(Des Moines, Iowa, August 25, 2008) — August 31 will mark the one year anniversary of the first marriage of a same-sex couple in Iowa after Lambda Legal's victory in which a district court ruled that barring same-sex couples from marriage is unconstitutional.

(San Francisco, August 18, 2008) — The California Supreme Court has ruled that a group of doctors cannot use their religion as a legal excuse for violating the civil rights of their former patient — an Oceanside lesbian — to whom they refused an infertility treatment based on their religious views about her sexual orientation.

(New York, July 29, 2008) — The Massachusetts Legislature has repealed the 1913 anti-marriage law that barred out-of-state same-sex couples from marrying there, and Governor Patrick has already announced he will sign the bill. Lambda Legal issued the following statement from David Buckel, Marriage Project Director:

(New York, NY July 25, 2008) — In a letter submitted today, Lambda Legal urges President Bush to end the ban on visitors and immigrants who are HIV positive by signing the President's Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) reauthorization bill.

(Newfield, NY, July 22, 2008) — In an effort to persuade the Newfield Central School District (NCSD) to abandon its stance that the New York Human Rights Law (NYHRL) does not apply to public schools, Lambda Legal today sent school board members a letter outlining the legal flaws in their position and warning of future consequences for students who may face antigay discrimination.

(Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 2008) — Today Lambda Legal announced a federal lawsuit against Georgia General Assembly officials on behalf of Vandy Beth Glenn, a transgender woman who was fired from her job as a Legislative Editor after she stated her intention to live as a woman in accordance with her health care providers' recommendations.

(San Francisco, July 16, 2008) – Today, the California Supreme Court issued an order in Bennett v. Bowen, S164520, denying a petition to remove Proposition 8, the proposed marriage ban, from the November ballot.

Equality California, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Lambda Legal, and the American Civil Liberties Union issued the following statement:

(New York, July 1, 2008) — Lambda Legal is filing a discrimination complaint with the New York Attorney General's office on behalf of a gay couple in New York barred from posting their online adoptive-parent profile by Arizona-based Adoption Profiles, LLC and Adoption Media, LLC solely because they are a same-sex couple — violating New York antidiscrimination laws.

(Miami, Florida, June 25, 2008) — Today Lambda Legal announced a lawsuit against Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami for the negligent and outrageous treatment towards the family of Lisa Pond, a lesbian whose partner of 18 years and their three children were not allowed to see her as she slipped into a coma and died.

(New York, NY June 23, 2008) — In oral arguments today at the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, Lambda Legal defended County Executive Spano's responsibility to adhere to New York law and recognize out-of-state marriages of same-sex couples.