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Lambda Legal Chief Strategy Officer Sharon McGowan to Receive American Bar Association Stonewall Award

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By Lambda Legal

October 19, 2018

We are very proud of Sharon for this well-deserved honor. She has truly distinguished herself as an outstanding legal advocate for the LGBT community.
In Honor Of Our 45th Birthday: Announcing The Daniel H. Renberg Legal Fellowship

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By Lambda Legal

October 16, 2018

Lambda Legal today announced the establishment of the Daniel H. Renberg Legal Fellowship endowed through a $1 million gift by Eugene Kapaloski in honor of his deceased husband and in celebration of the civil rights organization’s 45th anniversary.
New National Coalition Launches Campaign For Sexual Health Rights Of Youth In State Custody

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By Lambda Legal

October 15, 2018

In October 2017, leading organizations working on juvenile justice, adolescent sexual health policy, mass incarceration, and LGBTQ rights, came together with a shared purpose: to remedy the near-total absence of health care that addresses sexual development and the risks of infectious disease for youth in foster care and juvenile detention centers.
Lambda Legal Sues Kansas Over Discriminatory Anti-Transgender Policy: “Kansas is out of step with the rest of America.”

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By Lambda Legal

October 15, 2018

“By not allowing transgender people like me to correct our birth certificates, the state complicates every aspect of our lives”

See Also: Birth Certificates, Transgender Rights, Kansas
Bias in the Legal System is a Threat to LGBTQ Survivors of Domestic Violence

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By Lambda Legal

October 15, 2018

Studies show that LGBTQ people experience domestic violence at similar or higher rates than heterosexual and cisgender people.
Eric Dreiband Will Not Lead The Civil Rights Division To Justice

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By Lambda Legal

October 11, 2018

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Washington, D.C.
Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN to Ninth Circuit: Don’t Breathe Life into Discriminatory Transgender Military Ban

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By Lambda Legal

October 10, 2018

Lawyers in the lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN challenging the Trump Administration’s plan to ban transgender people from serving openly in the U.S. Armed Services today urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to maintain the preliminary injunction blocking implementation of the discriminatory ban.

See Also: Military, Transgender Rights, Oregon
Victory! Hawai`i Supreme Court Upholds Parenting Rights and Responsibilities of Married Same-Sex Couples

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By Lambda Legal

October 5, 2018

The Supreme Court of Hawai‘i yesterday affirmed a lower court ruling that, just like other spouses, same-sex spouses must be treated as the presumed parents of children born during their marriage, with equal rights and equal responsibilities, including legal parentage and child support.

See Also: Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships, Youth, Hawaii
Lambda Legal Urges Third Circuit to Uphold Ruling Protecting LGBTQ Foster Youth and Parents

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By Lambda Legal

October 5, 2018

By seeking out a license to discriminate against same-sex couples, CSS harms the very children it purports to serve.

See Also: Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions, Same-sex relationships, Youth in Out-of-Home Care, Pennsylvania
Lambda Legal Names Former Board Member Richard Burns as Interim CEO

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By Lambda Legal

October 4, 2018

Today, Lambda Legal announced Richard Burns, former Lambda Legal board member and former executive director of the NYC LGBT Community Center, as interim CEO while it conducts a search for a permanent replacement for Rachel Tiven who resigned from the role in August.