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Atlanta to Pay $250K to Lambda Legal Client Denied Police Job Because of HIV

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August 22, 2012

Lambda Legal announced today that it had accepted the settlement offer to resolve the discrimination lawsuit against the city.

See Also: Discrimination, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, HIV, Roe v. City of Atlanta
Lambda Legal at the Illinois State Fair

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August 15, 2012

Lambda Legal's Jim Bennett shares his experiences at our booth, the first LGBT-focused booth in the fair's history.

See Also: Darby v. Orr, Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Lambda Legal Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Affirmative Action in College Admissions

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August 15, 2012

Lambda Legal joined other civil rights and legal groups on a brief urging the Supreme Court to uphold the University of Texas at Austin's use of race to advance diversity.

See Also: Discrimination, Higher Education, U.S. Supreme Court
New Immigration FAQ for Undocumented LGBTQ and HIV-Affected Youth

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August 15, 2012

Starting today, undocumented immigrants who came into the U.S. as children will be able to apply for a work permit and defer deportation. Here's how.

See Also: HIV, Immigration and Asylum, Proyecto Igualdad, Youth
Court to Hear Lambda Legal's Nevada Marriage Case

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August 10, 2012

A federal court agreed today to hear Lambda Legal's lawsuit on behalf of eight couples challenging Nevada’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships, Sevcik v. Sandoval
Criminalizing the HIV-Positive Community

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August 9, 2012

"There are still countless jurisdictions in which it is essentially a crime to be a sexually active HIV-positive man," writes Towleroad's Ari Ezra Waldman.

See Also: Criminal Justice, HIV, Rhoades v. Iowa
Affordable Care Act and Nondiscrimination

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August 7, 2012

This past month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a most welcome clarification regarding the Affordable Care Act. It is hard to overstate the importance of this guidance.

See Also: Affordable Care Act, Dept. of HHS v. Florida, Discrimination, Health Care Fairness, Health Care Reform, Transgender Rights

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Atlanta to Pay $250K to Lambda Legal Client Denied Police Job Because of HIV

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Lambda Legal at the Illinois State Fair

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Lambda Legal Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Affirmative Action in College Admissions

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New Immigration FAQ for Undocumented LGBTQ and HIV-Affected Youth

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Court to Hear Lambda Legal's Nevada Marriage Case

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Criminalizing the HIV-Positive Community

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Affordable Care Act and Nondiscrimination

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