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Don’t Erase LGBT Latinos for Unity’s Sake

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June 15, 2016

As we try to absorb and work though our grief from the mass shooting in Orlando, one community that is so central to this story has, at times, gone unacknowledged: LGBT Latinas/os, and LGBT Puerto Ricans, in particular.

See Also: Gun Violence, Hate Crimes
Gun Violence Is an LGBT Issue

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June 14, 2016

We can no longer be silent about gun violence as an LGBT issue.

See Also: Gun Violence, Hate Crimes
LGBTQ Groups Call for Unity in the Wake of Orlando Shooting

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June 13, 2016

This national tragedy happened against the backdrop of anti-LGBTQ legislation sweeping this country and we must not forget that in this time of grief. Unity and organized response in the face of hatred is what we owe the fallen and the grieving.

See Also: Gun Violence, Hate Crimes
Lambda Legal Urges NY High Court to Reinstate Hate Crime Conviction in Death of Transgender Woman

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October 7, 2013

Lambda Legal today filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the New York Court of Appeals urging the court to reinstate the 2009 conviction of Dwight DeLee, who was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime in the 2008 shooting death in Syracuse of Lateisha Green, a transgender woman. Lambda Legal Senior Staff Attorney Thomas Ude, Jr said:

See Also: Anti-LGBT Violence, Hate Crimes, People v. DeLee, Transgender Rights
I Have a Dream: Trans Day of RESILIENCE

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September 19, 2013

Throughout our country’s ongoing experiment with democracy, we’ve seen historically oppressed groups struggle for basic legal rights and the recognition of their humanity.

See Also: Hate Crimes, Transgender Rights
End Violence Against Sex Workers

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December 17, 2012

Today is the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. Lambda Legal has joined other LGBTQ and allied organizations from around the country in voicing our support for efforts worldwide to defend the lives and rights of all people involved in the sex trades.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Violence, Hate Crimes
The Fairness of Hate Crime Laws

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March 7, 2012

Controversy accompanies prosecutions under hate crime laws, and perhaps that’s inevitable; the pattern of discrimination that shows people have been targeted based upon their personal traits springs from prejudices we have not conquered.

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