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Lambda Legal Urges NFL Player to Rethink Gay Defamation Claim
1/28/2010
(New York, January 28, 2010) - Today, Lambda Legal sent an open letter to Atlanta Falcons fullback Ovie Mughelli and his attorney challenging his claims that reports posted on blogs about his alleged relationship with another man were defamatory.

Lambda Legal files brief in Ga. gay father's child custody case
Southern Voice
2/18/2009
2/18/2009 "Lambda Legal filed an amicus brief in the Georgia Supreme Court Tuesday arguing that a restriction in a gay father's Fayette County child custody arrangement should be dismissed.

Lambda Legal aims to join fight on behalf of domestic partnerships
Journal Sentinel
9/22/2009
9/22/2009 "A group of Wisconsin same-sex couples and a national gay-rights legal group is asking to be allowed to be part of a challenge to the creation of Wisconsin’s state’s new domestic partnership program.

Lambda Lawyer Challenges Obama Administration
The Advocate
12/21/2009
"After the Office of Personnel Management issued a statement Friday explaining that it would not provide benefits to the same-sex spouse of attorney Karen Golinski from ninth circuit court of appeals, Lambda Legal's Jennifer Pizer told The Advocate that she took issue with the agency’s analysis and also the informal way in which it was disseminated.

LA County Votes to Boycott Arizona After Public Hearing with Gay Testimony
LGBT POV
6/2/2010
06/02/2010 "The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors heard hours of contentious public testimony Tuesday before voting 3 to 2 to boycott Arizona over SB 1070, the state's controversial 'papers, please' illegal immigration law that requires law enforcement to ask anyone they 'suspect' of being an 'illegal alien' to produce documented proof of American citizenship.

Kids caught in gay splits: Inseminated mother disputes ex-partner’s shared custody
The Columbus Dispatch
5/24/2010
5/24/2010 "Madison Smith has two mothers - or at least two women willing to hire a small army of lawyers to establish or slap down maternity claims. "...Camilla Taylor, a senior staff attorney for Lambda Legal, an advocacy group for gays, said Ohio law recognizes the parental rights of people who have no biological relationship with a child.

Kept From a Dying Partner's Bedside
The New York Times
5/18/2009
5/18/2009 "When a loved one is in the hospital, you naturally want to be at the bedside. But what if the staff won't allow it? "'I have this deep sense of failure for not being at Lisa's bedside when she died,' Ms. Langbehn said. 'How I get over that I don't know, or if I ever do.'

Kenneth Upton Jr.: Same-sex divorce overlooks real issue
The Dallas Morning News
1/30/2009
1/30/2009 "It was as predictable as it was privately heartbreaking: A gay couple marries while living in Massachusetts, then moves to Texas and later seeks a divorce.

Karen Golinski: Marriage Equality's Inadvertent Champion 12/15/2011
 

Justices debate 'Bong Hits 4 Jesus' case
USA Today
3/20/2007
3/20/2007 "Monday's test of student speech rights arises as schools face increased violence and drug use on their grounds. The National School Boards Association, siding with Juneau officials, says administrators should have expansive latitude to stop messages related to subjects such as drugs, guns, homosexuality and abortion.

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