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Lambda Legal Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Reject Religious Exemption for For-Profit Companies

(Washington, January 28, 2014) - Lambda Legal today filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject arguments made by for-profit companies that they should be allowed to block their employees' access to insurance coverage for contraception required by the Affordable Care Act because the companies' owners claim birth control violates their religious beliefs.

Iowa Supreme Court to Hear Appeal of HIV-Positive Man in Lambda Legal Case

(Des Moines, IA,January 27, 2014) — Yesterday the Iowa Supreme Court granted review of the conviction of Nick Rhoades, an HIV-positive Iowan who was initially sentenced to 25 years in prison and required to register as a sex offender after having a one-time sexual encounter with another man during which they used a condom.

Lambda Legal Reacts to Nevada AG Statement Regarding Lawsuit Challenging State Marriage Ban

(Las Vegas, January 25, 2014) – Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto late yesterday issued a statement declaring that her office was reconsidering the State’s arguments in Lambda Legal’s lawsuit challenging Nevada’s discriminatory marriage ban.

Virginia Attorney General Finds State Marriage Ban Unconstitutional

The Virginia attorney general will announce today that his office has concluded Virginia’s bans on marriages for same-sex couples are unconstitutional, and he will no longer defend legal challenges to the bans now pending in federal court.

Ninth Circuit Rules Sexual Orientation Discrimination Requires Careful Scrutiny By Courts

(Los Angeles, January 21, 2014) – The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today overturned a lower court ruling because the trial judge erred in allowing one litigant to use a peremptory challenge (a challenge to a juror not based on demonstrated cause) to remove a juror because of the juror’s sexual orientation.

Lambda Legal Announces Hire of Jael Humphrey as Staff Attorney in National Headquarters

(New York, January 15, 2014) - Today, Lambda Legal announced it has hired Jael Humphrey as staff attorney in its national headquarters in New York.

Lambda Legal Welcomes Carmina Ocampo as New Staff Attorney in Western Regional Office

(Los Angeles, CA, January 15, 2014) - Lambda Legal announced today Carmina Ocampo has joined the organization as staff attorney in its Western Regional Office in Los Angeles.

Lambda Legal Deplores Gov. Christie Veto of Transgender Birth Certificate Bill

(New York, January 13, 2014) – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie today vetoed a bill passed by strong majorities in the New Jersey House and Senate that would allow transgender people to updatethe gender marker on their birth certificates to match their lived gender.

Lambda Legal Cheers Obama Administration Plan to Recognize Utah Marriages

(New York, January 10, 2014) -- The Obama administration today announced that it will recognize as lawful the marriages of 1,300 same-sex couples in Utah, even though the state government is refusing to do so.

It's Time to Allow Same-Sex Couples in West Virginia to Marry, Lambda Legal Urges Court

(Huntington, WV, December 31, 2013) - Lambda Legal today filed a motion for summary judgment asking the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia to rule swiftly for three same-sex couples seeking the freedom to marry.

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