Discrimination

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

The Truth About Today's New Boy Scouts Proposal

davidson_274.jpg

By

April 19, 2013

The latest proposal by the Boy Scouts of America should be recognized as one that continues to compromise the moral principles of the Scout Law.

See Also: Boy Scouts, BSA v. Dale, Discrimination, Youth
Lambda Legal Urges Boy Scouts to End Gay Ban

davidson_274.jpg

By

January 28, 2013

Lambda Legal has been seeking an end to the Boy Scouts' discriminatory ban against openly gay and bisexual members and leaders for more than 20 years, all the way to the Supreme Court.

See Also: Boy Scouts, BSA v. Dale, Cradle of Liberty Council BSA v. City of Philadelphia, Discrimination, Youth
Ask Lambda Legal: Boy Scouts

ude_392.jpg

By

December 4, 2012

Q: I am an Eagle Scout and I am gay. Having been involved with the Boy Scouts since I was six years old, I would like to become a scoutmaster for my local troop, but I don’t want to hide my sexual orientation. What should I do?

See Also: Ask Lambda Legal, Boy Scouts, BSA v. Dale, Cradle of Liberty Council BSA v. City of Philadelphia, Discrimination, U.S. Supreme Court, Youth
Lambda Legal Sues Police Over Unlawful Release of Sex Sting Arrest Info

null/lambda-legal_274.jpg

By

October 11, 2012

Against court orders, the police department in Westchester County, N.Y., released to the media sealed information—including names and photos—about at least 13 men arrested in a sex sting.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Discrimination, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination
Ask Lambda Legal: Police Harassment

protected-and-served-f_274.jpg

By

October 10, 2012

Q: I've never been arrested, but it seems like I get a harder time from the police than some of my friends. Am I imagining this?

See Also: Ask Lambda Legal, Discrimination, Protected and Served?
Lambda Legal Urges NYC Welfare Agency to Update Transgender Policy

state_ny_274.jpg

By

September 14, 2012

Lambda Legal and other legal, medical and social services providers in a letter point to the agency's "lack of a uniform and appropriate method of processing recipients' requests" to change the gender listed in official records and benefit cards.

See Also: Discrimination, Transgender Rights
Atlanta to Pay $250K to Lambda Legal Client Denied Police Job Because of HIV

hiv_274.jpg

By

August 22, 2012

Lambda Legal announced today that it had accepted the settlement offer to resolve the discrimination lawsuit against the city.

See Also: Discrimination, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, HIV, Roe v. City of Atlanta
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
Affordable Care Act and Nondiscrimination

health-care_274.jpg

By

August 7, 2012

This past month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a most welcome clarification regarding the Affordable Care Act. It is hard to overstate the importance of this guidance.

See Also: Affordable Care Act, Dept. of HHS v. Florida, Discrimination, Health Care Fairness, Health Care Reform, Transgender Rights
Victory! NYC Landlord Adds Wife of Lesbian Tenant to Rent-Stabilized Lease

balducci_274.jpg

By

August 1, 2012

The building owner and management company will comply with state and city law and allow Lambda Legal client Regina Hawkins-Balducci to add her wife to the lease on her rent-stabilized Manhattan apartment.

See Also: Discrimination, Housing, In re Balducci, Marriage, Same-sex relationships