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Lambda Legal Statement on Tragedy in Orlando

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June 12, 2016

In response to the tragic attack on patrons in a gay bar in Orlando, Florida, Lambda Legal Acting Executive Director Fran Goldstein issued the following statement.
Ask Lambda Legal—How Do New Federal Health Guidelines Protect Me as a Transgender Person?

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June 9, 2016

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Lambda Legal Urges Georgia Court to Grant Name Change for Transgender Man

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June 9, 2016

Lambda Legal filed a brief today in the Georgia Court of Appeals on behalf of Rowan Feldhaus, a transgender man whose petition to legally change his name to reflect his gender identity was denied by a trial court.
Lambda Legal Urges Court to Apply Fair Standards Protecting Transgender People From Health Care Discrimination

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June 8, 2016

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Religious Exemptions
Lambda Legal Urges City Council to Strike ID Requirement from Chicago Human Rights Ordinance

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June 8, 2016

Today, Christopher Clark, Counsel and Young Adults, Teens and Children Program Strategist for Lambda Legal testified before the Chicago City Council’s Commission on Human Relations in support of an amendment striking a provision of the city’s Human Rights Ordinance that requires people to use public facilities in Chicago that match the sex marker on their government-issued identification.

See Also: Transgender Rights
"Love Unites Us" Hits Bookstores June 14

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June 7, 2016

Lambda Legal celebrates the first anniversary of marriage equality nationwide with the publication of "Love Unites Us: Winning the Freedom to Marry in America," edited by former Executive Director Kevin Cathcart and Education and Public Affairs Director Leslie Gabel-Brett.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Lambda Legal Urges New York High Court to Protect Legal Bond Between Child and Non-Biological Mother

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June 2, 2016

This heartbreaking case calls on our high court to address the best interests of the child – and all children like him -- by recognizing and preserving his relationship with the person he has always known as one of his mothers, his Mama B.