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Statement on Death of Aimee Stephens, Transgender Rights Hero

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By Kevin Jennings

May 12, 2020

Aimee Stephens, plaintiff in R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. EEOC, has died. Kevin Jennings, CEO of Lambda Legal has issued the following statement.
Lambda Legal Statement on Senate Vote Amending Puerto Rico’s Civil Code

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By Lambda Legal

May 11, 2020

Today, after the Puerto Rico Senate approved a new Civil Code for the Commonwealth affecting the rights of LGBTQ people, Lambda Legal, through Senior Attorney and Puerto Rico native, Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, released the following statement.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Transgender Rights, Puerto Rico
At the Supreme Court this Week: Religious Objections, Birth Control, and Trump’s No Good, Very Broad Rules

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By Jennifer C. Pizer

May 8, 2020

While every Supreme Court proceeding has drama, there’s extra excitement now.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health
VICTORY: Lesbian Couple to Have Their Day in Court in Challenge to HHS and South Carolina Foster Care Policy

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By Lambda Legal

May 8, 2020

The couple was turned away by a government-funded foster care agency because they, as a lesbian couple, did not meet the agency’s religious criteria, which excludes prospective foster parents who are not evangelical Protestant Christian or who are same-sex couples of any faith.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Youth in Out-of-Home Care, South Carolina
Medical Care Saved Me From COVID-19, but I'm One of the Lucky Ones

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By Richard Saenz

May 7, 2020

"My neighborhood has been devastated by the pandemic. In Queens, New York, the epicenter of the pandemic, too many of our neighbors have died."

See Also: Coronavirus, Health Care Fairness
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
Once Again: Freedom of Religion is Not Freedom to Harm

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By Lambda Legal

May 6, 2020

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in two cases joined for the purposes of argument, Trump v. Pennsylvania and Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Religious Exemptions, United States

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Statement on Death of Aimee Stephens, Transgender Rights Hero

97862886_636127136968953_7597026303073583104_n.png

Lambda Legal Statement on Senate Vote Amending Puerto Rico’s Civil Code

photo-1511627456396-f96502ae8124.jpeg

At the Supreme Court this Week: Religious Objections, Birth Control, and Trump’s No Good, Very Broad Rules

intersectional_women_protest.jpg

VICTORY: Lesbian Couple to Have Their Day in Court in Challenge to HHS and South Carolina Foster Care Policy

family.jpg

Medical Care Saved Me From COVID-19, but I'm One of the Lucky Ones

trans_flag_lambda_legal_pride.jpg

Lambda Legal to Dallas Court: Marriage is Marriage

photo-1505513699077-1c91b82a7407.jpeg

Once Again: Freedom of Religion is Not Freedom to Harm

little-sisters-of-the-poor.jpg

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