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Lambda Legal Applauds After Washington State Legislature Passes Marriage Equality

(Olympia, WA, February 8, 2012) – Today, the Washington state legislature voted to pass the marriage equality bill endorsed by Governor Christine Gregoire, setting the stage for Washington to join the growing list of states where same-sex couples have won the freedom to marry.

Lambda Legal National Marriage Project Director Camilla Taylor issued the following statement after today’s historic vote:

Lambda Legal Salutes Historic Ninth Circuit Decision Declaring Prop 8 Unconstitutional

(San Francisco, February 7, 2012) – The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld the historic August 2010 ruling by now-retired U.S. District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker finding Proposition 8 unconstitutional. Lambda Legal’s Legal Director Jon Davidson issued the following statement:

Lambda Legal Congratulates Washington State Senate for Passing Marriage Equality Bill

(Olympia, WA, February 1, 2012) -- The Washington State Senate this evening approved by a 28-21 vote a bill establishing the freedom to marry for same-sex couples. Lambda Legal National Marriage Project Director Camilla Taylor issued the following statement after the State Senate’s historic vote:

Eleventh Circuit: HIV-Positive Man Denied Job as Atlanta Police Officer Wins Day in Court

(Atlanta, February 1, 2012) — Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed a lower court ruling and remanded the case of Lambda Legal client, Richard Roe, back to district court. Roe applied to be a police officer with the Atlanta Police Department (APD), but was denied employment because of his HIV status.

Eleventh Circuit Hears Lambda Legal Case on Behalf of HIV-Positive Man Denied Job as Atlanta Police Officer

Today Lambda Legal urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to overturn a lower court ruling against the claim of a man who applied to be a police officer with the Atlanta Police Department (APD), but was denied employment because of his HIV status.

Lambda Legal Unites HIV Advocates In Support of Affordable Care Act

Today in the United States Supreme Court, Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of 16 national HIV advocacy organizations in support of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as the ACA.

LGBT Legal Groups: Canadian Marriages of Same-Sex Couples Are Not in Jeopardy

(San Francisco, CA, January 12, 2012)—The following is a joint statement from Lambda Legal, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, and Freedom to Marry:

Lambda Legal Welcomes Shelbi Day as New Staff Attorney in Western Regional Office

(Los Angeles, CA, January 6, 2012) -- Lambda Legal announced today that it has hired Shelbi Day as staff attorney in its Western Regional Office in Los Angeles.

Day comes to Lambda Legal from Florida where most recently she was a staff attorney in the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Advocacy Project. Before joining the ACLU of Florida, Day was staff attorney in the Southern Regional Office of the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR).

Iowa Court Orders State to Provide Accurate Birth Certificate to Child Born to Two Mothers: Lambda Legal Celebrates Victory

Today, the Iowa District Court for Polk
County ordered the state's Department of Public Health to issue a birth
certificate for two year-old Mackenzie Gartner, a child born to a married
same-sex couple in 2009, listing both spouses as Mackenzie's parents in
reliance on their marriage and the spousal presumption of parentage it
creates.

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