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Gov. Cuomo Announces Regulations to Protect Transgender New Yorkers

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October 22, 2015

Today, news outlets announced that Governor Cuomo has directed the New York State Human Rights Division to issue rules protecting transgender New Yorkers in housing, employment, credit and public accommodations.

See Also: Transgender Rights
Victory! Gay Widower Wins Florida Property Tax Battle

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October 22, 2015

At a hearing today, the Miami-Dade County Office of Property Appraisal agreed to reinstate the spousal homestead protections of Lambda Legal client Hal Birchfield, a gay widower previously denied protections against certain tax increases for the home he had shared with his husband because his marriage was not recognized at the time of his husband’s death.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Puerto Rico makes progress in respecting the gender expression of its public school students

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October 16, 2015

To be comfortable and thrive in school, students should be able to be themselves, unconstrained by stereotypes about gender.

See Also: Puerto Rico
Ask Lambda Legal—Was It a Mistake to Tell Someone at Work I’m HIV Positive?

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October 9, 2015

I am also living with HIV, a status that I recently disclosed to a coworker. Would firing me even be legal? What laws protect me, if any?

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Closing the Book on Georgia’s Marriage Ban

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October 8, 2015

Today, the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia officially issued its decision in Inniss et al v. Aderhold et al, the Georgia marriage case.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Lambda Legal Expands Advocacy for LGBT Youth as Skadden Fellow Kara Ingelhart Joins Midwest Regional Office

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October 2, 2015

Ingelhart, a University of Chicago Law School graduate, was awarded the fellowship to assist LGBTQ youth with juvenile or criminal records by addressing the many barriers low-income LGBTQ youth face in accessing housing, employment and educational opportunities.
Lambda Legal to Seventh Circuit: Federal Law Prohibits Discrimination Against Lesbian Instructor

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September 30, 2015

Today, Lambda Legal urged the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse a lower court ruling and allow Kimberly Hively to present her case alleging that Ivy Tech Community College, where she worked as an instructor for 14 years, denied her fulltime employment and promotions, and eventually terminated her employment, because she is a lesbian.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace