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Lambda Legal Celebrates 50 Years of LGBTQ+ Rights Advocacy

Lambda Legal's CEO and chief legal officer discuss what the future holds for the noted LGBTQ+ rights group.

Jennifer C. Pizer Named Lambda Legal's Chief Legal Officer

Pizer, who joined Lambda Legal in 1996, previously held the post on an acting basis.

Biden Admin Proposes Change to Trump-Era Religious Exemption Rule

"[The rule] was a bright green light for discrimination in the name of religion in federally funded contracting."

Leaders, Legal Experts Hopeful Over California Marriage Ruling

On Thursday morning at 10 a.m. Pacific time in San Francisco, the California supreme court will issue its decision on whether to legalize same-sex marriage in the state, and some gay leaders and LGBT legal experts are feeling confident the decision will go their way.

Cheat Sheet: What's All This Talk About Standing?

The Supreme Court's Proposition 8 decision could be limited to California, or even to only the four plaintiffs involved. But liberal legal scholars see reason a worst-case scenario is unlikely.

The Supreme Court's Middle Option: A Nine-State Solution

Although liberal legal experts don't foresee a disaster, they're also not counting on marriage equality coming to all 50 states.

After Ruling, Party Scene in West Hollywood

Following Thursday's supreme court ruling for same-sex marriage, gays and allies eat cake and pledge to love, honor, and respect in L.A.'s gay epicenter

Let the Oral Arguments Begin

Emotions ran high Thursday when the California supreme court heard oral arguments on whether to uphold the state's voter-passed initiative Proposition 8.

Veteran Activist Jessica Stern Named U.S. Envoy for LGBTQ+ Rights

President Biden announced Friday that he will appoint Stern, currently executive director of OuRight Action International.

How Marriage Equality Opponents Lost America

How marriage equality opponents, obsessed with sex, lost America.

Court upholds groundbreaking California DP law (15632)

A state appeals court ruled Monday that California's groundbreaking domestic-partner registry does not violate a voter-approved initiative defining marriage as a union of a man and a woman.

As Utah Goes... No Other State Can Follow

The state's particular religious composition means its new LGBT nondiscrimination law, including religious carve-outs, may not be applicable elsewhere.

Who Is The Movement's Overlooked MLK?

In the search for the movement’s Martin Luther King, have we overlooked ourselves?

Report: Trump Preparing 'License to Discriminate' Order

A draft of this truly chilling anti-LGBT order is circulating in the federal government.

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Resisting the Christian Right in Orlando

The National Religious Broadcasters group has ambitious plans to roll back LGBT rights. Its annual convention is coming up, just miles from the Pulse nightclub.

The Silver Lining of Targeted Discrimination

A rash of antigay legislation in many states is having an unintended effect, and it's definitely not the one its sponsors wanted.

Can Marriage Equality Be Compromised?

Three key people immersed in different aspects of the marriage-equality effort weigh in on a New York Times op-ed attempting to forge a compromise on how the federal government handles same-sex unions.