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After Historic Victories, Marriage Equality Advocates Hope to Sway Other States and Supreme Court

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November 8, 2012

Maine, Maryland, Washington ... where next on the road to equality?

See Also: Elections, Lambda Legal in the News, Marriage, Same-sex relationships, U.S. Supreme Court
Iowa Retains Judge Who Joined Marriage Equality Ruling

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November 7, 2012

Justice David Wiggins, who joined the unanimous marriage equality ruling in Lambda Legal's landmark case, survived a campaign to recall him.

See Also: Elections, Lambda Legal in the News, Marriage, Same-sex relationships, Varnum v. Brien
"A Horror Story ... Only Made Worse"

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September 25, 2012

The Alaska Dispatch has more on our discrimination case in Anchorage.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Lambda Legal in the News, Same-sex relationships
Politics, Principle and an Attack on the Courts

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September 24, 2012

An editorial in today's New York Times highlights the importance of the upcoming judicial retention elections in Iowa.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Lambda Legal in the News, Varnum v. Brien
Lambda Legal's Tara Borelli Is Named One of California's Top 100 Lawyers

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September 12, 2012

The California legal publication The Daily Journal has named Lambda Legal Staff Attorney Tara Borelli in its annual list of the state's 100 most influential lawyers.

See Also: Diaz v. Brewer, Esquivel v. Oregon, Golinski v. OPM, Lambda Legal in the News, Sevcik v. Sandoval
The Court Cases that Changed Our World

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August 22, 2012

Some of Lambda Legal's biggest victories are on The Advocate's list of most important cases in the fight for LGBT equality.

See Also: In re Guardianship of Sharon Kowalski, Lambda Legal in the News, Lawrence v. Texas, U.S. Supreme Court
Des Moines Register: Repeal Iowa's Outdated HIV Law

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July 31, 2012

The Iowa daily writes about Lambda Legal plaintiff Nick Rhoades, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison—and lifetime registration as a sex offender—after a one-time sexual encounter with another man, during which they used a condom.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Legislation and Amendments, Criminal Justice, HIV, Lambda Legal in the News, Rhoades v. Iowa
Analysis: Justice Dept. Presses Supreme Court to Resolve DOMA Challenges

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July 5, 2012

Prop 8 Trial Tracker's Scottie Thomaston analyzes the Justice Department's petitions to the U.S. Supreme Court to review two legal challenges to the so-called Defense of Marriage Act.

See Also: Golinski v. OPM, Health Care Fairness, Lambda Legal in the News, Marriage, Same-sex relationships, U.S. Supreme Court
Legalizing Gay: The Lawyers

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June 21, 2012

Over at Towleroad, Ari Ezra Waldman profiles the public interest lawyers behind the recent victories for the LGBT movement, including Lambda Legal's Jon Davidson.

See Also: Lambda Legal in the News
Is There a Criminal-Transmission-of-HIV Law in Your State?

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June 21, 2012

Chances are there is. Mother Jones has a handy map.

See Also: HIV, Lambda Legal in the News, Rhoades v. Iowa

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After Historic Victories, Marriage Equality Advocates Hope to Sway Other States and Supreme Court

274x213_gavel-and-rings.jpg

Iowa Retains Judge Who Joined Marriage Equality Ruling

state_ia_274.jpg

"A Horror Story ... Only Made Worse"

state_ak_392.jpg

Politics, Principle and an Attack on the Courts

fair-courts_274.jpg

Lambda Legal's Tara Borelli Is Named One of California's Top 100 Lawyers

borelli_392.jpg

The Court Cases that Changed Our World

lawrence_274.jpg

Des Moines Register: Repeal Iowa's Outdated HIV Law

hiv_274.jpg

Analysis: Justice Dept. Presses Supreme Court to Resolve DOMA Challenges

supreme-court-a_274.jpg

Legalizing Gay: The Lawyers

davidson_274.jpg

Is There a Criminal-Transmission-of-HIV Law in Your State?

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