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We're Urging an Immigration Court Not To Deport HIV-Positive Man Convicted of Solicitation

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April 11, 2013

Lambda Legal and the HIV Law Project yesterday submitted a friend-of-the-court brief asking the Bureau of Immigration Appeals (BIA) to overturn an Immigration Judge’s ruling ordering the deportation of an HIV-positive immigrant convicted of solicitation for oral sex.

See Also: Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, HIV, Immigration and Asylum
Celebrating Transgender Visibility

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March 31, 2013

Today is Transgender Day of Visibility, and we celebrate those who have worked to make the transgender community more visible.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Glenn v. Brumby, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Ask Lambda Legal: Transgender Community and Police

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January 31, 2013

Q: I’m a transgender woman and sometimes when I’m out with friends, a police officer stops to harass me on the sidewalk, assuming I’m a prostitute. What should I do?

See Also: Ask Lambda Legal, Criminal Justice, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal at Creating Change

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January 22, 2013

Lambda Legal will have a big presence at the 25th annual Creating Change conference this week in Atlanta.

See Also: Bullying, Creating Change, Fair Courts Project, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, HIV, Protected and Served?, School-to-Prison Pipeline, Transgender Rights, Youth in Schools
New Law May Allow Anti-LGBT Discrimination in Armed Forces

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January 3, 2013

President Obama signed into law yesterday a defense budget bill including a clause that may allow service members to invoke “religious conscience” as a defense for illegal discrimination. The President promised to protect the rights of lesbian and gay service members.

See Also: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, Military, President Obama, Religiously Motivated Discrimination
Lambda Legal Defends Inmate's Right to Sue Government for Sexual Assault by Prison Officer

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December 10, 2012

Lambda Legal has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Kim Millbrook, a federal prison inmate who sued the government after claiming he was sexually assaulted by prison officers.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, U.S. Supreme Court
Lambda Legal Sues Police Over Unlawful Release of Sex Sting Arrest Info

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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
Take Our Survey: LGBT & HIV Communities' Contact With Law Enforcement

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September 10, 2012

Lambda Legal has launched "Protected and Served?"—a nationwide survey about the experiences that LGBT people and people with HIV face when dealing with law enforcement, prisons, courts and schools.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, Protected and Served?, Schools
Of Counsel: When the News Reporter Calls

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July 25, 2012

Lambda Legal Supervising Senior Staff Attorney Kenneth D. Upton Jr. dispels the media's misconceptions about workplace discrimination in Texas.

See Also: Discrimination, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Gill v. Devlin, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, Of Counsel
The Dangers of Solitary Confinement for Transgender Prisoners and Detainees

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July 9, 2012

Lambda Legal recently joined five other LGBT advocacy organizations in urging a Senate panel to stop the discriminatory placement of transgender inmates and immigrant detainees in solitary confinement.

See Also: Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, Immigration and Asylum, Transgender Rights, U.S. Senate

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We're Urging an Immigration Court Not To Deport HIV-Positive Man Convicted of Solicitation

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Celebrating Transgender Visibility

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Ask Lambda Legal: Transgender Community and Police

levasseur_274.jpg

Lambda Legal at Creating Change

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New Law May Allow Anti-LGBT Discrimination in Armed Forces

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Lambda Legal Defends Inmate's Right to Sue Government for Sexual Assault by Prison Officer

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Lambda Legal Sues Police Over Unlawful Release of Sex Sting Arrest Info

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Take Our Survey: LGBT & HIV Communities' Contact With Law Enforcement

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Of Counsel: When the News Reporter Calls

upton_274.jpg

The Dangers of Solitary Confinement for Transgender Prisoners and Detainees

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