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DOMA Under Fire in Equal Benefits Case

Today Lambda Legal and Morrison & Foerster LLP filed an amended complaint challenging the constitutionality of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in its case representing Karen Golinski, a federal court employee denied spousal health benefits for her wife.

Lambda Legal Commemorates National Day of Silence

Today, in recognition of the National Day of Silence, Lambda Legal issued the following statement by Deputy Legal Director Hayley Gorenberg:

"It's been 15 years since the first Day of Silence, but after several tragic suicides by young LGBT people last fall, the media finally began to shine a light on LGBT youth who are bullied and harassed in schools.

In Stunning Reversal, Divided Federal Court Denies Accurate Birth Certificate to Son of Gay Dads

(New Orleans, April 13, 2011) — Late today the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed two prior court rulings and denied an accurate birth certificate to a Louisiana born 5 year old boy who was adopted at birth by a gay couple in New York.

Lambda Legal Applauds Adoption Ruling in Arkansas High Court

(Little Rock, AR, April 7, 2011) - Today, the Arkansas Supreme Court upheld the lower court ruling that struck down Act 1, an Arkansas law banning cohabiting unmarried couples living together from adopting or fostering children.

LGBT Elders Raise Serious Fears about Long Term Care Facilities

(Washington, April 5, 2011) - A majority of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) older adults who answered a national online survey believe that staff of long-term care facilities would discriminate against an LGBT elder who was open about his or her sexual orientation, and more than half believe that staff or other residents would abuse or neglect an LGBT elder.

Lambda Legal Announces Camilla Taylor as New Marriage Project Director

(New York, April 4, 2011) - Today, on the heels of the second anniversary of marriage equality in Iowa, Lambda Legal announced that Camilla Taylor, lead attorney on the Iowa marriage equality lawsuit, has been promoted to national Marriage Project Director.

LGBT & Civil Rights Groups Urge U.S. Ninth Circuit to Uphold Ruling Striking Down "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

(Los Angeles, April 4, 2011) — Lambda Legal, Knights Out, OutServe, the Human Rights Campaign, and the Anti-Defamation League today filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals urging it to uphold a lower court ruling that declared "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) unconstitutional. The brief was filed in support of a case originally filed in 2004 by the Log Cabin Republicans.

Lambda Legal Optimistic That HHS Policy Changes Can Improve Services to LGBT People

(New York, April 4, 2011)—The Department of Health and Human Services today announced a series of current and future actions to "improve the health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities."

The announcement, timed to coincide with the 9th Annual LGBT Health Awareness Week, stated that "For too long, LGBT people have been denied the compassionate services they deserve. That is now changing….Safeguarding the health and well-being of all Americans requires a commitment to treating all people with respect while being sensitive to their differences."

Lambda Legal and ACLU Conclude Lawsuit Seeking Civil Unions

Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai`i (ACLU) and Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing (AHFI) today announced they have dismissed their lawsuit against the state, following Governor Neil Abercrombie's signing civil unions into law last month. The Hawai`i Senate gave final approval to the bill, SB232, which allows same- and different-sex unmarried couples to enter into civil unions, with an 18-5 vote on February 16, following the 31-19 approving vote by the House on February 11, 2011. The new law takes effect on January 1, 2012.

Lambda Legal Applauds Introduction of the Employment Non-discrimination Act in Congress

(Washington, D.C., March 30, 2011)—Today after Rep. Barney Frank introduced the Employment Non-discrimination Act (ENDA), a bill that would prohibit workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, Lambda Legal issued the following statement from Executive Director, Kevin Cathcart:

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