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Congress urged to pass the REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act

SDGLN Staff
May 8th, 2013

CHICAGO -- Lambda Legal today voiced its support for HR 1843 the REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act which was introduced by Rep. Barbara Lee late Tuesday and would encourage states to reconsider laws and practices that unfairly target people with HIV for consensual sex and conduct that poses no real risk of HIV transmission.

"The more messages we can send to states to modernize or eliminate HIV criminalization laws the better—and that is exactly what this bill does," said Scott Schoettes, HIV Project director at Lambda Legal.

Iowa high court rules children born to married lesbian couples have two birth parents

SDGLN Staff
May 3rd, 2013

DES MOINES, Iowa - Tthe Iowa Supreme Court today built upon its ruling in Lambda Legal's landmark case, Varnum v. Brien, which ordered that same-sex couples and their families be treated equally under Iowa law, and ordered the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) to provide an accurate two-parent birth certificate to all children born to lesbian married parents in Iowa.

The Court was unanimous in ordering the State to treat children of lesbian couples as having two parents at birth.

Lambda Legal rebuffs Arizona Attorney General: Urges cities to protect unmarried couples

SDGLN Staff
April 29th, 2013

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Lambda Legal today issued a legal analysis documenting the ability of Bisbee and other Arizona municipalities to enact ordinances recognizing and protecting the committed family relationships of adult couples regardless of marital status, gender or sexual orientation.

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Student Non-Discrimination Act reintroduced in U.S. House

SDGLN Staff
April 18th, 2013

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign and Lambda Legal today applauded the introduction of the Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA) in the U.S. House of Representatives.

SNDA, which was also introduced in the last Congress, would prohibit discrimination against any public school student on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.

Hawaii court rules for lesbian couple turned away by bed and breakfast

SDGLN Staff
April 16th, 2013

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The First Circuit Court of Hawaii on Monday issued a ruling in favor of a lesbian couple who filed a discrimination lawsuit against Aloha Bed & Breakfast after the business turned them away because of their sexual orientation.

Lambda Legal and the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission issued a joint statement:

Immigration Court urged not to deport HIV-positive man convicted in sting

SDGLN Staff
April 11th, 2013

LOS ANGELES – Lambda Legal and the HIV Law Project today submitted a friend-of-the-court brief asking the Bureau of Immigration Appeals (BIA) to overturn an Immigration Judge’s ruling ordering the deportation of an HIV-positive immigrant convicted of solicitation for oral sex.

Lambda Archives gets grant from San Diego Pride

SDGLN Staff
March 2nd, 2013

SAN DIEGO -- Lambda Archives of San Diego has received a $2,500 grant from San Diego LGBT Pride for a much needed infrastructure repair project.

Stephen Whitburn, interim general manager of Pride, presented the Lambda Archives board with a giant check on Feb. 22 at the Archives’ second annual Pajama Party fundraising event at Snooze restaurant. The grant monies will go towards repair of a malfunctioning air conditioning unit in the Archives new facilities.

Prop 8 "literally" violates Constitution, Lambda Legal and GLAD argue in Supreme Court brief

SDGLN Staff
February 28th, 2013

WASHINGTON – Lambda Legal and Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) today submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in Hollingsworth v. Perry urging the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm the historic decision by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals declaring California's discriminatory Proposition 8 unconstitutional.

Lesbian student punished for standing against anti-gay bullying sues school district

SDGLN Staff
February 26th, 2013

ARCADIA, Fla. -- Lambda Legal filed papers today in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida against DeSoto County High School in Arcadia, Fla. on behalf of Amber Hatcher, an openly lesbian 16-year-old who was punished for participating in an annual anti-bullying observance in support of LGBT students.

"Amber was respectfully and peacefully calling attention to a real problem: LGBT students at DeSoto County High School feel unwelcome and unsafe," said Beth Littrell, Lambda Legal staff attorney.

Illinois court denies motion to stay Lambda Legal and ACLU marriage cases

SDGLN Staff
February 13th, 2013

(Editor's note: The Illinois Senate plans to vote on a gay-marriage bill on Valentine's Day.)

CHICAGO -- The Circuit Court of Cook County Chancery Division today denied a motion to stay the cases brought by Lambda Legal and the ACLU of Illinois seeking marriage for same-sex couples.

The motion, brought by The Thomas More Society, attempted to delay any action in the case pending decisions in two federal marriage cases up for review in the United States Supreme Court, United States v. Windsor and Hollingsworth v. Perry.

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