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Lambda Legal to Hold Events Across the Country to Mark Transgender Awareness Week

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November 12, 2015

Lambda Legal announced a series of events it is hosting, co-hosting or participating in to mark Transgender Awareness Week (Nov. 16-20). Focusing on themes of both remembrance and resilience, these national events highlight the wealth of experiences and perspectives of transgender people, as well as the work of our partners and allies.

See Also: Transgender Awareness Week 2015, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal's Camilla Taylor Inducted Into Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame

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November 11, 2015

The committee cited Taylor “for her successful prosecution of Lambda Legal’s marriage lawsuit in Iowa and her further work on behalf of the LGBT communities.”
Ask Lambda Legal — What does “intersex” mean?

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November 10, 2015

Intersex is an umbrella term used to describe a wide range of natural bodily variations. Intersex people are born with sex characteristics that do not fit typical binary notions of bodies designated “male” or “female.” In some cases, intersex traits are visible at birth, while in others they are not apparent until puberty. Some intersex variations may not be visibly apparent at all.

See Also: Ask Lambda Legal, Intersex, Intersex Rights
Lambda Legal Urges Le Roy Central School District to Retain Safe and Affirming Bathroom Policy

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November 9, 2015

Lambda Legal sent a letter to the Le Roy Central School District urging the school board to adopt inclusive bathroom policies that are consistent with the District’s current practice of respecting the gender identity of its students and in line with federal and state law.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
When Policing Makes Schools More Unsafe

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November 5, 2015

Last week, the world watched in horror as a 16-year-old Black girl was thrown around a classroom by police Deputy Ben Fields, a white school resource officer stationed in Spring Valley High School.

See Also: Racial Justice and Low-Income Advocacy, Racism, School-to-Prison Pipeline
Houston Voters Reject Equal Rights Ordinance

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November 3, 2015

Today, Houston voters went to the polls and rejected the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO), defeating a citywide ordinance that would have prohibited discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodation on the basis of race, age, gender, pregnancy, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or military status.

See Also: HERO, Texas
Lambda Legal Joins Brief in Support of U. of Texas Use of Race to Advance Admissions Diversity

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November 3, 2015

Late yesterday, Lambda Legal joined the National Women’s Law Center and other allied organizations in filing a friend-of-the-court brief in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, a case pending at the U.S. Supreme Court for the second time challenging the use of race in undergraduate admissions decisions.