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Top DOJ Lawyer Joins Lambda Legal

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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”

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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
Lambda Legal Secures Favorable Settlement for HIV-Positive Flight Paramedic

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February 2, 2017

"Lambda Legal will continue to fight on behalf of all people living with HIV, particularly HIV-positive health care workers, to ensure they are protected in the workplace."

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, HIV
Lambda Legal Reaches Settlement with California Barbershop that Discriminated Against Transgender Client

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February 1, 2017

Lambda Legal today announced it has reached a settlement with a southern California barbershop that turned away Kendall Oliver, who is transgender, based on claimed religious objections to serving customers not perceived as male.

See Also: Transgender Rights
Neil Gorsuch Has an Unacceptable, Hostile Record Towards LGBT People

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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

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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.

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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