Press Release

(Anchorage, AK, May 13, 2014) – Lambda Legal urged the Alaska Supreme Court today to grant access to survivor benefits for Deborah Harris, the same-sex partner of Kerry Fadely, who was shot and killed in 2011 by a disgruntled former employee.

(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

(Evansville, IN, May 9, 2014) — Lambda Legal today denounced Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller for appealing the court order issued yesterday ago compelling the State of Indiana to recognize the marriage of a woman battling stage four ovarian cancer and her wife.

Lambda Legal launched an online petition asking the public to help support the couple during this difficult time. Visit: http://www.lambdalegal.org/petition/indiana-attorney-general

(Evansville, IN, May 8, 2014) — Today, a federal court in Indiana again ordered the state to recognize the marriage of Amy Sandler and Niki Quasney. Lambda Legal won an emergency order for the couple in April which was set to expire on May 8 — today’s decision extends the requirement of the state to recognize their marriage throughout the court proceedings.

(Chicago, April 29, 2014) – Lambda Legal today announced Kyle Palazzolo as a new Staff and HIV Project Attorney at the Midwest Regional Office in Chicago.

(New York, April 28, 2014) - Lambda Legal today announced Omar Gonzalez-Pagan as a new staff attorney in its National Headquarters.

(New York, May 5, 2014) - Lambda Legal today launched a multi-faceted campaign in conjunction with New Jersey-based legal organizations, citizens groups, and unions to persuade New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie not to play politics with the New Jersey Supreme Court.

(Evansville, IN, May 2, 2014) — Today, Lambda Legal asked a federal court to compel the State of Indiana to continue to recognize the marriage of a lesbian couple from Munster, as well as to extend the freedom to marry to all Indiana same-sex couples.

(Atlanta, April 22, 2014) - Today Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on behalf of a widow and three same-sex couples challenging Georgia’s discriminatory marriage ban.

(Urbana, IL, April 16, 2014) — Yesterday, in the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, Urbana Division, Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit on behalf of Naya Taylor, a transgender womandenied medical care after she requested hormone replacement therapy.