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For People Over 50 Living With HIV, Here’s How They Age With Dignity

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September 18, 2022

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Remembering Robina Asti

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March 18, 2021

Robina, who was a transgender WWII veteran and the founder of The Cloud Dancers Foundation, died peacefully at the age of 99 on March 18, 2021—she would have turned 100-years-old on April 7, 2021.

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That Supreme Court Foster Care Case Is About More Than Just Kids

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November 4, 2020

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a case that could have a profound impact on the delivery of taxpayer-funded government services across the country.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions, Seniors, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Victory! Court Rules for Same-Sex Partners Denied Access to Social Security Survivor’s Benefits

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September 11, 2020

A federal district judge today adopted the recommendation of a magistrate judge and struck down as unconstitutional the U.S. Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) categorical denial of survivor’s benefits to surviving same-sex partners who were barred from marrying due to discriminatory state marriage bans.

See Also: Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Seniors
VICTORY! Same-Sex Spouses Nationwide Gain Equal Access to Social Security Survivor's Benefits

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May 27, 2020

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Seniors
The Cost of COVID-19 for LGBT Older Adults

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April 28, 2020

The effect of discrimination and harassment on the vulnerability of LGBT older adults to COVID-19 is clear.

See Also: Coronavirus, Health Care Fairness, Seniors
The Social Security Administration Is Refusing to Provide Survivor's Benefits to This 66-Year-Old Gay Widower

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March 6, 2020

Lambda Legal today asked a federal court to end the U.S. Social Security Administration’s (SSA) refusal to provide monthly spousal survivor’s benefits to a 66-year-old gay man whose husband and partner of 43 years died six months after Arizona began allowing same-sex couples to marry.

See Also: Same-sex relationships, Seniors
Judge Sides with Same-Sex Partners Denied Equal Access to Social Security Survivor’s Benefits

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January 31, 2020

A federal magistrate judge today recommended striking down as unconstitutional the U.S. Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) categorical denial of survivor’s benefits to surviving same-sex partners who were barred from marrying due to discriminatory state marriage bans.

See Also: Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships, Seniors
Lambda Legal and AARP Partner to Advance Justice for LGBT Seniors

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October 24, 2019

We must address the legal and social disparities that prevent LGBT seniors from aging in health, security, and dignity.

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This NC Widower Was Denied Social Security Survivor's Benefits. We're Suing.

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January 17, 2019

Lambda Legal today filed a motion on behalf of a 75-year-old gay man arguing that the Social Security Administration’s denial of spousal survivor’s benefits to him, on the grounds that he was not married for long enough despite discriminatory marriage laws that prevented him from marrying earlier, is unconstitutional.

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

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For People Over 50 Living With HIV, Here’s How They Age With Dignity

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Remembering Robina Asti

flyingsolo_1.jpeg

That Supreme Court Foster Care Case Is About More Than Just Kids

older_women.jpg

Victory! Court Rules for Same-Sex Partners Denied Access to Social Security Survivor’s Benefits

thornton_-_helen_in_black_marge_with_vest.jpg

VICTORY! Same-Sex Spouses Nationwide Gain Equal Access to Social Security Survivor's Benefits

1200x1200_ely-graphic.png

The Cost of COVID-19 for LGBT Older Adults

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The Social Security Administration Is Refusing to Provide Survivor's Benefits to This 66-Year-Old Gay Widower

ely_taylor.jpeg

Judge Sides with Same-Sex Partners Denied Equal Access to Social Security Survivor’s Benefits

thornton_-_helen_in_black_marge_with_vest.jpg

Lambda Legal and AARP Partner to Advance Justice for LGBT Seniors

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This NC Widower Was Denied Social Security Survivor's Benefits. We're Suing.

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