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The American People Deserve the Truth about Kavanaugh’s LGBTQ Record Before His Hearings Begin on September 4th

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By Lambda Legal

August 13, 2018

Over the weekend, Lambda Legal filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for documents and communications related to Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, regarding his time serving as the White House Staff Secretary from 2003 to 2006.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Washington, D.C.
Lambda Legal at Lavender Law 2018

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By Lambda Legal

August 7, 2018

Join Lambda Legal at the National LGBT Bar Association's 30th Annual Conference & Career Fair (Lavender Law) this week!
6 Civil Rights Groups Urge Eighth Circuit to Accept Appeal of Man Who May Have Been Sentenced to Death Because He is Gay

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By Lambda Legal

August 2, 2018

Six civil rights organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of South Dakota, Lambda Legal, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, National Center for Lesbian Rights, and National LGBT Bar Association, filed an amici brief today urging the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals to hear the appeal of Charles Rhines, a gay man on death row in South Dakota.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, South Dakota
LGBTQ Advocates Oppose Brett Kavanaugh Confirmation to US Supreme Court as a Threat to Queer Lives

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By Lambda Legal

July 31, 2018

Today, Lambda Legal and 62 national, state, and local LGBTQ organizations sent a letter to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to oppose the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court.

See Also: Fair Courts Project
Victory! Court Orders Florida School District to Allow Transgender Student to Use the Men’s Restroom

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By Lambda Legal

July 26, 2018

Today a federal court ruled in a Lambda Legal lawsuit that St. Johns County School Board in St. Augustine, FL, a suburb of Jacksonville, discriminated against Drew Adams, a 17-year-old boy, by denying him access to the boys’ restroom because he is transgender.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Florida
Lambda Legal and Black AIDS Institute Launch #CutTheStigma Campaign to Combat HIV Discrimination

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By Lambda Legal

July 25, 2018

Today, Lambda Legal and the Black AIDS Institute (BAI) launched CUT THE STIGMA, a joint public education campaign focused on Black communities developed to dispel misconceptions surrounding the transmission of HIV and reduce HIV stigma and its resulting discrimination. The campaign was developed in conjunction with a complaint filed today in U.S. District Court by Lambda Legal on behalf of Nikko Briteramos against the owner of a Los Angeles barbershop who refused to cut Briteramos' hair because he is living with HIV.

See Also: HIV, Racial Justice & Low Income Advocacy, California
Bow Ties Don’t Discriminate

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By Lambda Legal

July 24, 2018

Tie The Knot is extending their fabulous partnership with Lambda Legal until the end of this summer!
Mitch McConnell Was Just Forced to Withdraw a Trump Nominee: Here's Why It Matters

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By Lambda Legal

July 19, 2018

Today, Sharon McGowan, Legal Director and Chief Strategy Officer of Lambda Legal, issued the following statement after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was forced to withdraw Ryan Bounds, Donald Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Washington, D.C.
Lambda Legal Asks Court to Stop Pentagon from Discharging HIV-Positive Service Members

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By Lambda Legal

July 19, 2018

Today, Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN, along with pro bono counsel from Winston & Strawn LLP, asked a federal court to halt implementation of a new Department of Defense policy resulting in the discharge of service members living with HIV.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, HIV, Military, Virginia
Ninth Circuit Denies Another Trump Administration Effort to Implement Transgender Military Ban

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By Lambda Legal

July 18, 2018

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied yet another attempt by the Trump Administration to implement its discriminatory plan to ban transgender people from serving openly in the U.S. Armed Services.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Military, Transgender Rights, Washington

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The American People Deserve the Truth about Kavanaugh’s LGBTQ Record Before His Hearings Begin on September 4th

stopkavanaugh.png

Lambda Legal at Lavender Law 2018

lavlaw.png

6 Civil Rights Groups Urge Eighth Circuit to Accept Appeal of Man Who May Have Been Sentenced to Death Because He is Gay

istock-681164016.jpg

LGBTQ Advocates Oppose Brett Kavanaugh Confirmation to US Supreme Court as a Threat to Queer Lives

1024x512_stop-kav4.png

Victory! Court Orders Florida School District to Allow Transgender Student to Use the Men’s Restroom

36407261_10156481442296703_7761154441020964864_o.jpg

Lambda Legal and Black AIDS Institute Launch #CutTheStigma Campaign to Combat HIV Discrimination

37796151_236251713666272_8244114983651115008_n.png

Bow Ties Don’t Discriminate

ttk.png

Mitch McConnell Was Just Forced to Withdraw a Trump Nominee: Here's Why It Matters

ryan_bounds.png

Lambda Legal Asks Court to Stop Pentagon from Discharging HIV-Positive Service Members

7i0a5114.jpg

Ninth Circuit Denies Another Trump Administration Effort to Implement Transgender Military Ban

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