New York

Today, Lambda Legal and 75 national and state civil rights, child welfare, and faith organizations submitted a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Secretary Alex Azar urging him not to grant South Carolina’s request for an exemption from federal nondiscrimination law for faith-based, government-funded child welfare providers.

Lambda Legal client Thomas Hamm, brutally attacked while he visited his incarcerated partner at a men’s facility on Rikers Island, was awarded $280,000 in the resolution of a federal lawsuit against the City of New York and New York City Department of Correction, its officers and supervisors.

Last night, we celebrated at our National Liberty Awards in New York City, our most successful ever. We honored LGBT rights pioneer and attorney Evan Wolfson, who said, "The work of Lambda Legal is the work of our movement, but it is also the work of We, the People, called now to do more—not just for ourselves and our movement, but for the many communities and values under assault."

Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit against Oswego County and the Oswego County Department of Social Services (DSS) on behalf of Sean Simonson, a retired transgender county employee.