Law & Finance
Lambda Legal: Transitioning at Work
By Greg Nevins, Supervising Senior Staff Attorney at Lambda Legal Q: I’m a transgender woman, and it is time for me to transition at work but I am concerned about being able to keep my [...]
Ask Lambda Legal – Public Accomodation
By Natalie Chin, Staff Attorney for Lambda Legal Q: The other week, a few friends and I were at a restaurant. We attempted to get the attention of the wait staff but it soon became [...]
Edgewise: For the Rain It Raineth Every Day
Five men in Britain, wrote The Washington Post recently, are on trial for distributing leaflets titled “The Death Penalty” calling for gay people to be killed, and depicting a noose. They were charged under a [...]
Ask Lambda Legal – Public Accommodation
By Natalie Chin, Staff Attorney for Lambda Legal Q: The other week, a few friends and I were at a restaurant. We attempted to get the attention of the wait staff but it soon became [...]
A Word in Edgewise: License to Bully?
Although Michigan toned down its recent hateful anti-bullying bill and passed a saner, more moderate version, the whole episode can still stand as a model of what to expect from bigots; tenacity, disingenuousness, and downright skullduggery. Into the [...]
Ask Lambda Legal – HIV Criminalization
By Scott Schoettes, HIV Project Director for Lambda Legal Dear Ask Lambda Legal, I’m HIV positive and recently heard about someone getting incarcerated after a sexual encounter, all because of his HIV status. Can this [...]
Marry Me Minnesota Lawsuit Breaks Ranks
Three Minnesota couples are suing the state, a divisive move that many marriage equality supporters say will do more harm than good in the 2012 ballot battle Marry Me Minnesota, composed of three Minnesota same-sex [...]
Ask Lambda Legal: Options after Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
By Peter Renn, Staff Attorney for Lambda Legal Dear Ask Lambda Legal, I’m a former U.S. service member who was discharged under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Now that the law has been repealed, can I [...]
Ask Lambda Legal: Back to School
By Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal, Staff Attorney, Lambda Legal Q: My daughter is in high school and recently came out. She’s been experiencing harassment from her classmates, and I’m worried this will affect her health and schoolwork. [...]
Ask Lambda Legal: Faith-Based Foster Care Agencies
By Susan Sommer, Director of Constitutional Litigation Dear Ask Lambda Legal, My partner and I live in Illinois and are in a civil union. We are thinking about becoming foster parents, but have heard about [...]
