Today the Iowa Supreme Court set aside the conviction of Nick Rhoades, an HIV-positive Iowan who was initially sentenced to 25 years in prison, with required registration as a sex offender, after having a one-time sexual encounter with another man during which they used a condom.
(Des Moines, IA, June 13, 2014) — Today the Iowa Supreme Court set aside the conviction of Nick Rhoades, an HIV-positive Iowan who was initially sentenced to 25 years in prison, with required registration as a sex offender, after having a one-time sexual encounter with another man during which they used a condom.
Today, New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton announced that police will no longer use possession of condoms as evidence of prostitution in particular circumstances.
(New York, May 12, 2014) - After the announcement today by New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton that police will no longer use possession of condoms as evidence of prostitution in particular circumstances, Lambda Legal issued the following statement from Deputy Legal Director Hayley Gorenberg
Jael Humphrey, Staff Attorney and Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct Program Strategist
Q: I have a cousin who was recently picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and she’s transgender. She is planning to apply for asylum in the United States because she is afraid she will be persecuted if she is deported. I heard that there are new rules to protect transgender people in immigration detention facilities. What are they?
Jael Humphrey, Staff Attorney and Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct Program Strategist
P: Tengo una prima que fue recientemente detenida por el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE), y ella es transgénero. Ella tiene la intención de solicitar asilo en los Estados Unidos porque teme que será perseguida si es deportada. He oído que hay nuevas reglas para proteger a las personas transgénero en los centros de detención de inmigración. ¿Cuáles son?
Jael Humphrey, Staff Attorney and Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct Program Strategist
LGBT people in custody are particularly vulnerable and are at heightened risk for sexual assault and physical abuse.
(Des Moines, IA,January 27, 2014) — Yesterday the Iowa Supreme Court granted review of the conviction of Nick Rhoades, an HIV-positive Iowan who was initially sentenced to 25 years in prison and required to register as a sex offender after having a one-time sexual encounter with another man during which they used a condom.
Thomas W. Ude, Jr., Counsel and Government Misconduct Program Strategist
On this, the 15th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, we honor those we have lost to anti-transgender hatred and violence, including Islan Nettles, who was beaten to death last August while she was simply walking down the street.
