Marriage

After marrying her longtime partner in New York state, Regina Hawkins-Balducci tried to add her wife’s name to the lease on her rent-stabilized apartment in Harlem. Her landlord refused, even though Hawkins-Balducci presented him with the couple’s marriage certificate.

The Justice Department filed a request today that the U.S. Supreme Court hear Lambda Legal’s challenge to the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in the Golinski v. OPM case.

An interview with Lambda Legal staff attorney Tara Borelli and Peter Renn, who are leading the fight for marriage equality in Nevada

Lambda Legal is fighting for the right of a New York City woman to add her wife to her rent-stabilized lease.