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After Marriage, 134,000 More Young People Are Surviving Each Year

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March 16, 2017

Our work — including but never limited to our marriage wins — exists because lives hang in the balance. Now we know yet one more way that's true.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Marriage, Protect LGBT Students in Illinois, Same-sex relationships, Stand Up to Defeat DOMA!, Teens and Young Adults
Victory! Wisconsin Court Orders Accurate Birth Certificates for Children of Same-Sex Spouses

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September 14, 2016

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships
Victory! New York High Court Rules Non-Biological Parents Can Seek Custody and Visitation

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August 30, 2016

Today the New York State Court of Appeals ruled that non-biological, non-married, non-adoptive parents can seek custody and visitation of children who were born into their relationships with the consent of the child’s biological parent.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships
Ten Years Ago Today: “On Thursday morning, July 6, I was at my desk when the clerk’s office in Albany called … the news hit like a punch to the stomach.“

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July 6, 2016

The following blog post is an excerpt from Losing Forward: The Marriage Case in New York by Jeffrey Trachtman, a partner in the New York law firm Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP.

See Also: Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships
Lambda Legal Urges Court to Rule in Florida Case Seeking Accurate Death Certificates

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June 20, 2016

Lambda Legal today announced it has filed papers with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida asking the court for a swift end to the harm and indignity that Florida same-sex spouses, like gay widowers Hal Birchfield and Paul Mocko, face when denied accurate death certificates that acknowledge they were married and recognize them as surviving spouses.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
"Love Unites Us" Hits Bookstores June 14

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June 7, 2016

Lambda Legal celebrates the first anniversary of marriage equality nationwide with the publication of "Love Unites Us: Winning the Freedom to Marry in America," edited by former Executive Director Kevin Cathcart and Education and Public Affairs Director Leslie Gabel-Brett.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
New Judge Strikes Down Puerto Rico Marriage Ban Hours After Lambda Legal Victory

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April 8, 2016

Just hours after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed for the second time that Puerto Rico’s ban on marriage for LGBT people is unconstitutional and ordered the case be reassigned to a new judge, District Court Judge Gustavo A. Gelpí issued a judgment striking down that ban.

See Also: Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships
Victory! First Circuit Removes Judge and Reaffirms Ban’s Unconstitutionality in Lambda Legal Puerto Rico Marriage Case

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April 7, 2016

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit today once again affirmed that Puerto Rico’s marriage ban is unconstitutional and ordered the District Court of Puerto Rico to enter judgment in favor of Lambda Legal’s plaintiffs and, in light of the egregious disregard of its prior order, ordered that the case be reassigned to a different district court judge.

See Also: Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships
Lambda Legal Applauds Governor García Padilla’s Statement that Marriages will Continue in Puerto Rico

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March 9, 2016

Today, Governor Alejandro García Padilla announced that the decision issued yesterday by the District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, holding that the historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges striking down discriminatory marriage bans nationwide did not apply to Puerto Rico because it is not a state, would not affect the ability of LGBT people in Puerto Rico to marry. Lambda Legal applauds the Governor’s announcement.

See Also: Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships
Lambda Legal Condemns Puerto Rico Court Ruling Upholding Commonwealth’s Discriminatory Marriage Ban

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March 8, 2016

Today, the U.S. District Court of the District of Puerto Rico ruled that the historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges striking down discriminatory marriage bans nationwide did not apply to Puerto Rico because it is not a state, and denied a joint motion brought by Lambda Legal and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to declare Puerto Rico’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples unconstitutional. Lambda Legal will appeal the ruling.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships

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After Marriage, 134,000 More Young People Are Surviving Each Year

evan-kirby-101570_1200x630.jpg

Victory! Wisconsin Court Orders Accurate Birth Certificates for Children of Same-Sex Spouses

jessamy_and_chelsea_2.jpg

Victory! New York High Court Rules Non-Biological Parents Can Seek Custody and Visitation

img_0480.jpg

Ten Years Ago Today: “On Thursday morning, July 6, I was at my desk when the clerk’s office in Albany called … the news hit like a punch to the stomach.“

luu_cover.png

Lambda Legal Urges Court to Rule in Florida Case Seeking Accurate Death Certificates

birchfield.jpg

"Love Unites Us" Hits Bookstores June 14

love_unites_us_cover.png

New Judge Strikes Down Puerto Rico Marriage Ban Hours After Lambda Legal Victory

puerto-rico-rainbow.png

Victory! First Circuit Removes Judge and Reaffirms Ban’s Unconstitutionality in Lambda Legal Puerto Rico Marriage Case

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Lambda Legal Applauds Governor García Padilla’s Statement that Marriages will Continue in Puerto Rico

puerto-rico-rainbow.png

Lambda Legal Condemns Puerto Rico Court Ruling Upholding Commonwealth’s Discriminatory Marriage Ban

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