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Lambda Legal Commends Texas Governor’s Decision to Comply with PREA

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May 21, 2015

Texas Governor Gregory Abbott has assured U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch that Texas will take steps to comply with the standards set by the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA).

See Also: Criminal Justice, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Responds to Tragedy in Baltimore

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April 29, 2015

Yesterday, members and allies of the LGBT community raised their voices for justice as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the six cases collectively known as Obergefell v. Hodges, challenging discriminatory state bans on marriage for same-sex couples. But just miles from the courthouse steps, in Baltimore, a community is in turmoil, mourning the death of another black man while in police custody.

See Also: Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, Racism
Victory! Texas Prison Officials Agree to Place Passion Star in Safekeeping

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March 30, 2015

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (“TDCJ”) announced that today it will place Lambda Legal client Passion Star in Safekeeping as had been requested in an emergency motion filed earlier this month to protect her from further sexual assault and threats to her life. Passion Star is a transgender woman currently incarcerated in a TDCJ male facility.

See Also: Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, Stop Prison Rape in Texas, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Condemns Confirmation of Rev. Meeks as Chair of Illinois State Board of Education

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March 19, 2015

Today, Reverend James Meeks was confirmed as Chair of the Illinois State Board of Education in the Illinois Senate.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, Teens & Young Adults, Youth and Schools
Lambda Legal Files Emergency Papers Seeking Safekeeping for Transgender Woman in Texas Prison

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March 4, 2015

Late last night Lambda Legal filed an emergency motion in federal court asking that the court compel the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to place Passion Star, a transgender woman currently incarcerated in TDCJ’s male facilities, in safekeeping to protect her from further sexual assault and threats to her life.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, Transgender Rights
LGBT & HIV Advocates Welcome Recommendations of Obama Policing Task Force

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March 3, 2015

Following the release of the Interim Report of President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, LGBT and HIV advocacy organizations who presented testimony to the Task Force issued a joint statement

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Ask Lambda Legal – Discrimination As Religion

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February 10, 2015

Q: I was reading about a bakery that didn’t want to make a wedding cake for a gay couple because it goes against the baker’s religion. Can’t the couple just go somewhere else?

See Also: Ask Lambda Legal, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, Law and Policy Project
Testimony Before the President's Policing Task Force Hearings

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January 30, 2015

Lambda Legal's Deputy Legal Director Hayley Gorenberg testified before the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing on January 30, 2015.

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Stop Prison Rape in Texas

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December 17, 2014

Lambda Legal launched a petition drive calling on the state of Texas and Texas Gov.-elect Greg Abbott to implement and abide by the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), the federal law signed by former President George W. Bush to address the problem of prison rape across the country. Texas is one of only seven states that has refused to comply with PREA.

See Also: Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, Stop Prison Rape in Texas, Transgender Rights
Why Should LGBT Communities Care about the Deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner?

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December 12, 2014

When people ask me this question, I remind them that we are no strangers to violence and profiling at the hands of the police.

See Also: Eric Garner, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, Michael Brown