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30-Year Sentence Thrown Out: Court Orders New Trial for HIV-Positive Man Accused Under Outdated Criminal Law

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December 20, 2016

Today, the Missouri Court of Appeals reversed a lower court decision and granted a new trial to Michael Johnson, an HIV-positive black gay man, who is currently serving 30 years in prison under an out-of-date law that criminalizes the sexual conduct of people living with HIV.

See Also: Criminal Justice, HIV
Lambda Legal and ACLU Comment on Expected Vote to Repeal HB2

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December 19, 2016

The Charlotte City Council voted today to repeal their LGBT non-discrimination ordinance in a move that could lead to the repeal of North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law, H.B. 2.
We Can Stop Violence Against Sex Workers by Decriminalizing Sex Work

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December 17, 2016

Reckon with the truth, and it will lead us to justice.
Mississippi’s Anti-LGBT Law Reaches Fifth Circuit: Lambda Legal Joins Legal Advocates Filing Opening Briefs

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December 16, 2016

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Fights in Court for Security Guard Forced Out of Her Job for Being a Lesbian

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December 15, 2016

Today the U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in Lambda Legal’s case on behalf of Jameka Evans, a security guard who was harassed, punished and eventually forced to leave her job because she is a lesbian. This case, Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital, has the potential to change the landscape for LGBT employees across the country.

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Taking LGBT Workplace Discrimination to Federal Court

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December 15, 2016

Lambda Legal's Gregory R. Nevins explains how federal law protects LGBT people from workplace discrimination.
Lambda Legal Echoes Call to Repeal H.B. 2 by North Carolina Governor-Elect Roy Cooper

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December 7, 2016

Following Pat McCrory’s concession, yesterday North Carolina Governor-Elect Roy Cooper called upon the legislature to repeal House Bill 2, the state’s sweeping anti-LGBT measure.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights

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30-Year Sentence Thrown Out: Court Orders New Trial for HIV-Positive Man Accused Under Outdated Criminal Law

hiv_stigma.jpg

Lambda Legal and ACLU Comment on Expected Vote to Repeal HB2

north_carolina_gavel_nc_law_0.jpg

We Can Stop Violence Against Sex Workers by Decriminalizing Sex Work

868x342_idtevasw.png

Mississippi’s Anti-LGBT Law Reaches Fifth Circuit: Lambda Legal Joins Legal Advocates Filing Opening Briefs

gavel_rainbow_istock-481086498.jpg

Lambda Legal Fights in Court for Security Guard Forced Out of Her Job for Being a Lesbian

jameka-greg2_copy.jpg

Taking LGBT Workplace Discrimination to Federal Court

j.evans_78.jpg

Lambda Legal Echoes Call to Repeal H.B. 2 by North Carolina Governor-Elect Roy Cooper

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