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Lambda Legal Asks Court to Block Pine-Richland High School’s New Restroom Policy Targeting Transgender Students

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October 20, 2016

Today, Lambda Legal filed a Motion for Preliminary Injunction in federal court to immediately halt a discriminatory policy passed by the Pine-Richland School District in suburban Pittsburgh, which singles out transgender students and prevents them from using restrooms that match who they are.
Why Last Night's Debate Proves That LGBT Rights Are at Stake in This Election

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October 20, 2016

We heard a lot of things from both candidates during the debate last night. But there is no debate about one thing: LGBT rights are at stake in this election.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Fair Courts Project
Lambda Legal, ACLU File Opening Brief in Appeal to Protect All Transgender People Harmed by Discriminatory H.B. 2

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October 19, 2016

LGBT rights groups challenging the North Carolina law that bans transgender people from using restrooms that correspond to their gender identity yesterday filed their opening brief on appeal requesting that the preliminary injunction in the case be broadened to protect all transgender people in the state from discrimination.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights
Joaquín Carcaño: My Latino Heritage Means Resilience, Strength and Survival

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October 15, 2016

My family had to fight for their lives and their place in this country. My heritage is about being able to take those blows and continue to stand our ground, to exist and resist. That’s what I’ve witnessed growing up, and it has motivated and empowered me in my HIV-related work.

See Also: HB2, Hispanic Heritage Month, Joaquin Carcaño, Latinx AIDS Awareness Day
Lambda Legal Applauds New York Court Ruling Affirming Adoption Rights for Married Same-Sex Couples

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October 12, 2016

A New York family court issued a decision last week affirming that married lesbian couples continue to be entitled to second parent adoptions to give added security to their children, who already are entitled to have both spouses recognized as their parents.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections
The Constitution Should Protect Sex Work

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October 12, 2016

As courts confront challenges to prostitution laws that pile fines and criminal records on people who get paid for consensual sex, we’re making our position clear: we see no constitutionally adequate basis to criminalize sex solely because one consenting adult pays another.

See Also: Constitution, Sex Work
Full Seventh Circuit Agrees to Rehear Lambda Legal’s Indiana Employment Discrimination Case

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October 11, 2016

The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals today granted en banc review in Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College, meaning that the entire court will hear the employment discrimination appeal of Lambda Legal’s client, Kimberly Hively.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace