Blog

Find Your State

Know the laws in your state that protect LGBT people and people living with HIV.

Legal Help Desk

Call us or submit your legal questions online.

RSS Feed

Brutal Attack on Ugandan Transgender Activist Beyonce Karungi

visit20from20beyonce.jpg

By

November 18, 2015

Though our mission is to pursue and protect the rights of LGBT people and people living with HIV nationwide, Lambda Legal is routinely asked to consult with groups around the globe. Over the past couple of years, Lambda Legal attorneys and education staff have met with groups of LGBT and HIV activists visiting from Australia, China, Kyrgystan and Uganda—to name a few.

See Also: Transgender Awareness Week 2015, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Blasts Newly Introduced Indiana Bill

pizer_392.jpg

By

November 17, 2015

This bill is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. This doesn’t protect LGBT people—it is a road map for discrimination against LGBT people.

See Also: Indiana, Law and Policy Project
Lambda Legal and CREEC Urge Delta Airlines to Amend Pension Plan to Grant Benefits to Surviving Same-Sex Spouses

jay_and_dan.jpg

By

November 17, 2015

Lambda Legal and the Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center (CREEC) sent a letter to Delta Airlines on behalf of Dan Walter, a gay widower who was denied spousal survivor benefits after the death of his husband and partner of 21 years, Jay Beadle, who had 36 years of decorated service as an airline employee. The letter urges the LGBT-friendly Fortune 100 company to amend its pension plan terms to allow surviving same-sex spouses to receive survivor benefits even if their marriages did not meet the plan’s one-year marriage requirement.
Lambda Legal Calls for Comprehensive Protections for LGBT Hoosiers

indy-rfra-protest-blog.jpg

By

November 17, 2015

Lambda Legal sent an open letter to Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and leaders of the Indiana House and Senate urging them to include sexual orientation and gender identity to the existing categories that enjoy protection from discrimination under Indiana law.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions
We Must Continue to Fight Violence Against Transgender Women of Color

1655853_751884878217861_3576374012397596287_n.jpg

By

November 16, 2015

As the number of homicides of transgender women of color increases, we need hate crime legislation that explicitly protects gender identity as well as continued legal, policy and community efforts to end the pervasive and systemic discrimination facing transgender women of color.

See Also: Transgender Awareness Week 2015, Transgender Rights
Utah Parenting Case Shines Critical Light on Experiences of LGBT Families in Child Welfare System

staff_ccook_200.jpg

By

November 13, 2015

Discrimination against LGBTQ youth and families in child welfare systems across the country has scarred a process that purports to place the child’s best interests above all else.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Youth
Lambda Legal Launches Interactive “Know Your Rights in Court” Online Resource and Video

staff_elesh_200.jpg

By

November 13, 2015

Lambda Legal has debuted one of its newest resources, “Know Your Rights in Court” on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and people living with HIV when navigating the court system. The hub is accompanied by an interactive video, in which Lambda Legal Fair Courts Project Director Eric Lesh helps answer some of the most frequently asked questions.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Know Your Rights