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Lambda Legal Condemns Senate Republicans Push for Anti-Health Care Nominee Walker to DC Circuit in Middle of a Pandemic

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsay Graham has scheduled a hearing tomorrow on the nomination of Justin Walker to the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

ICE Releases Lambda Legal and Immigration Equality Clients Living with HIV

(Beaumont, TX – May 1, 2020) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) late yesterday released two asylum seekers living with HIV who were detained at an ICE detention facility in eastern Texas, less than one week after Lambda Legal and Immigration Equality, along with co-counsel Vinson & Elkins, submitted a letter demanding their release. The men were severely persecuted in Cuba because of their political activism and sexual orientation and had been detained in the U.S. since October 2019.

Lambda Legal to 10th Circuit: Colorado Federal District Court Right to Reject Religious License to Discriminate

(Denver, CO, April 30, 2020) – Lambda Legal late yesterday, in a friend-of-the-court brief, urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit to affirm a lower court that denied a Colorado marketing and design firm’s request that it be exempt from the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA) and instead be allowed to refuse website design services to same-sex couples because the owner claims it violates her religion to treat same- and different-sex couples equally.

Lambda Legal and Immigration Equality Urge ICE to Release Detainees Living with HIV

Today, Lambda Legal and Immigration Equality, along with co-counsel Vinson & Elkins, submitted a letter to ICE demanding the release of two asylum seekers living with HIV who are currently detained at the IAH Secure Detention Facility in eastern Texas. The men were severely persecuted in Cuba because of their political activism and sexual orientation. They have been detained in the U.S. since October 2019.

Grupos Piden a ICE Que Libere de Centros de Detención a Inmigrantes Que Viven con VIH

Hoy, las organizaciones Lambda Legal y Immigration Equality, junto con la firma Vinson & Elkins, sometieron a la agencia ICE una misiva exigiendo la liberación de dos solicitantes de asilo que viven con VIH y que actualmente están detenidos en el Centro de Detención IAH en el este de Texas. Los hombres fueron severamente acosados en Cuba debido a su activismo político y orientación sexual. Ambos han estado detenidos en los EE. UU. desde octubre de 2019.

Lambda Legal Urges TX Gov. Abbott to Expand Medicaid During COVID-19 Pandemic

(Dallas, TX – April 24, 2020) – Today, Lambda Legal’s South Central Regional Office in Dallas urged Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the Commissioner of Health Services to expand Medicaid coverage to ensure all uninsured Texans can access critical testing and other medical services during the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic.

Victory! Louisiana Sheriff’s Office Agrees to Pay $90,000 to Sheriff’s Deputy Candidate Denied Offer Due to His HIV Status

(New York, NY - April 20, 2020) -- Lambda Legal today announced it has reached a settlement with the Iberia Parish Sheriff Office on behalf of William “Liam” Pierce, a former police officer who was denied a job as a sheriff’s deputy when he noted as part of a medical evaluation that he is living with HIV.

183 National, State, and Local Organizations Call on Congress to Ensure Nondiscrimination Protections in COVID-19 Response

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Lambda Legal, along with nearly 200 national, state, and local organizations, sent a letter to Congressional leaders asking that they ensure the protection of vulnerable communities in any COVID-19 response legislation.

Lambda Legal Asks Court to Confirm Idaho Anti-Transgender Birth Certificate Law Violates Ruling

(Boise, ID, April 16, 2020) – Lambda Legal today filed a motion with the U.S. District Court to confirm that its March 5, 2018 ruling, which ordered Idaho state officials to allow transgender people born in Idaho to correct the gender markers on their birth certificates to match their gender identity, bars enforcement of the recent bill signed into law by Gov. Brad Little, which reinstates a ban against such corrections by transgender people.

Lambda Legal Commends Virginia Gov. Northam for Signing Comprehensive Nondiscrimination Bill

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam late yesterday signed into law the Virginia Values Act, historic legislation that bans anti-LGBTQ discrimination in employment, housing and public spaces.

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