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Anti-gay marriage group asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear Nevada case ahead of appeal

LGBTQ Nation Staff Reports
December 7th, 2012

An anti-gay marriage group defending Nevada's ban same-sex marriage has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case directly from the federal district court in Reno without waiting for a ruling on the case by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Lambda Legal blog: What happened — or didn’t happen—at the Supreme Court today

Jon W. Davidson, Legal Director of Lambda Legal
December 3rd, 2012

Contrary to many people’s expectations, the U.S. Supreme Court did not issue any orders last Friday or today in any of the four challenges to a provision of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), in the Hollingsworth v.

Court denies try by anti-gay groups to join Lambda Legal case seeking freedom to marry in Illinois

SDGLN Staff
November 30th, 2012

CHICAGO -- The Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division today denied motions to intervene by the Church of Christian Liberty, Grace Gospel Fellowship and the Illinois Family Institute (IFI) in Darby v. Orr, Lambda Legal's case seeking the freedom to marry for same-sex couples in Illinois.

Judge rules against Nevada same-sex couples who want to marry

Ken Williams - SDGLN Editor in Chief
November 29th, 2012

LAS VEGAS – A district judge in Nevada has stuck a dagger in the hearts of eight gay and lesbian couples who had sued for the right to marry.

District Judge Robert C. Jones, a conservative jurist appointed by President George H.W. Bush, ruled against the couples in the case known as Sevcik v. Sandoval.

COMMENTARY: What is DOMA and why is it bad?

Jon W. Davidson, Legal Director of Lambda Legal
November 29th, 2012

DOMA is the shortened name for the so-called Defense of Marriage Act. DOMA is a federal law that was passed by Congress and signed by President Clinton in 1996, in response to the marriage equality litigation in Hawaii in which Lambda Legal was co-counsel. Some members of Congress were worried that, if same-sex couples won the right to marry in Hawaii, the federal government and other states might have to start honoring those marriages. They passed DOMA in an effort to prevent that.

Lambda Legal seeks reversal on some sex-sting convictions in Palm Springs

SDGLN Staff
November 12th, 2012

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – Lambda Legal argued before the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of Riverside County on Friday that the June 2009 sex sting operation in the Warm Sands neighborhood of Palm Springs constituted discriminatory enforcement of the laws and asked the Court to reverse several convictions resulting from that operation.

Lambda Legal had filed a friend-of-the-court brief in this case earlier this year, and was granted permission by the court to present oral argument at the hearing.

EQCA and NCLR move to defend law protecting LGBT youth from reparative therapy

SDGLN Staff
October 20th, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO -- Late Friday, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and the law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson filed court papers seeking to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging the new California law protecting LGBT young people from dangerous and potentially deadly psychological abuse.

Lambda Legal launches mobile resource for LGBT youth

SDGLN Staff
October 17th, 2012

NEW YORK -- Lambda Legal today announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind online and mobile resource for LGBT youth.

The "Know Your Rights" hub will ultimately make all of Lambda Legal's resources more accessible online as well as on mobile devices including smart phones. The first hub was developed for LGBT youth and will provide comprehensive information about the laws and policies in place at the state and federal level to protect young people.

CALIFORNIA BANS 'EX-GAY' THERAPY

SDGLN Staff
September 30th, 2012

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California Gov. Jerry Brown made history late Saturday night by signing a landmark bill that will protect LGBT youth from psychological abuse by deceitful mental health professionals who falsely claim to be able to change their sexual orientation or gender expression.

50,000 people urge California Gov. Brown to sign bill banning "ex-gay" therapy

SDGLN Staff
September 27th, 2012

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Momentum is building in California and across the country to put an end to dangerous efforts designed to change a young person’s sexual orientation or gender expression that have proven to inflict great emotional harm and have resulted in suicide.

California Gov. Jerry Brown can sign Senate Bill 1172, a bill to protect young people from this abuse by prohibiting therapists from using these discredited practices.

To date, nearly 50,000 concerned citizens have signed a Human Rights Campaign petition urging the Governor to sign the bill.

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