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| Cirque du Soleil To Pay $600,000 To End HIV Discrimination Complaint by Former Performer, In Nations Largest HIV Settlement of Its Kind | 04/22/2004 |
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(Los Angeles, April 22, 2004) - Lambda Legal announced today that Cirque du Soleil will pay a record $600,000 to end an HIV discrimination complaint filed by a performer who was fired last year because he has HIV. The settlement ends a nationwide campaign and a federal disability complaint filed by Lambda Legal on behalf of its client, Matthew Cusick. HIV |
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| Child Welfare, Legal Advocates Support Lambda Legal's Petition for Supreme Court Review of Louisiana's Refusal to Issue Birth Certificate to Son Adopted by Two Fathers | 08/11/2011 |
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The nation's leading child welfare organizations have joined family law and constitutional scholars in support of Lambda Legal's petition for a writ of certiorari asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case of a same-sex couple seeking an accurate birth certificate for their Louisiana-born son whom they adopted in New York. The state of Louisiana has refused to issue a birth certificate listing both fathers as the boy's parents. Adoption and Parenting | Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments | Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections | Same-Sex Relationships | Teens & Young Adults |
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| Child Welfare League of America and Lambda Legal Announce Partnership in Effort to Help Gay and Lesbian Foster Youth Transition into Adulthood | 09/18/2003 |
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| Chief Judge of Ninth Circuit Orders Spousal Benefits for Lesbian Court Employee | 11/19/2009 |
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(San Francisco, November 18, 2009) — Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Employment and Rights in the Workplace |
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| Chicago Board of Ed Agrees to Settle with HIV-Positive Teacher Applicant | 10/21/1997 |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday 21 October 1997 Contact: Peg Byron, 212-809-8585 x230, 888-987-1984 (pager); Catherine Hanssens, 212-809- 8585; Heather Sawyer 312-663-4413 HIV |
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| Challenge to Same-Sex Sodomy Ban Can Proceed | 06/23/1998 |
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(NEW YORK, June 23, 1998) -- An Arkansas judge Tuesday gave the green light for a constitutional challenge to the state's criminal ban on certain private sexual activities between consenting adults of the same sex, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund said. Criminal Justice |
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| Challenge to Arkansas Sodomy Law Reaches States Highest Court | 05/10/1999 |
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(NEW YORK, May 10, 1999) -- As sodomy laws topple state by state, the Arkansas Supreme Court will hear a case challenging a ban against the private, consensual sexual activities of lesbians and gay men, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund said Friday. Criminal Justice |
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| California Will Continue to Honor Marriages of Same-Sex Couples Who Married Before the Possible Passage of Prop 8 | 11/05/2008 |
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(SAN FRANCISCO) — The California Attorney General, Equality California, and the nation's leading LGBT legal groups agree that the marriages of the estimated 18,000 same-sex couples who married between June 16, 2008 and the possible passage of Proposition 8 are still valid in the state of California and must continue to be honored by the state. |
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| California Teacher Settles Sexual Orientation Discrimination Suit with School District | 05/23/2002 |
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| California Supreme Court Weighs Lambda Legal Lawsuit on Behalf of Lesbian Denied Infertility Treatment Because of Doctors Religious Beliefs | 09/20/2006 |
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(San Francisco, September 20, 2006) — Lambda Legal submitted its opening brief today in the California Supreme Court seeking to reinstate a trial court decision that doctors must treat their lesbian patients like the rest of their patients, regardless of the doctors’ religious beliefs about gay people. Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health |
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