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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

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...."

Achieving Health Care Fairness 8/31/2009

Advocating for Insurance Coverage of Your Medical Needs 12/1/2010

If you are denied insurance coverage for transition-related health care, consider taking these steps:

Arc of History 1/24/2008

Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice. —Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In less than two decades, I witnessed the arc of history bending toward justice.

Assuring Non-Discrimination in Healthcare: Washington's Law Against Discrimination and the American Medical Association's Rules of Ethics 12/4/2007

Washington State Legal Briefing December 2007 Lambda Legal provides this briefing to healthcare professionals in Washington State to clarify the non-discrimination requirements of Washington's anti-discrimination law and the national guidance of the American Medical Association's Code of Ethics.

Birth Certificates and Second-Parent Adoptions for Married Same-Sex Couples in Maryland 5/25/2011

Adoption and Parenting
Civil Unions for Same-Sex Couples in the State of New Jersey 2/6/2007

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.

Delaware Civil Union Law 12/27/2011

Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
Denying Access to Marriage Harms Families 5/21/2007

The harms to families from discrimination in marriage have been a significant part of Lambda Legal’s caseload over the years. This document is a partial list of the harms that concern families, with examples from Lambda Legal’s prior work.

Denying Access to Marriage Harms Families: Social Security

Same-sex Couples Lose Benefits They Paid for to Insure Against Hard Times

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