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Lambda Legal to Work to Resolve EEOC Complaint on Behalf of Terminated Employee

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By Lambda Legal

January 14, 2022

Lambda Legal has filed a complaint with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society, Inc. on behalf of a former employee who was fired after they and other Dallas Arboretum employees began including their pronouns in their email signatures and wearing pins using their pronouns.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Texas
Texas Politicians’ Attempts to Ban Books is Unlawful According to Civil Rights Groups

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By Lambda Legal

November 23, 2021

"We will not stand by and watch politicians play games with the education and wellbeing of our children.”

See Also: Youth and Schools, Texas
Supreme Court Allows Texas’ Six-Week Abortion Ban to Go Into Effect

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By Lambda Legal

September 1, 2021

“The right to decide if, when, and how to have a family is incredibly important in its own right, and is also inextricably intertwined with the right of all people—and particularly LGBTQ people—to define who they are, because, at their core, these rights are about personal autonomy and self-determination.”

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Texas
Lambda Legal and ACLU of Texas Plan to File Lawsuit if Texas Legislature Bans Medical Care for Transgender Youth

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By Lambda Legal

May 11, 2021

"This is a prime example of unwarranted governmental overreach to solve a problem that does not exist."

See Also: Transgender Rights, Texas
Lambda Legal to Dallas Court: Marriage is Marriage

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By Lambda Legal

May 6, 2020

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Marriage, Texas
ICE Releases Lambda Legal and Immigration Equality Clients Living with HIV

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By Lambda Legal

May 1, 2020

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) late yesterday released two asylum seekers living with HIV who were detained at an ICE detention facility in eastern Texas, less than one week after Lambda Legal and Immigration Equality, along with co-counsel Vinson & Elkins, submitted a letter demanding their release. The men were severely persecuted in Cuba because of their political activism and sexual orientation and had been detained in the U.S. since October 2019.

See Also: HIV, Immigration, Texas
Lambda Legal and Immigration Equality Urge ICE to Release Detainees Living with HIV

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By Lambda Legal

April 27, 2020

Today, Lambda Legal and Immigration Equality, along with co-counsel Vinson & Elkins, submitted a letter to ICE demanding the release of two asylum seekers living with HIV who are currently detained at the IAH Secure Detention Facility in eastern Texas. The men were severely persecuted in Cuba because of their political activism and sexual orientation. They have been detained in the U.S. since October 2019.

See Also: HIV, Immigration, Texas
Lambda Legal Urges TX Gov. Abbott to Expand Medicaid During COVID-19 Pandemic

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By Lambda Legal

April 24, 2020

Today, Lambda Legal’s South Central Regional Office in Dallas urged Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the Commissioner of Health Services to expand Medicaid coverage to ensure all uninsured Texans can access critical testing and other medical services during the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic.

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Trump Nominee Matthew Kacsmaryk Is a Threat to Queer People

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By Lambda Legal

June 17, 2019

Call your senators NOW and tell them to vote NO on Matthew Kacsmaryk.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Fair Courts Project, Texas
Same-Sex Couple Blocked from Serving as Foster Parents Deserve Their Day in Court

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By Lambda Legal

November 30, 2018

The couple was denied the opportunity to apply to serve as foster parents for refugee children because they did not “mirror the Holy Family.”

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Same-sex relationships, Texas