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New York Daily News Reports on NYC Landlord-Tenant Discrimination Dispute

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July 6, 2012

After marrying her longtime partner in New York state, Regina Hawkins-Balducci tried to add her wife’s name to the lease on her rent-stabilized apartment in Harlem. Her landlord refused, even though Hawkins-Balducci presented him with the couple’s marriage certificate.

See Also: Discrimination, Housing, In re Balducci, Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Analysis: Justice Dept. Presses Supreme Court to Resolve DOMA Challenges

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July 5, 2012

Prop 8 Trial Tracker's Scottie Thomaston analyzes the Justice Department's petitions to the U.S. Supreme Court to review two legal challenges to the so-called Defense of Marriage Act.

See Also: Golinski v. OPM, Health Care Fairness, Lambda Legal in the News, Marriage, Same-sex relationships, U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Dept. Asks Supreme Court to Hear DOMA Challenge

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July 3, 2012

The Justice Department filed a request today that the U.S. Supreme Court hear Lambda Legal’s challenge to the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in the Golinski v. OPM case.

See Also: Golinski v. OPM, Marriage, Same-sex relationships, U.S. Supreme Court
On the Docket, In the Field

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July 3, 2012

Highlights of Lambda Legal's recent work around the country.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, Immigration and Asylum, Parenting, Transgender Rights
A Dream Derailed

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July 3, 2012

In 2009, Jackie Gill realized her lifelong ambition to teach college. But then her boss told her Texas and the institution where she taught “didn’t like homosexuals.”

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace
Two Clerks in Illinois Seek to Defend Marriage Ban in Lambda Legal's case

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July 3, 2012

Two Illinois county clerks are asking to intervene in Lambda Legal's lawsuit seeking marriage equality in that state.

See Also: Darby v. Orr, Marriage, Same-sex relationships
New Transgender Rights Fact Sheets on Seniors and Youth

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July 3, 2012

Lambda Legal announces the publication of two new transgender rights fact sheets, "Survival Tips for Trans Youth" and "Trans Aging: We're Still Here!"

See Also: Seniors, Tran, Transgender Rights, Youth

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New York Daily News Reports on NYC Landlord-Tenant Discrimination Dispute

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Analysis: Justice Dept. Presses Supreme Court to Resolve DOMA Challenges

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Justice Dept. Asks Supreme Court to Hear DOMA Challenge

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On the Docket, In the Field

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A Dream Derailed

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Two Clerks in Illinois Seek to Defend Marriage Ban in Lambda Legal's case

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New Transgender Rights Fact Sheets on Seniors and Youth

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