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LGBT Equality Groups Urge Ninth Circuit to Reject Attack on Prop 8 Trial Judge

SAN FRANCISCO - Today, a coalition of groups advocating for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a U.S. District Court decision that rejected a move to vacate the historic August 2010 ruling that invalidated Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot measure that stripped the freedom to marry from same-sex couples in California. Lambda Legal, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, the ACLU of Northern California and Equality California filed the brief in Perry v.

New Jersey Superior Court Rules to Allow Lambda Legal to Proceed with Marriage Equality Case

A New Jersey Superior Court Judge ruled today that Lambda Legal will be allowed to proceed with its case seeking marriage equality on behalf of Garden State Equality, New Jersey’s statewide LGBT advocacy organization, and seven same-sex couples and their children harmed by the state’s unequal civil union system.

Lambda Legal Hosts Fair Courts Forums in Des Moines and Iowa City

Lambda Legal, along with several Iowa-based legal organizations, will host two forums on how best to preserve a fair and impartial judiciary after last year's ouster of three Iowa Supreme Court justices. The events will take place at public libraries in Des Moines and Iowa City.

Lambda Legal and Idaho Safe Schools Applaud Changes to School District’s Student Club Policy

Lambda Legal and the Idaho Safe Schools Coalition today applauded a Boise-area school district for approving a student club policy that eliminated a new requirement that students get parental permission to participate in clubs and other restrictions that would have harmed lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students and violated their rights.

Lambda Legal Elects Board Co-Chair and New Member from Chicago

Robbin Burr, former Executive Director of Center on Halsted, elected Board Co-chair and Gail Morse, Partner and tax attorney for Jenner & Block, elected new Board Member

Lambda Legal Elects New York Resident to Board of Directors

 

(New York, October 20, 2011) - Lambda Legal announced the election of three new leaders to serve on its Board of Directors, including Robert Kuhn of New York. Joining the Board as well are Anne Krook of Seattle and Gail Morse of Chicago. Lambda Legal also announced the election of Robbin Burr, a board member since 2009, as co-chair of the Board.

Former Lambda Legal Client Janice Langbehn to Receive Presidential Citizens Medal

Today, the White House announced that former Lambda Legal client Janice Langbehn will be one of 13 recipients of the 2011 Presidential Citizens Medal, the nation's second-highest civilian honor.

Lambda Legal Honors the Legacy of Frank Kameny, LGBT Rights Pioneer

(New York, October 12, 2011)—Frank Kameny, Harvard-trained astronomer, Army veteran, and lifelong advocate for LGBT equality, died yesterday at 86. Fired from his federal job simply for being gay, Kameny argued what is believed to be the first civil rights claim in a U.S. court based on sexual orientation.

Kevin Cathcart, Lambda Legal's Executive Director, issued the following statement:

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Lambda Legal Appeal of Louisiana Birth Certificate Ruling

(Washington, DC, October 11, 2011) – The U.S. Supreme Court today denied Lambda Legal’s petition for a writ of certiorari in the case of a same-sex couple seeking an accurate birth certificate for their Louisiana-born son whom they adopted in New York. The Louisiana state registrar has refused to recognize the adoption and issue a birth certificate listing both fathers as the boy’s parents.

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