council to Override Mayor's Veto of Law Prohibiting Discriminatory Profiling by Police

govt-misc-share-your-story_392.jpg

Trayvon Martin Deserves Justice

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Lambda Legal, Freedom to Work Resolve EEOC Complaint on Behalf of Maryland Transgender Woman

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Key Part of Voting Rights Act

davidson_274.jpg

Restoring Honor to Service Members Discharged Under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

null/lambda-legal_274.jpg

Ask Lambda Legal: Bathroom Access for Transgender People

levasseur_274.jpg

Historic Day for LGBT Rights in Puerto Rico

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Good News About the Boy Scouts—Or Is It?

davidson_274.jpg

Lambda Legal Urges Congress to Pass the REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act

schoettes_274.jpg

Victory! Iowa Supreme Court Orders State to Treat Children of Lesbian Couples as Having 2 Parents at Birth

gartners-5-2010_392.jpg

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