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Federal Court Affirms Lesbian Firefighter’s Sex Discrimination Claim Under the Civil Rights Act

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By Lambda Legal

January 26, 2018

The U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday upheld a $700,000 jury award for Lori Franchina, a lesbian firefighter who experienced extensive unchecked harassment from her co-workers at the Providence Fire Department.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Massachusetts
Defunding Public Sector Unions Will Threaten Workplace Protections

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By Lambda Legal

January 19, 2018

Public sector unions provided among the earliest protections anywhere in the US to LGBT people.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Unions
US Supreme Court Denies Appeal of LGBT Lambda Legal Employment Discrimination Case

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By Lambda Legal

December 11, 2017

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will not review the Lambda Legal case on behalf of Jameka Evans, a Savannah security guard who was harassed at work and forced from her job because she is a lesbian.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, LAWS AND AMENDMENTS, SCOTUS
We're Suing a Louisiana Sheriff's Parish Over HIV Discrimination

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By Lambda Legal

October 24, 2017

Today, Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana on behalf of William “Liam” Pierce, after the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s office rescinded a job offer as a Sheriff’s Deputy because he is a person living with HIV.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, HIV, Louisiana
17 States and DC Join Lambda Legal Supreme Court Push to End LGBT Employment Discrimination

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By Lambda Legal

October 12, 2017

Today the attorneys general of 17 states and the District of Columbia joined Lambda Legal to urge the U.S. Supreme Court to decide once and for all whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act protects LGBT individuals from discrimination on the job.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace
76 Businesses, Legal Scholars & Leading LGBTQ Rights Organizations Join Lambda Legal's Push to End Discrimination Against LGBTQ Employees

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By Lambda Legal

October 11, 2017

Today 76 businesses, legal scholars and the nation’s leading LGBT rights organizations joined Lambda Legal in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to finally decide whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits sexual orientation discrimination on the job.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Georgia
The 6 Supreme Court Cases LGBTQ People Need to Watch This Term

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October 2, 2017

Well, it’s here! Today is the first Monday in October, which means it’s the day the Supreme Court begins its new term.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Immigration, Marriage, Racial Justice & Low Income Advocacy, Same-sex relationships, SCOTUS
Lambda Legal Urges Full Second Circuit to Protect LGBT People from Discrimination at Work

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By Lambda Legal

September 26, 2017

Lambda Legal argued before the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, supporting the estate of Donald Zarda, a New York skydiving instructor who was fired from his job because he was gay.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Out at Work, New York
Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN Ask Court to Halt Transgender Military Ban

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By Lambda Legal

September 14, 2017

Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN today asked a federal court to halt immediately all steps taken to implement the Trump Administration’s discriminatory plan to ban transgender individuals from serving openly in the U.S. Armed Services.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Military, Transgender Rights
Jameka Evans Was Forced out of Her Job for Being a Lesbian; Lambda Legal Is Taking Her Case to the Supreme Court

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By Lambda Legal

September 7, 2017

Lambda Legal asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case of Jameka Evans, a Savannah security guard who was harassed at work and forced from her job because she is a lesbian. The petition seeks a nationwide ruling that sexual orientation discrimination violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Georgia

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Federal Court Affirms Lesbian Firefighter’s Sex Discrimination Claim Under the Civil Rights Act

scales_rainbow.jpg

Defunding Public Sector Unions Will Threaten Workplace Protections

workers.jpeg

US Supreme Court Denies Appeal of LGBT Lambda Legal Employment Discrimination Case

jameka.png

We're Suing a Louisiana Sheriff's Parish Over HIV Discrimination

sebastian_pichler.jpeg

17 States and DC Join Lambda Legal Supreme Court Push to End LGBT Employment Discrimination

socialshare_jameka_6_facebook.png

76 Businesses, Legal Scholars & Leading LGBTQ Rights Organizations Join Lambda Legal's Push to End Discrimination Against LGBTQ Employees

j.evans_77.jpg

The 6 Supreme Court Cases LGBTQ People Need to Watch This Term

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Lambda Legal Urges Full Second Circuit to Protect LGBT People from Discrimination at Work

img_2329.jpg.jpeg

Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN Ask Court to Halt Transgender Military Ban

plaintiffs.png

Jameka Evans Was Forced out of Her Job for Being a Lesbian; Lambda Legal Is Taking Her Case to the Supreme Court

j.evans_77.jpg

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