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Ending the Epidemic: Working to End Violence Against Trans Women of Color

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November 11, 2014

Monday, November 17, 2014 marks the beginning of Transgender Awareness Week. November 20th is the national Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR).

See Also: Trans Awareness Week, Transgender Day of Remembrance, Transgender Rights
Ohio Families to Petition Supreme Court for Review of Discriminatory Sixth Circuit Ruling

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November 7, 2014

Yesterday, over a strenuous dissent, two Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals judges upheld discriminatory bans on marriage rights for same-sex couples in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee, becoming the first federal circuit court after the Supreme Court’s watershed 2013 Windsor ruling to uphold such bans and departing from recent decisions from the 4th, 7th, 9th and 10th Circuits.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Victory! Federal Court Strikes Down West Virginia Marriage Ban

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November 7, 2014

Although West Virginia’s Attorney General had already conceded that the state’s marriage ban was unconstitutional and marriages began last month, the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia made it official today, ruling in favor of Lambda Legal’s plaintiffs and striking down the discriminatory marriage ban as mandated by the U.S.

See Also: Same-sex relationships
Why Lambda Legal is Suing the Social Security Administration

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November 7, 2014

In the past few weeks, Lambda Legal has filed two lawsuits against the Social Security Administration (SSA), one in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and the other in the U.S.
Sixth Circuit Upholds Discriminatory Bans on Marriage Rights for Same-Sex Couples in Four States

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November 6, 2014

Today the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld as constitutional bans on marriage rights for same-sex couples in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee, becoming the first federal circuit court after the Supreme Court’s watershed 2013 Windsor ruling to uphold such bans and departing from recent decisions from the 4th, 7th, 9th and 10th Circuits.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Lambda Legal Sues Social Security Administration on Behalf of Gay Chicago Widower

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November 6, 2014

Today, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit against the Social Security Administration (SSA) on behalf of Dave Williams, a widower, formerly of Arkansas, now a Chicagoan, who was denied spousal benefits after the death of his husband, Carl Allen.

See Also: Same-sex relationships, Social Security Administration
"Flying Solo" Screening at Upcoming Film Festivals this November

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November 4, 2014

Lambda Legal's short documentary, Flying Solo: A Transgender Widow Fights Discrimination, about 93-year-old WWII veteran and pilot Robina Asti, will be showing this month at the San Francisco Trans Film Fest as part of the opening night program, and at the Mezipatra Queer Film Festival in the Czech Republic several times throughout the month.

See Also: Robina Asti, Seniors, social security, ssa, transgender