(New York, February 24, 2010) - Today Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler issued an opinion saying that recognition of out-of-state marriages of same-sex couples is consistent with Maryland law. Lambda Legal applauds the opinion that follows similar analysis in other states like New York.

Statement from Susan Sommer, Director of Constitutional Litigation at Lambda Legal:

(Washington, D.C., March 3, 2010) — As the District of Columbia today opens civil marriage to lesbian and gay couples, Lambda Legal issued the following statement from National Marriage Project Director Jennifer C. Pizer:

(New Orleans, March 4, 2010) – Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell today filed a motion requesting that the full Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals review a February 20 decision by a three-judge panel ordering the Louisiana Registrar of Vital Statistics to respect a New York adoption by a same-sex couple of a Louisiana-born baby boy and issue an accurate birth certificate listing both parents.

2/18/2010

"Louisiana must put both fathers' names on the birth certificate of a boy adopted by a same-sex couple, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.

"...'Even our opponents have said this is landmark case and we're pleased the court agrees that it's wrong to punish children just because the registrar doesn't like their parents,' said Kenneth Upton, the attorney for Lambda Legal who represented the couple, Oren Adar and Mickey Ray Smith of San Diego.

From February 2010 eNews (Vol.7, No. 2)

We are impatient – for good reason. For Lambda Legal, "Don't Ask Don’t Tell" (DADT) is and always has been a national outrage and a focal point of our work. When we represented Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer 18 years ago, DADT wasn't even on the books yet. But for decades before DADT was established in 1994, countless men and women who put their lives on the line saw their commitment and sacrifice — not to mention those of their families — reduced to a cruel dismissal because of fear, ignorance and prejudice.

2/4/2010

"Today, Lambda Legal released the first nationwide survey that examines health care discrimination experienced by LGBT people and people living with HIV.

2/3/2010

"Defense Secretary Robert Gates told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the military is launching a review of what changes in housing, fraternization and personnel policies would be needed to implement an end to the ban on openly gay service members. He promised a detailed plan 'by the end of the calendar year.'

(New York, February 2, 2010) - In response to today's hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on the repeal of the military's policy on gay service members known as "Don't Ask Don't Tell," Lambda Legal released the following statement by Kevin Cathcart, Executive Director:

(Honolulu, February 1, 2010) — Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai'i Foundation (ACLU) today announced they are planning legal action against the state of Hawai'i following last Friday's failure by the Hawai'i Legislature to enact a law providing broad legal rights and duties to the state's lesbian and gay couples.

2/2/2010

"Gay-rights advocates are preparing a lawsuit alleging that the state is violating the equal protection rights of same-sex couples by not passing a civil-unions law.

"Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai'i yesterday said they would bring the lawsuit after the state House voted on Friday to indefinitely postpone action on civil unions this session.