Fact Sheets
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| Denying Access to Marriage Harms Families: Social Security | ||
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Same-sex Couples Lose Benefits They Paid for to Insure Against Hard Times |
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| Sources of Authority to Amend Sex Designation on Birth Certificates | ||
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Amending the sex designation on a birth certificate may be an extremely important step for a transgender person, to accurately reflect on this legal document the sex with which the individual identifies, and as required proof of sex to obtain other identity and legal documents. Transgender Rights |
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| Status of Marriage Equality Worldwide | ||
| Five Key Reasons for Marriage Equality | ||
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1. Marriage Helps Couples Keep Their Commitments Marriage provides protections for couples who have made a lifelong commitment to take care of and be responsible for each other. Keeping those commitments is harder when couples are barred from marriage, especially in tough times, because they may be denied the right to: |
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| Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Opposes the Death Penalty as an Irreversible and Harsh Misuse of Government Power | 2/10/1999 | |
| Civil Unions for Same-Sex Couples in the State of New Jersey | 2/6/2007 | |
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On October 25, 2006, in Lewis v. Harris, Lambda Legal won a declaration from the New Jersey Supreme Court that barring same-sex couples from the rights and benefits of marriage violated the constitutional promise of equality. |
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| The State of HIV Stigma and Discrimination in 2007 | 2/7/2007 | |
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Lambda Legal has a long history of fighting in the courts for the rights of people living with HIV. This includes winning the first HIV discrimination lawsuit in the country, filing legal briefs in major U.S. Supreme Court cases involving the Americans with Disabilities Act, including Bragdon v. Abbott, Univ. of Alabama v. Garrett, and Toyota Motor Mfg., Kentucky v. |
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| The Oregon Equality Act | 2/14/2007 | |
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In 2007, the State of Oregon enacted the Oregon Equality Act (also known as SB2), the landmark law to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people from discrimination. |
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| The Importance of Informed Consent and Counseling In HIV Testing | 3/8/2007 | |
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| A Summary of Evidence of the Importance of Specific Written Consent and Pre-test Counseling in HIV Testing | 3/8/2007 | |
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Excerpt: "Increasing the numbers of people living with undiagnosed HIV who get tested, so that they will learn their status and get into care earlier, has our support. But expanded testing should be done with specific, written consent and after some counseling, for the reasons summarized below...." |
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