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US Supreme Court Denies Lambda Legal Appeal of LGBT Employment Discrimination Case

WASHINGTON (December 11, 2017) – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will not review the Lambda Legal case on behalf of Jameka Evans, a Savannah security guard who was harassed at work and forced from her job because she is a lesbian.

Lambda Legal to Senate Judiciary Committee: Stop Advancing Trump’s Dangerous Judicial Nominees on the Backs of LGBT Americans

Washington, DC – Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee continued their relentless push to stack the federal courts with Donald Trump’s anti-LGBT nominees by advancing several nominations to the Senate floor along a party line vote, including the nominations of Leonard Steven Grasz to the U.S.

Lambda Legal Brings Together 28 Other LGBT Organizations to Oppose Nominations of L. Steven Grasz and Mark Norris to Federal Bench Ahead of Senate Judiciary Vote Today, Citing Extreme Anti-LGBT Records

Lambda Legal and 28 other national, state and local LGBT organizations sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee ahead of a vote today urging them to oppose the nominations of Leonard Steven Grasz to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and Mark Norris to the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, stressing that their records “demonstrate that their appointments to the bench would cause grave harm to the LGBT community, as well as many other communities who rely on the federal judiciary to administer fair and impartial justice.”

Lambda Legal Sues Oswego County for Refusal to Cover Transition-Related Care for Transgender Employee

(SYRACUSE, N.Y., November 30, 2017) – Today, Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit against Oswego County and the Oswego County Department of Social Services (DSS) on behalf of Sean Simonson, a retired transgender county employee.

HIV Project Director, Scott Schoettes Reacts to White House World AIDS Day Proclamation

(Chicago, IL, November 30, 2017)—Today, the President issued a World AIDS Day Proclamation.

Lambda Legal Urges Mississippi High Court to Reverse Divorce Decree That Ruled an Anonymous Sperm Donor Has Parental Rights Over Married Same-Sex Spouse

(Jackson, November 29, 2017) — Today, Lambda Legal, with the support of local counsel Dianne Ellis, argued before the Mississippi Supreme Court on behalf of Chris Strickland, a non-biological lesbian mother denied legal parentage of the children she and her former-wife planned for and raised together, including their 7 year-old who was born during their marriage.

Lambda Legal: Chairman Grassley and Senate Judiciary GOP Bulldoze Judicial Nomination Process to Stack Federal Courts with Extremist Nominees

Washington, DC – Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on two judicial nominees for lifetime appointments to the federal bench: Kyle Duncan for the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and David Stras for the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Enough is Enough: Lambda Legal Condemns U.S. Senate for Handing Architect of Trump Administration’s Anti-LGBT Agenda Lifetime Appointment on Powerful DC Circuit Court

Washington, DC – The United States Senate this evening confirmed Gregory Katsas – the legal architect of many of Donald Trump’s anti-LGBT efforts – to the powerful U.S. Federal Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Lambda Legal to U.S. Senate: Architect of Administration’s Anti-LGBT Agenda Has No Place on Powerful DC Circuit Court

Washington, DC – Lambda Legal today urged the United States Senate to reject the nomination of Deputy White House Counsel Gregory Katsas to the powerful U.S. Federal Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. A vote on Katsas’ nomination is expected this evening.

Lambda Legal Brings Together 40 Other LGBT Organizations to Oppose Nomination of Gregory Katsas to Powerful D.C. Circuit, Citing “Prolific” Anti-LGBT Legal Work

Washington, DC – Today, Lambda Legal and 40 other national, state, and local LGBT organizations sent a letter to the United States Senate urging members to oppose the confirmation of Gregory Katsas to the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals for the D.C.

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