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Following Attorney General Investigation, Arizona-based Antigay Adoption Service Stops Business in New York: Lambda Legal's Clients Vindicated

(New York, March 4, 2009) — In an announcement issued today by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the antigay Arizona-based Adoption Profiles, LLC and Adoption Media, LLC stopped doing business in New York.


The Attorney General's announcement follows a complaint filed by Lambda Legal on behalf of a New York gay couple barred from posting their on-line adoptive-parent profile by the companies in question solely because they are a same-sex couple. Adoption Profiles, LLC and Adoption Media, LLC were violating New York laws prohibiting such discrimination.

Lambda Legal Announces Paul Smith as Co-Chair and Additions to Its Board of Directors

(New York, March 2, 2009) — Today, Lambda Legal announces the election of Paul Smith as Co–Chair of its national Board of Directors and the election of two new members, Robin Burr of Illinois and Michelle Peak of Texas.

Lambda Legal Joins First Amendment Case Against Birmingham Mayor

(Birmingham, AL, February 20, 2009) — At the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama late yesterday, Lambda Legal joined a lawsuit on behalf of Central Alabama Pride (CAP) against Mayor Larry Langford who interfered with their right to free speech last summer when he directed city workers to treat the group differently than other groups are treated. 

Michigan Appeals Court Says Trial Court Cannot Refuse to Hear Lesbian Mother's Custody Case

(Detroit, MI, February 20, 2009) — The Michigan State Court of Appeals yesterday held that a Michigan family court cannot refuse to hear a child custody case simply because it involves children whose parents are lesbians, ruling that there is no gay exception to Michigan's child custody laws.

Lambda Legal Denounces Gay Restriction in Custody Arrangements

(Atlanta, GA February 18, 2009) — Lambda Legal yesterday filed an amicus brief in the Georgia Supreme Court arguing that an antigay restriction in a custody arrangement should not stand.   

Lambda Legal and ARCW File Federal Lawsuit on Behalf of HIV Positive Woman Denied Surgery by Healthcare Provider

(Milwaukee, WI, February 12, 2009) — Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit today in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin on behalf of Melody Rose, a 35-year-old Wisconsin woman who was denied surgery to remove her gallbladder because she has HIV.

Lambda Legal Defends Lesbian Mother in Ohio Custody Matter

(Cleveland, Ohio, January 21, 2009) — In court papers submitted in the Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals, Lambda Legal defended a lesbian mother in her fight to continue to parent her 11- and 8-year-old sons.

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