10/13/2009

"The Alliance Defense Fund of Scottsdale, Ariz., is challenging the governments' decision to give equal benefits to gay couples, saying same-sex marriage is illegal in New York.

"The group lost in lower courts, which have ruled that extending the benefits is legal and does not conflict with current laws.

10/14/2009

"A Christian legal group seeking to stop New York agencies from recognizing same-sex marriages performed outside the state argued in the state's highest court Tuesday that the practice amounts to a policy decision that requires approval by lawmakers.

10/07/2009

"In 2006, Oren Adar and Mickey Smith made an addition to their family. While living in New York, they adopted a child, a toddler who was born in Shreveport.

"...The two legally adopted the child, but when they tried to get a birth certificate with both of their names as listed as 'parents' on it in Louisiana, the state’s Registrar of Vital Statistics told them no.

In life, good comes with bad and the fight for fairness in health care is no different. Last week in a single day, Lambda Legal had a bracing dose of both.

(New Orleans, October 7, 2009) – A three-member panel of federal judges in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard today from attorneys on both sides regarding Lambda Legal’s lawsuit against the Louisiana Registrar of Vital Statistics for refusing to respect the New York adoption by a same-sex couple of a Louisiana-born baby boy.

(Huntington, Oregon, August 4, 2009) — Lambda Legal’s clients, an Oregon lesbian couple, have received a letter of apology from Lions Club officials, as well as a promise that the club’s local chapters will be reminded of their responsibilities under state antidiscrimination laws, following an incident at a May 22 club-sponsored catfish derby.

(New York, July 1, 2009) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced it will issue proposed new rules that would lift the HIV travel and immigration ban by removing HIV from the list of communicable diseases of public health significance for immigrants to the United States. 

Scott Schoettes, HIV Project Staff Attorney at Lambda Legal said:

(Atlanta, GA, June 26, 2009) — The United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia today denied the Georgia General Assembly's motion to dismiss Lambda Legal's federal lawsuit on behalf of Vandy Beth Glenn, a transgender woman who was fired from her job as Legislative Editor after she told them she planned to transition from male to female.

(New York, June 24, 2009) — With the introduction of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) today, Lambda Legal issued the following statement from Kevin Cathcart, Executive Director of Lambda Legal:

"With an inclusive ENDA now introduced, Congress should act swiftly to pass this law to ensure workplace equality for our entire community. We thank Representative Barney Frank for introducing the bill and Representatives Tammy Baldwin and Jared Polis, and many others, for co-sponsoring it.