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August 26, 2015

It sure has been an amazing summer... And while the LGBT community was celebrating our stunning victory at the Supreme Court – toasting equality, dancing in the streets, and releasing heart-shaped balloons into the clear blue sky – Lambda Legal did not lose touch for one moment with what is really going on out there in America.
LGBT Rights Organizations Join Amnesty International in Call to Decriminalize Sex Work

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August 20, 2015

Today, several LGBT rights organizations across the country issued the following joint statement in support of Amnesty International’s August 11th resolution supporting sex worker human rights.

See Also: Amnesty International, Sex Work
Two Important Trans Surveys!

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August 20, 2015

Two high-impact nationwide transgender-specific surveys are now available to the community.

See Also: Transgender Rights
SSA Tells Court It Will Apply Obergefell Retroactively To Grant Spousal Benefits In Lambda Legal Case

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August 20, 2015

Today, in a status conference with Lambda Legal in federal court in Chicago, the Department of Justice announced that the Social Security Administration (SSA) will apply the U.S. Supreme Court's recent landmark marriage ruling retroactively and process pending spousal benefits claims for same-sex couples who lived in states that did not previously recognize their marriages.

See Also: Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships, Social Security Administration
Your Justice Is...

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July 9, 2015

Lambda Legal has a long history of standing up against the discrimination of LGBT people and people living with HIV. While we have had many victories, our community is still impacted by senseless killings, mistreatment by police including profiling and excessive use of force, discrimination in schools and workplaces and other forms of injustice.

See Also: Advocacy & Inclusion, Community Education, Pride
From Impact Magazine: Indiana Was the Tip Of The Iceberg

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August 18, 2015

More than 100 state bills so far have aimed to use religious beliefs as an excuse for discrimination. The idea is to allow businesses and public employees to mistreat LGBT people and consider married same-sex couples as unmarried.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, Same-sex relationships
Lambda Legal Clients Wed in Puerto Rico Marriage Celebration

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August 17, 2015

The heavens opened and wept tears of joy, opined the officiants, as LGBT couples married in a downpour, under rainbow-striped umbrellas at Old San Juan’s picturesque and historic Paseo de la Princesa.

See Also: Marriage