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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for the Western District of Louisiana on behalf of William “Liam” Pierce, after the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s office rescinded a job offer as a Sheriff’s Deputy because he is a person living with HIV.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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By

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
Trump's #TransBan Shows He Has No Idea What Trans People Trying to Enlist Actually Deal With

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By Payton McGarry

July 28, 2017

Lambda Legal client Payton McGarry recounts his experience in trying to enlist in the military as a transgender man.

See Also: Community Education, Advocacy & Inclusion, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Military, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, North Carolina
Lambda Legal Responds to Department of Justice's Brief

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By Lambda Legal

July 26, 2017

Today, the federal Department of Justice filed a brief in our amicus case, Zarda v. Altitude Express, at the Second Circuit, arguing that the Civil Rights Act should NOT protect lesbian, gay and bisexual employees from being fired because of their sexual orientation.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, New York
Onward To The Supreme Court For Lambda Legal And Client Fired For Being A Lesbian

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By Lambda Legal

July 6, 2017

Today, Lambda Legal announced it will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied its en banc petition asking that the full Court rehear the case of Jameka Evans, a security guard who was harassed at work and effectively terminated from her job because she is a lesbian and doesn’t conform to gender norms in her appearance and demeanor.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Georgia