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| Social Security Administration Ignores Plight of Gay Father: Lambda Legal Files Suit | 05/28/2008 |
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(Washington DC, May 28, 2008) — Lambda Legal files suit today against the Social Security Administration on behalf of Gary Day, a disabled father, whose repeated requests for assistance for his children has been ignored for over two years. Indications in the government's responses point to anti-gay discrimination. Fair Courts Project |
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| Social Security Administration to Provide Benefits in Lambda Legal Case Representing Gay Father???s Children | 04/23/2009 |
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(Washington, DC, April 23, 2009) — In a letter received today, the Social Security Administration (SSA) reversed its prior determination to deny benefits to the children of a disabled gay father in Lambda Legal’s case representing the family against apparent antigay discrimination by the federal government. Adoption and Parenting |
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| Southern California Outcry Against Cirque du Soleil for HIV Discrimination Mounts, as Groups Join Protest Set for Jan. 22 and L.A. City Attorney Speaks Out | 01/15/2004 |
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| State Appeals Court Upholds New York City Domestic Partner Law | 11/05/1999 |
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(NEW YORK, November 5, 1999) -- A New York appeals court has upheld the New York City domestic partner law, dealing a blow to the national campaign waged by Pat Robertson's American Center for Law and Justice to overturn municipal domestic partner ordinances across the country, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund said Friday. Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments |
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| State Commission Recommends Penalty for Mississippi Judge's Extreme Anti-Gay Bias | 12/21/2002 |
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Fair Courts Project |
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| State Labor Commissioner Supports Gay Bakersfield Teacher | 03/09/1999 |
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(LOS ANGELES, March 9, 1999) -- The California Labor Commissioner ordered a Bakersfield school district to stop removing eighth graders from a science class because the teacher is gay, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund said Tuesday. Youth and Schools |
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| State of Iowa Continues to Deny Mothers of Stillborn Baby Accurate Death Certificate | 03/27/2012 |
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(Des Moines, IA, March 27, 2012) — Today the Iowa Attorney General’s office filed court documents saying that the state will continue to refuse an accurate death certificate to Jenny and Jessica Buntemeyer, asserting that it was correct in erasing Jenny’s name. Adoption and Parenting | Marriage | Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections | Same-Sex Relationships |
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| State of Iowa Erases Mother from Stillborn Baby’s Death Certificate: Lambda Legal Files Suit | 02/08/2012 |
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Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments | Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination | Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections | Same-Sex Relationships |
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| State of Oregon Agrees to Remove Gender Identity Exclusion for Transgender Employees From State Health Plan | 01/17/2013 |
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(Portland, January 17, 2013) - Lambda Legal today announced that the State of Oregon has changed an employee health care policy to remove all language that denies coverage to transgender people for transition-related health care. The change came in response to a lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal and cooperating attorney Jennifer Middleton on behalf of Alec Esquivel. Employment and Rights in the Workplace | Health Care Fairness | Transgender Rights |
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| State of Utah Spent Quarter Million in Futile Fight Against Gay Student Groups | 11/13/2001 |
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(SALT LAKE CITY, November 13, 2001) — A long, expensive court battle against student-run groups intended to support gay youth and their friends has ended for the state of Utah, which spent a quarter million dollars defending a Salt Lake City school board ban, the students’ lawyers said Tuesday. Youth and Schools |
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