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Lambda Legal: Black and Brown LGBTQ People Particularly Vulnerable to State-sponsored Violence

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By Lambda Legal

June 9, 2020

Lambda Legal late yesterday submitted written testimony to the newly formed Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice highlighting the disproportionate levels of violence and abuse that LGBTQ people, especially LGBTQ people of color, experience in the U.S. criminal legal system.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Washington, D.C.
Federal Court Hears Argument in Case of Child of Gay Maryland Couple Denied Citizenship Recognition

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By Lambda Legal

June 5, 2020

A federal court in Maryland heard arguments today in a case brought by Lambda Legal and Immigration Equality and pro bono counsel Morgan Lewis on behalf of a married gay couple and their daughter Kessem Kiviti, whom the Trump Administration continues to refuse to recognize as a U.S. citizen since birth, even though both of her parents are U.S. citizens.

See Also: Immigration, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Maryland
Lambda Legal Condemns Senate Republicans for Advancing Anti-Health Care Nominee Walker to DC Circuit in Middle of a Pandemic

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By Lambda Legal

June 4, 2020

In response to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s party-line vote to advance the nomination of U.S. District Judge Justin Walker (E.D. Ky.) for a lifetime appointment to the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Sharon McGowan, Legal Director and Chief Strategy Officer at Lambda Legal released the following statement.

See Also: Fair Courts Project
The Deadly Cost of COVID-19 for LGBTQ+ Youth

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By Lambda Legal

June 4, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic reveals a reality we need to face: LGBTQ+ youth are pipelined into carceral systems at higher rates than their non-LGBTQ+ peers, placed at disproportionately high risk of contracting the virus, and too often receive substandard care. It’s time we understand LGBTQ+ youth mass incarceration as a critical public health issue.

See Also: Youth and Schools, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Lambda Legal Affirms Right to Protest Police Violence After Trump Remarks

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By Kevin Jennings

June 1, 2020

Peaceful protest is an American birthright.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Racial Justice & Low Income Advocacy
Federal Court Warns Idaho Against Disobedience of Injunction Barring Anti-Transgender Discrimination

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By Lambda Legal

June 1, 2020

The Idaho Federal Court has confirmed that its injunction continues to apply, in full force and effect, and it has now expressly cautioned that HB 509 does not whatsoever absolve state officials from their obligation to comply with the federal injunction.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Transgender Rights, Idaho
We Condemn the Trump Administration's Latest Attack on Transgender Youth in Sports

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By Kevin Jennings

May 29, 2020

Today, Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings, who served as Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe & Drug-Free Schools in the Department of Education for the Obama administration, issued the following statement in response to the Trump-Pence administration’s latest attack on transgender youth.