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Lambda Legal Observes Transgender Day of Remembrance

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November 20, 2014

In observance of National Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) and an annual day honoring of the transgender people lost this year due to suicide or targeted violence, Lambda Legal’s Transgender Rights Project Director M. Dru Levasseur issued the following statement.

See Also: Transgender Awareness Week, Transgender Rights
Victory! U.S. Supreme Court Clears Way for Same-Sex Couples to Marry in South Carolina

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November 20, 2014

It's official! The U.S. Supreme Court today denied the motion filed by South Carolina’s Attorney General to further delay the start of marriage for same-sex couples. Lambda Legal Senior Attorney Beth Littrell says:
LGBT and Civil Rights Groups: Don't Exclude LGBT Immigrants From Affirmative Relief

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November 18, 2014

Lambda Legal joined other LGBT and civil rights organizations to strongly urge President Obama not to exclude long-resident LGBT individuals from the forthcoming program of administrative relief to protect from deportation some of the nation’s population.

See Also: Immigration and Asylum
Victory! Fourth Circuit Rejects Attempt to Delay Marriage in South Carolina

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November 18, 2014

“The end game is clear –marriage will soon be available for same-sex couples in South Carolina.”
Lambda Legal Observes Transgender Awareness Week

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November 17, 2014

In observance of National Transgender Awareness Week November 17th to November 21st, Lambda Legal is joining a host of organizations and community organizers from across the country for a week of education and community events including Transgender Day of Action, Transgender Day of Remembrance and Transgender Day of Resilience.

See Also: Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal and ACLU Ask Supreme Court to Review Ohio Marriage Cases

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November 14, 2014

Today Lambda Legal, the ACLU and private firm Gerhardstein & Branch filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals’ aberrant ruling upholding discriminatory bans on marriage rights for same-sex couples in Ohio and three other states.

See Also: Henry v. Hodges, Marriage, Supreme Court
Victory! Federal Judge Strikes Down Discriminatory South Carolina Marriage Ban

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November 12, 2014

Today, the U. S. District Court for the District of South Carolina struck down South Carolina’s ban on marriages for same-sex couples as unconstitutional, paving the way for same-sex couples across the state to marry.

See Also: Marriage

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Lambda Legal Observes Transgender Day of Remembrance

tdor_graphic_for_1120_-_vetted_by_dru.png

Victory! U.S. Supreme Court Clears Way for Same-Sex Couples to Marry in South Carolina

392_sc.jpg

LGBT and Civil Rights Groups: Don't Exclude LGBT Immigrants From Affirmative Relief

staff_fduenas_200.jpg

Victory! Fourth Circuit Rejects Attempt to Delay Marriage in South Carolina

392_sc.jpg

Lambda Legal Observes Transgender Awareness Week

trans_awareness_week_graphic_for_1117_-_vetted_by_dru.png

Lambda Legal and ACLU Ask Supreme Court to Review Ohio Marriage Cases

392.jpg

Victory! Federal Judge Strikes Down Discriminatory South Carolina Marriage Ban

392_sc.jpg

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