Press Release

(Wichita Falls, TX – July 27, 2016) – Five leading national civil and LGBT rights organizations today filed an Amicus (friend-of-the-court) brief in the multi-state lawsuit challenging the Obama administration’s guidance regarding public school districts’ responsibility to allow transgender students to use the same restrooms as other students.

(Denver, CO, July 20, 2016) – Lambda Legal today argued in federal district court that the U.S. State Department erred when it refused to issue a passport to Dana Zzyym, a U.S. citizen and Navy veteran who is intersex and does not identify as male or female. The State Department denied Dana’s passport application because Dana could not accurately choose either male or female on the passport application form, and the form does not provide any other gender marker designation.

(October 29, 2015, New York, NY) – Lambda Legal today announced Ford Foundation Fellow Caroline Sacerdote has joined its legal team, working out of the organization’s headquarters office in New York City. Awarded the fellowship based on her objective to help secure equal and affordable access to care and treatment for people living with and at higher risk for HIV, the 2015 Harvard Law graduate will be working within Lambda Legal’s HIV Project.

(Cleveland, OH, July, 13, 2016) — The Cleveland City Council tonight passed an amendment to the city nondiscrimination ordinance that strikes a provision that allowed private business owners with public accommodations to dictate which bathroom a patron could use.

(Dallas, July 8, 2016) —After the shooting deaths of Dallas Police Officers and DART officers at a peaceful protest last night, Lambda Legal issued a statement from Roger Poindexter, South Central Regional Office Director and National Board of Directors Co-chair Tracey Guyot-Wallace, both based in Dallas

(New York, July 7, 2016) —Today, after the deaths of two more Black men, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, at the hands of police, Lambda Legal released the following statement from CEO Rachel B. Tiven:

(Washington, D.C., July 5, 2016)—Today, Lambda Legal filed an amicus brief in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court concerning whether Missouri can enforce a provision of its state constitution that excludes churches from receiving government grants.

We are pleased with the Department of Defense’s decision to finally remove this unjust barrier to military service. The military is our nation's largest employer, and we are encouraged by this critical step to help end government-sanctioned employment discrimination.

(Jackson, June 30, 2016) — Today Lambda Legal announced that as part of its watchdog efforts as HB 1523 -- Mississippi’s anti-LGBT law -- takes effect tomorrow, it has sent demands to a dozen Mississippi government agencies and officials for records relating to the law and its impact.

RALEIGH – Today, after draft legislation with proposed changes to the sweeping anti-LGBT measure, North Carolina House Bill 2, was released, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of North Carolina, and Lambda Legal—who are challenging House Bill 2 in federal court on behalf of six LGBT North Carolinians and members of the ACLU of North Carolina—released the following statement: