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Lambda Legal Urges City Council to Strike ID Requirement from Chicago Human Rights Ordinance

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By Lambda Legal

June 8, 2016

Today, Christopher Clark, Counsel and Young Adults, Teens and Children Program Strategist for Lambda Legal testified before the Chicago City Council’s Commission on Human Relations in support of an amendment striking a provision of the city’s Human Rights Ordinance that requires people to use public facilities in Chicago that match the sex marker on their government-issued identification.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Illinois
Lambda Legal Responds to Lawsuit Targeting Transgender Students in Illinois

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May 4, 2016

This lawsuit seeks to create a problem where there is none. It is discriminatory fearmongering, pure and simple.

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Lambda Legal Applauds New Chicago Public Schools Guidelines for Transgender Students, Staff and Adults

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By Lambda Legal

May 3, 2016

Today, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) announced new guidelines aimed at providing a more inclusive and welcoming environment for transgender students, employees and adults, including specific language establishing that transgender people have equal access to the facilities that correspond to their gender identity.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Illinois
Fighting For Silence: You(th) Have Rights Too

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By Lambda Legal

April 15, 2016

Last year, my school’s GSA decided to participate in GLSEN’s Day of Silence because we believed that it sent a very important message about the oppression that the LGBTQ+ community faces every day. We wanted to publicize the event in our school with posters and PA system announcements because we believed that anyone in our school not involved with the club should have a right to participate as well—but our administration wouldn’t allow it.

See Also: Day of Silence, GLSEN, Youth and Schools, Illinois
Equality and Fairness Must Prevail in Illinois

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April 5, 2016

Our legal team has been working closely with lawmakers and local advocates to craft a bill that seeks to not only facilitate the process of amending a birth certificate for transgender and intersex Illinoisans, but that is more reflective of the diversity of experiences within the community.

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Lambda Legal Condemns Discriminatory Bathroom Bill Introduced in Illinois

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January 20, 2016

It is an embarrassment that a bill targeting transgender students was introduced in a state like Illinois, a state that has been at the forefront of equality for LGBT people.

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Lambda Legal Condemns Police Violence, Stands With Chicago Community

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By Kevin M. Cathcart

November 25, 2015

We are outraged at the murder of Laquan McDonald and the time it has taken for Chicago officials to release the video and file charges. We extend our deepest sympathy to Laquan McDonald’s family, and to every family affected by unnecessary and unjustified police violence. We hope that justice is done.

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Lambda Legal Settles Lawsuit on Behalf of Gay Couple Kicked Out of Taxi

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By Lambda Legal

November 20, 2015

Lambda Legal settled yesterday a lawsuit filed on behalf of two gay men who were unlawfully forced to exit a taxi after they exchanged a brief kiss.

See Also: Discrimination, public accommodations, Illinois
Lambda Legal's Camilla Taylor Inducted Into Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame

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By Lambda Legal

November 11, 2015

The committee cited Taylor “for her successful prosecution of Lambda Legal’s marriage lawsuit in Iowa and her further work on behalf of the LGBT communities.”

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'I Believe in Me' Screening at Seattle Transgender Film Festival

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By Lambda Legal

May 7, 2015

This weekend Lambda Legal's short documentary, I Believe in Me: Fighting for Trans Rights in Prison, will screen at Translations: The Seattle Transgender Film Festival.

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