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| Statement from Lambda Legal Deputy Legal Director Hayley Gorenberg on Four Recent Teen Suicides | 09/29/2010 |
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Today, as we heard news of the fourth apparent teenage suicide in recent weeks, following antigay bullying and harassment, we felt overwhelming grief and anger. Losing one young person because of bigotry and hate is too muchbut two, three, four? Youth and Schools | Teens & Young Adults |
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| Statement from Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund on Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision to Uphold Cincinnati's Issue 3 | 10/23/1997 |
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Legal Defense and Education Fund criticized "a renegade ruling" that on Thursday upheld the country's last remaining anti-gay initiative. Cincinnati's Issue 3 would bar the Cincinnati City Council from protecting lesbians and gay men against discrimination. Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments |
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| Statement from Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund on Proposal for Anti-Marriage Amendment | 07/12/2001 |
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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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| 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 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 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 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 Commission Recommends Penalty for Mississippi Judge's Extreme Anti-Gay Bias | 12/21/2002 |
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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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