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Unanimous California Supreme Court Rejects Attempt to Limit Discrimination Claims by People with Disabilities

(San Francisco, June 11, 2009) — Today the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act does not impose extra legal hurdles for people with disabilities, including people living with HIV who seek damages for discrimination.


Statement from Tara Borelli, Staff Attorney at Lambda Legal and a principal author of the friend-of-the court brief Lambda Legal submitted urging today’s legal result in Munson v. Del Taco:

Lambda Legal Applauds West Virginia Court Order Restoring Custody of Foster Child to Lesbian Mothers

(Charleston, WV, June 8, 2009) — The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia ruled Friday that a foster child should be returned to her lesbian foster parents, Kathryn Kutil and Cheryl Hess, reversing an antigay lower court ruling that sought to remove the child on the basis that her placement was not with a “traditional family.” Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief representing several foster care groups.

Lead Couple In Prop 8 Legal Challenge Release Statement On Court Decision

(San Francisco) May 26, 2009 — Today, following the ruling of the California Supreme Court in Strauss v. Horton, the LGBT community's challenge to Proposition 8 brought by the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Lambda Legal and the ACLU, lead petitioners Karen Strauss and Ruth Borenstein released the following statement:


Karen Strauss:

Lambda Legal Statement on the Nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court

(New York, May 26, 2009) — In response to the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, a judge on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, to the U.S. Supreme Court, Lambda Legal's Executive Director, Kevin Cathcart, made the following statement:

"All Americans need justices who will uphold the Constitution, apply its principles carefully to the questions before them each day and protect personal freedoms for everyone in America, not just a select few.

Lambda Legal Applauds Connecticut Court for Extending Protections against Harassment to Gay Workers

(Hartford, CT, May 18, 2009) — The Superior Court in Hartford, Connecticut today ruled that Connecticut’s Fair Employment Practices Act prohibits antigay harassment against employees.

Lambda Legal Files Federal Lawsuit Against Assisted Living Facility Following Eviction of HIV-Positive Retired Minister

(Little Rock, Ark., May 12, 2009) — Lambda Legal announced today that it has filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas against Fox Ridge of North Little Rock, an assisted living facility. 


The lawsuit was filed on behalf of 75–year–old Reverend Dr. Robert Franke, a retired university provost and Unitarian-Universalist minister, and his daughter, Sara Franke Bowling.

Lambda Legal Affirms Commitment to LGBTQ Student Rights in the Wake of Tragic Suicides

(New York, April 27 2009) — Lambda Legal today issued the following statement in response to the tragic suicides of Jaheem Herrera of Dekalb County, Georgia, and Carl Joseph Walker–Hoover, of Springfield, Massachusetts, both 11–year–olds who faced antigay harassment and bullying.


Statement from Kevin Cathcart, Executive Director of Lambda Legal:

Lambda Legal Celebrates Historic Victory in Iowa on First Day Marriage Licenses are Issued to Same-Sex Couples

(New York, April 27, 2009) — Lambda Legal today issued the following statement on the first day that marriage licenses are being issued to same-sex couples in Iowa.


Statement from Kevin Cathcart, Executive Director at Lambda Legal:


"At Lambda Legal we are thrilled to extend our congratulations and warmest wishes to the couples and their families who can celebrate today and in the future because their relationships will now be honored and treated equally under the law.

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