Press Release

(Burlington,VT April 22, 2011) -As just reported in the Rutland Herald (pay site), there has been an arrest in the custody case involving former civil union partners Janet Jenkins and Lisa Miller, and their daughter, Isabella Miller-Jenkins. Lisa did not comply with a court order to transfer custody of Isabella to Janet on January 1, 2010.

(New York, April 15, 2011)—Yesterday, the Delaware House of Representatives voted 26-15 to approve a civil unions bill that will provide same-sex couples who enter into such civil unions the same rights, protections and obligations now granted in Delaware to married couples. The Senate had approved the measure earlier, and the Governor has announced he will sign the bill into law. It will go into effect on January 1, 2012.

Lambda Legal's national Marriage Project Director Camilla Taylor issued the following statement:

Today, in recognition of the National Day of Silence, Lambda Legal issued the following statement by Deputy Legal Director Hayley Gorenberg:

"It's been 15 years since the first Day of Silence, but after several tragic suicides by young LGBT people last fall, the media finally began to shine a light on LGBT youth who are bullied and harassed in schools.

Today Lambda Legal and Morrison & Foerster LLP filed an amended complaint challenging the constitutionality of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in its case representing Karen Golinski, a federal court employee denied spousal health benefits for her wife.

(New Orleans, April 13, 2011) — Late today the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed two prior court rulings and denied an accurate birth certificate to a Louisiana born 5 year old boy who was adopted at birth by a gay couple in New York.

(Little Rock, AR, April 7, 2011) - Today, the Arkansas Supreme Court upheld the lower court ruling that struck down Act 1, an Arkansas law banning cohabiting unmarried couples living together from adopting or fostering children.

(Washington, April 5, 2011) - A majority of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) older adults who answered a national online survey believe that staff of long-term care facilities would discriminate against an LGBT elder who was open about his or her sexual orientation, and more than half believe that staff or other residents would abuse or neglect an LGBT elder.

(Los Angeles, April 4, 2011) — Lambda Legal, Knights Out, OutServe, the Human Rights Campaign, and the Anti-Defamation League today filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals urging it to uphold a lower court ruling that declared "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) unconstitutional. The brief was filed in support of a case originally filed in 2004 by the Log Cabin Republicans.

(New York, April 4, 2011) - Today, on the heels of the second anniversary of marriage equality in Iowa, Lambda Legal announced that Camilla Taylor, lead attorney on the Iowa marriage equality lawsuit, has been promoted to national Marriage Project Director.

(New York, April 4, 2011)—The Department of Health and Human Services today announced a series of current and future actions to "improve the health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities."

The announcement, timed to coincide with the 9th Annual LGBT Health Awareness Week, stated that "For too long, LGBT people have been denied the compassionate services they deserve. That is now changing….Safeguarding the health and well-being of all Americans requires a commitment to treating all people with respect while being sensitive to their differences."