Press Release

(Columbus, OH, January 5, 2009) — The Supreme Court of Ohio last week let stand an appeals court ruling affirming the enforceability of a court-approved child custody agreement in a case involving lesbian mothers.

(New York, January 5, 2009) — A decision last week from the New York Appellate Division, Second Department affirmed dismissal of a case brought by antigay Arizona group the Alliance Defense Fund and confirmed that Westchester County Executive Spano lawfully recognized out-of-state marriages of same–sex couples.

(New Orleans, December 23, 2008) — In a major victory for same-sex parents nationwide, a U.S. District Court judge in Louisiana has ordered the state registrar to honor the New York adoption of a baby boy by a same-sex couple, saying her continued failure to do so violated the U.S. Constitution.

(Los Angeles, December 16, 2008) — Lambda Legal has named Jennifer C. Pizer, senior counsel in its Los Angeles–based Western Regional Office, as director of its national marriage project. Pizer succeeds former Marriage Project Director David Buckel, who left Lambda Legal at the end of November.

(Des Moines, December 9, 2008) — Today the Iowa Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Lambda Legal's case on behalf of six Iowa same-sex couples and their families who are seeking the right to marry.

"We put our best case forward, and hope that the Court breathes life into the Iowa Constitution's promise of equality," said Camilla Taylor, Senior Staff Attorney and chief architect of the lawsuit based in Lambda Legal's Midwest Regional Office in Chicago.

(New York, December 1, 2008) — This World AIDS Day, December 1, 2008, Lambda Legal urges the new administration of President-Elect Barack Obama to reverse policies that have challenged the human and civil rights of people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States.

(New York, November 20, 2008) — On Transgender Day of Remembrance, Lambda Legal Executive Director Kevin Cathcart issued the following statement:

(San Francisco, California, November 19, 2008) — Today the California Supreme Court granted review in the legal challenges to Proposition 8, which passed by a narrow margin of 52 percent on November 4. In an order issued today, the Court agreed to hear the case and set an expedited briefing schedule. The Court also denied an immediate stay.    

(New York, November 14, 2008) — In the wake of the passage of Prop 8 in California, Lambda Legal Executive Director Kevin Cathcart issued the following statement: