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| Statement on NYC Council Condemning Proposed Federal Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Banning Same-Sex Couples from Equal Treatment | 02/26/2004 |
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| In a First-of-Its-Kind Example, Lambda Legal Announces Settlement Agreement that Lays Groundwork for Civil Rights Safeguards in Public Funding of Faith Based Organizations | 11/05/2003 |
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(Washington, DC, November 5, 2003) - As the nation debates the new wave of government funding of faith-based social services, Lambda Legal today announced a lawsuit settlement requiring civil rights safeguards when faith-based organizations receive taxpayer dollars to provide social services. Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments |
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| Lambda Legal Urges Arizona Supreme Court To Uphold Governor's Executive Order Barring Anti-Gay Discrimination Against State Employees | 10/17/2003 |
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(Phoenix, October 17, 2003) - In an important case for lesbian, gay and bisexual Arizona state employees, Lambda Legal today urged the state Supreme Court to uphold Gov. Janet Napolitano’s executive order that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation against state employees. Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments |
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| Newark Lesbian Couple and Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Statements on Teenager Murdered Because She Was a Lesbian | 05/13/2003 |
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| Lambda Legal Urges U.S. Supreme Court To Overturn Texas's 'Homosexual Conduct' Law; Dozens of Respected and Diverse Groups Step Forward in Support | 01/16/2003 |
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| New Lambda Legal Office to Expand Fight for Rights of Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered People in Eight South Central States | 06/18/2002 |
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WHAT: Opening of South Central Regional Office in Dallas, Texas for Lambda Legal (Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund) Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments |
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| Plymouth-Canton Education Association v. Plymouth-Canton Board of Education | 05/02/2002 |
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| Media Briefing on Lambda's Top Concerns in the South and Nationwide | 01/28/2002 |
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(ATLANTA) — Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund invites news reporters, editors, and producers to a February 1 media breakfast briefing about Lambda’s top civil rights concerns for lesbians, gay men, and people with HIV and AIDS in the South and around the country. Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments |
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| Red Cross Issues Guidelines on Relief Assistance to Lesbian and Gay Survivors of September 11 | 12/04/2001 |
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(NEW YORK, December 4, 2001) — Today, the Empire State Pride Agenda, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, and the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti Violence Project praised the American Red Cross for issuing an official policy of fair treatment for gay and lesbian families suffering from the loss of a loved one on September 11. Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments |
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| Public Resists Discrimination by Boy Scouts of America | 07/30/2001 |
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(NEW YORK, July 30, 2001) — Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Monday confirmed reports that discrimination by the Boy Scouts of America is drawing unprecedented opposition, especially raising concerns that the BSA’s anti-gay policy is harmful to young people. Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments |
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