Resistance

Search Blog

Find Your State

Know the laws in your state that protect LGBT people and people living with HIV.

Legal Help Desk

Call us or submit your legal questions online.

RSS Feed

Jeff Sessions, Dire Threat to Civil Rights, Confirmed as U.S. Attorney General

lambda-2017-4001_1080x1080.jpg

By

February 8, 2017

Jeff Sessions’ confirmation as Attorney General today is a travesty.

See Also: Resistance
Trump Watch: 6 Things We’re Watching This Week

lambda_legal_trump_bw.jpg

By

February 6, 2017

We’re two weeks into the Trump administration, and clearly we’re already seeing disturbing and unacceptable attacks on our constitutional rights.

See Also: Resistance
Help Stop Betsy DeVos

devos_lambda-2017-4001_1080x1080.jpg

By

February 6, 2017

Another supporter of mean-spirited, anti-LGBT policies is about to enter the White House — and she’s going to be in charge of our kids’ educations.

See Also: Resistance
Top DOJ Lawyer Joins Lambda Legal

do9a4670.jpg

By

February 2, 2017

Today, Lambda Legal announced the hiring of Sharon McGowan, a top attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, as the organization’s new Director of Strategy.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Resistance
Lambda Legal Warns Trump: “Reported Executive Order would be an attack on LGBT people and all Americans who love liberty”

trump.jpg

By

February 2, 2017

Reports indicate that President Trump may issue an Executive Order that will encourage sweeping discrimination against LGBT people and women.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Resistance
Neil Gorsuch Has an Unacceptable, Hostile Record Towards LGBT People

lambda-2017-4001_1080x1080.jpg

By

January 31, 2017

Following President Donald J. Trump’s nomination of Neil M. Gorsuch, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, to the U.S. Supreme Court today, Lambda Legal took the difficult step of formally opposing his nomination, citing his record of hostility towards LGBT people and other marginalized communities.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Resistance, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Statement of Lambda Legal, GLAD & NCLR on Trump’s Nomination of New Supreme Court Justice

vq__yk6faoi-claire-anderson.jpg

By

January 31, 2017

We call on the Senate to reject any nominee to the Court who does not clearly affirm a commitment to upholding the Constitution's guarantees of liberty and equal protection for all Americans.

See Also: Resistance, U.S. Supreme Court
We Reviewed All of Judge Gorsuch’s Record. Here's What We Found.

lambda-2017-4001_1080x1080.jpg

By

January 31, 2017

After Donald Trump announced that he was considering nominating Neil Gorsuch, Judge of the 10th Circuit, to the U.S. Supreme Court, Lambda Legal’s Fair Courts Project embarked on a comprehensive review of his judicial record.

See Also: Resistance, U.S. Supreme Court
LGBT People Refuse to be Pawns

by_gage_skidmore_8566717881_4cd237e309_o_-_edited.jpg

By

January 29, 2017

We utterly reject President Trump's discrimination against Muslims in the guise of concern trolling for LGBT rights.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Immigration, Resistance
Donald Trump’s War on Immigrants Is Un-American

by_gage_skidmore_5440392565_25abd8a695_o_-_edited.jpg

By

January 25, 2017

Donald Trump’s latest executive orders targeting immigrants and sanctuary cities are simply un-American.

See Also: Resistance