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Lambda Legal Urges Alaska Supreme Court to Allow Same-Sex Couples Access to Survivor Benefits

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October 14, 2013

Lambda Legal filed a brief with the Alaska Supreme Court asking the Court to hold that it is unconstitutional to deny survivor benefits to Deborah Harris, whose same-sex partner, Kerry Fadely, was shot and killed in 2011 by a disgruntled former employee.

See Also: Same-sex relationships
New Jersey Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Marriage Case

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October 11, 2013

Today the New Jersey Supreme Court announced it would hear both the merits of the marriage case as well as the appeal on the stay motion.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
National Coming Out Day is 25!

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October 11, 2013

National Coming Out Day is 25!

See Also: Coming Out, National Coming Out Day, Transgender Rights, Youth, Youth and Schools, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Victory! NJ Court Allows Marriages to Proceed in Lambda Legal’s Case

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October 10, 2013

Today the New Jersey Superior Court denied the State’s motion to stay the September 27th ruling allowing same-sex couples to marry.

See Also: Garden State Equality v. Dow, Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Lambda Legal Urges NY High Court to Reinstate Hate Crime Conviction in Death of Transgender Woman

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October 7, 2013

Lambda Legal today filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the New York Court of Appeals urging the court to reinstate the 2009 conviction of Dwight DeLee, who was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime in the 2008 shooting death in Syracuse of Lateisha Green, a transgender woman. Lambda Legal Senior Staff Attorney Thomas Ude, Jr said:

See Also: Anti-LGBT Violence, Hate Crimes, People v. DeLee, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Opposes Motion to Delay Marriages in New Jersey Case

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October 4, 2013

Today, in response to the State's motion for a stay of last week's Superior Court decision in favor of marriage equality, Lambda Legal filed a brief on behalf of Garden State Equality, New Jersey's statewide LGBT advocacy organization, and six same-sex couples who seek the freedom to marry, asking the Court to deny the motion.

See Also: Garden State Equality v. Dow, Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Take Action for Immigration Reform

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October 3, 2013

In an effort to re-focus the nation’s attention on the need for immigration reform there are two upcoming events.

See Also: Immigration and Asylum, Proyecto Igualdad

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Lambda Legal Urges Alaska Supreme Court to Allow Same-Sex Couples Access to Survivor Benefits

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New Jersey Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Marriage Case

karenmarcye_392.jpg

National Coming Out Day is 25!

274x213_natl_comingout_dark.jpg

Victory! NJ Court Allows Marriages to Proceed in Lambda Legal’s Case

karenmarcye_392.jpg

Lambda Legal Urges NY High Court to Reinstate Hate Crime Conviction in Death of Transgender Woman

392_trans-flag.png

Lambda Legal Opposes Motion to Delay Marriages in New Jersey Case

karenmarcye_392.jpg

Take Action for Immigration Reform

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