Press Release

(Washington, DC, May 9, 2018) – Today, Lambda Legal urged Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Feinstein to oppose the nomination of Ryan Bounds, President Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In a joint letter signed by 31 other national, state, and local LGBT organizations, Lambda Legal asked the leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee to oppose Mr. Bounds’ nomination due to his expressed animosity towards the LGBT community, his hostility towards people of color, and his overall lack of judgement.

Late yesterday evening, the Oklahoma legislature passed SB1140, a license-to-discriminate bill that would allow taxpayer-funded child welfare agencies to reject foster or adoptive parents based upon the agency’s religious beliefs. Not to be outdone, several hours later Kansas legislators passed a similar bill – SB284. Both bills are now before the governors of Oklahoma and Kansas awaiting signature.

(Washington, DC, April 24, 2018) – Today, the U.S. Senate confirmed Kyle Duncan for a lifetime appointment to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by a vote of 50 to 47. Lambda Legal CEO Rachel B. Tiven issued the following statement following today’s vote:

(San Juan, PR, April 20, 2018) – Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico issued its opinion, as promised in the order earlier this month, that denying accurate birth certificates to transgender people is a violation of their privacy.

(Washington, DC, April 19, 2018) – Today, Sharon McGowan, Director of Strategy at Lambda Legal, issued the following statement after Mitch McConnell filed cloture on Kyle Duncan, nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit:

(New York, April 14, 2018) — The tragic death of former Lambda Legal Marriage Project Director David Buckel has been reported by several news outlets today and Camilla Taylor, Director of Constitutional Litigation and Acting Legal Director, issued the following statement.

(SEATTLE, April xx, 2018) – Today, a federal court in Seattle issued a judgment scuttling the Trump Administration’s discriminatory plan to ban transgender people from serving openly in the U.S. Armed Services.

(Boise, ID, April 6, 2018) -- Lambda Legal scored an important victory last month when a federal court ruled that Idaho was constitutionally required to provide accurate birth certificates to transgender people that reflect their gender identity.  Today marks the first day when Idaho will begin actually accepting applications to correct those certificates.

(Jackson, April 5, 2018) — Today, Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that married same-sex couples should have the same parenting rights as different sex couples in a Lambda Legal case on behalf of Chris Strickland, a non-biological lesbian mother who was denied legal parentage for children she and her now ex-wife planned for and raised together.

(San Juan, PR, 4 de abril, 2018) – Tarde en el día de ayer, el Tribunal de Distrito para el Distrito de Puerto Rico derogó una política que impedía que las personas transgénero y transexuales nacidas en Puerto Rico pudieran corregir el indicador de sexo en sus certificados de nacimiento. El tribunal ordenó a los funcionarios de gobierno a permitir este tipo de corrección. Lambda Legal radicó esta demanda única en su clase durante el pasado abril en un tribunal federal con el objetivo de eliminar la prohibición a cambios de indicador de sexo en el certificado de nacimiento.