Pregúntale a Lambda Legal: La Reforma Migratoria es un Asunto LGBT
Por: Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, Abogado/Especial para TRT– P. ¿Por qué trabajan los grupos LGBT en asuntos de inmigración y qué tiene que ver el reciente debate de…
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High Court on DOMA: Exclusion and Animus, Blame on Obama
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– Today’s argument in the U.S. Supreme Court over the Defense of Marriage Act sounded at times as if President Obama…
Ask Lambda Legal – Religious Exemptions
By: Jenny Pizer, Senior Counsel and Director, Law and Policy Project for Lambda Legal– Q: I live in Illinois and have been eagerly waiting to…
Discrimination the “Very Purpose” of DOMA, Glad & Lambda Legal Argue in Brief
Washington, DC – Lambda Legal and Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) today submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in U.S. v. Windsor urging the U.S. Supreme Court…
Prop 8 Violates Constitution: Lambda Legal & GLAD Argue in Supreme Court Brief
“In effect, Prop 8 turned the state’s equal protection clause into a clause mandating unequal protection.” WASHINGTON, DC, – Lambda Legal and Gay & Lesbian Advocates &…
Gayborhood News: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
By: Emily Scagel/TRT Assistant Editor– Boston, MA AIDS Action Committee disapproves funding cuts The AIDS Action Committee has released a statement voicing concern of Gov….
Ask LambdaLegal: Transgender Community and the Police
By: Dru Levasseur/Transgender Rights Attorney for Lambda Legal– Q: I’m a transgender woman and sometimes when I’m out with friends, a police officer stops to…
Groundbreaking Transgender Documentary Re-Launches Campaign to Raise Needed Funds
Film explores transgender issues through an intimate portrait of youth advocate Tony Ferraiolo. FAIRFIELD, Connecticut –A Self-Made Man, a documentary that takes an unprecedented inside…
Rahm Emanuel Signs Marriage Petition: Calls Freedom to Marry in Illinois
Chicago, IL — Today Lambda Legal announced that Rahm Emanuel has signed the ILove Marriage Petition. Lambda Legal released the following statement from James L….
Pregúntale a Lambda Legal: Ataque Antigay en Contra de Nuestros Tribunales
Por: Eric Lesh/Gerente Proyecto por los tribunales justos– P: Vivo en Iowa, y en los días antes de la elección, recuerdo ver un autobús con…
Ask Lambda Legal: Boy Scouts of American; Can I Come Out?
By: Thomas Ude, Jr./ LL Senior Staff Attorney– Q: I am an Eagle Scout and I am gay. Having been involved with the Boy Scouts…
Obama Appoints Eight Nominees to Federal Bench
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– President Obama Tuesday (November 27) nominated Judge Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro to a federal district court seat in Philadelphia, bringing…
Lambda Legal Unites LGBT Organizations in Support of Partner of Deceased MO State Trooper
‘Kelly Glossip’s partner of 15 years was tragically killed while at work — there cannot be a gay exception to the family protections put in…
Pregúntale a Lambda Legal – Donativos de Sangre Gay
Por: Scott Schoettes/Director del Proyecto de VIH para Lambda Legal– Estimado Lambda Legal, P. Yo soy un hombre gay y por mucho tiempo he querido donar sangre. ¿Escuche que…
Ask Lambda Legal – Blood Donations
By: Scott Schoettes/HIV Project Director for Lambda Legal– Dear Ask Lambda Legal, Q: I’m a gay man and have wanted to donate blood for some…
Pregúntale A Lambda Legal: La policía Es Más Difícil Conmigo
Por: Thomas Ude/Abogado de Lambda Legal– P. Yo nunca he sido detenido, pero a veces se me hace que la policía me pone más atención…
Ask Lambda Legal: Is the Police Being Harder on Me?
By: Thomas Ude/Lambda Legal Attorney– Q. I’ve never been arrested, but it seems like I get a harder time from the police than some of…
Ask Lambda Legal – Same-Sex Couples’ Access to Housing
By: Natalie Chin/Staff Attorney for Lambda Legal– Q: I just got married to my same-sex spouse. We are in the process of looking for housing,…
Pregúntale a Lambda Legal – Acceso a la Vivienda para Parejas del Mismo Sexo
Por: Natalie Chin/Abogada por Lambda Legal– P: Acabo de casarme con mi pareja del mismo sexo. Estamos en el proceso de buscar un departamento o…
Ask Lambda Legal – Arizona’s Immigration Law
By: Iván Madrigal-Espinoza/LambdaLegal, Special for TRT– Q: Some of my gay friends have expressed some insensitivity towards immigration issues—especially with the news about Arizona’s anti-immigrant…
Lambda Legal: Apoya Decisión Contra Ley Anti-Inmigrante de Arizona, Corte Suprema
Nueva York, NY—El mes pasado, Lambda Legal y más de 100 organizaciones que apoyan los derechos de los inmigrantes—incluyendo la Liga de Ciudadanos Latinoamericanos Unidos…
Lambda Legal: Urges High Court to Uphold Ruling Against AZ Anti-Immigrant Law
[Provided by LambdaLegal] New York, NY–Last month, Lambda Legal and over 100 civil rights, faith and community organizations – including the Leadership Conference on Civil…
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Pres. Obama’s Affordable Care Act
In a dramatic move with significant political and economic implications, a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday (June 28) voted to uphold President…