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A Bittersweet Anniversary of the Marriage Equality Ruling

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June 17, 2016

The following are remarks by Susan Sommer at the “Lambda Legal in DC” event held at the Newseum on June 15.

See Also: Discrimination, Gun Violence
LGBTQ and Gun Violence-Prevention Groups Call for Hate and Terror to Be Disarmed Following Orlando Shooting

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June 16, 2016

The Orlando tragedy, the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, highlights how vulnerable LGBTQ communities are to hate-fueled violence, especially LGBTQ communities of color.

See Also: Discrimination, Gun Violence
Lambda Legal Urges Court to Rule in LGBT Housing Discrimination Case

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June 16, 2016

"The facts are indisputable: Deepika Avanti refused to rent to Tonya and Rachel Smith because they are a same-sex couple and Rachel is transgender. Discrimination based on what the neighbors might say is not just wrong, it is unlawful."

See Also: Discrimination
Don’t Erase LGBT Latinos for Unity’s Sake

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June 15, 2016

As we try to absorb and work though our grief from the mass shooting in Orlando, one community that is so central to this story has, at times, gone unacknowledged: LGBT Latinas/os, and LGBT Puerto Ricans, in particular.

See Also: Gun Violence, Hate Crimes
Gun Violence Is an LGBT Issue

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June 14, 2016

We can no longer be silent about gun violence as an LGBT issue.

See Also: Gun Violence, Hate Crimes
LGBTQ Groups Call for Unity in the Wake of Orlando Shooting

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June 13, 2016

This national tragedy happened against the backdrop of anti-LGBTQ legislation sweeping this country and we must not forget that in this time of grief. Unity and organized response in the face of hatred is what we owe the fallen and the grieving.

See Also: Gun Violence, Hate Crimes
How We Will Honor Their Memory

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June 12, 2016

We don’t need to ask whether LGBT people were the targets of the terrible attack in Orlando. We know. This was both an act of terrorism against LGBT people and also a hate crime.