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We Must End Violence Against Sex Workers

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December 17, 2015

Today, on the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, sex workers and their allies will rally to “renew our commitment to the on-going struggle for empowerment, visibility, and rights for all sex workers.”

See Also: International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, Racial Justice and Low-Income Advocacy, Racism, Sex Work, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Seeks Accurate Birth Certificates for Children Born to Married Same-Sex Couples in North Carolina

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December 17, 2015

Today, Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina on behalf Melissa and Meredith Weiss, a married lesbian couple, seeking birth certificates listing both mothers as parents of their two sons.

See Also: Family, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships, Weiss v. Brajer
3 Reasons Lambda Legal’s Fair Courts Project Conducts Anti-Bias and Cultural Competency Trainings for the Courts

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December 16, 2015

Through Lambda Legal’s Fair Courts Project, we provide training for judges, court staff and attorneys nationwide on LGBT cultural competency and bias related to gender and sexuality.

See Also: Fair Courts Project
What Happened Today at the Supreme Court

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December 9, 2015

Attending the argument in the Supreme Court today in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, I was struck with a sense of deja vu.

See Also: U.S. Supreme Court
Why Lambda Legal Stands With Muslim Communities

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December 9, 2015

In our work on behalf of LGBTQ people and people living with HIV, we have fought for years against group-based discrimination, stigma, and violence against members of our community. Our community has experienced being profiled and harassed by the police, and a continuing history of being labeled, stigmatized and rejected as outsiders and as a dangerous threat by society.

See Also: Islamophobia, Religiously Motivated Discrimination
Six Key Problems with Indiana Senate Bill 100

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December 9, 2015

When introduced in November 2015, Indiana Senate Bill 100 was presented as a bill to add sexual orientation and gender identity protections to Indiana law, which lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Hoosiers urgently need. Unfortunately, the bill that was introduced provides little meaningful protection from discrimination for transgender people and includes damaging carve-outs and exemptions targeting all LGBT people in Indiana. While broadly problematic, there are six key problems with SB100:

See Also: Indiana, Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, rfra, SB100
Ask Lambda Legal–The Office Holiday Party

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December 9, 2015

Employment fairness has been a central part of our work for 42 years — and it is a priority we will continue to fight for.

See Also: Ask Lambda Legal, Marriage, Same-sex relationships