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Being HIV-Positive Is Not a Crime

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April 25, 2012

Lambda Legal has filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging New York State's highest court to drop the aggravated assault charge leveled at a criminal defendant based on his HIV status.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, HIV
EEOC Issues Breakthrough Ruling Protecting Transgender Workers

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April 24, 2012

The decision is a big victory for the Transgender Law Center, and builds on the momentum of our federal appeals court victory on behalf of Vandy Beth Glenn, who was fired after announcing her gender transition.

See Also: Glenn v. Brumby, Transgender Rights
Becoming an Olympian, and Then a Newlywed

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April 24, 2012

The New York Times profiles Olympic wrestling qualifier Stephany Lee, who just married her partner in Iowa.

See Also: Marriage, Olympics, Varnum v. Brien
LGBT Estate Planning: Know Your Rights, Protect Your Rights

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April 23, 2012

Staff Attorney Beth Littrell will be partaking in Southern Equality’s Community Law Workshop, “LGBT Estate Planning: Know Your Rights, Protect Your Rights,” April 28 at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Asheville, NC.

See Also: Events, Take the Power
The LGBT Community Should Condemn Arizona’s Anti-Immigrant Law, SB 1070

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April 23, 2012

The LGBT community encompasses not only bi-national same-sex couples and LGBT asylum-seekers, but also undocumented LGBT immigrants who are often trapped in a “double closet.”

See Also: Arizona v. United States, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, HIV, Immigration and Asylum
Aging With Dignity

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April 23, 2012

LGBT older adults and older adults living with HIV face special challenges—but there are precautions they and their loved ones can take.

See Also: Janice Langbehn, Seniors, Take the Power, Transgender Rights
Police Sting Unfairly Targeted Gay Men

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April 20, 2012

Lambda Legal is urging a California court to reverse several convictions from a 2009 sting operation in the Warm Sands neighborhood of Palm Springs, Calif., because the arrests were the result of discriminatory enforcement of the laws.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Discrimination, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, In re Warm Sands Cases