Jul

31

FL High School Gay-Straight Alliance Wins Groundbreaking Lawsuit

Filed Under Court Cases, Education, Gay Students, LGBT Youth, Legal |

LGBT Student NewsOKEECHOBEE, FL – A Florida federal court today ruled that school officials in Okeechobee, Florida must allow a gay-straight alliance (GSA) club to meet on campus. Read more

Jul

24

Montgomery County Court Decision on Nondiscrimination Law Causes Disappointment

Filed Under Court Cases, Legal, Politics, Sexual Bigotry, TG |

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force expresses deep disappointment in today’s Montgomery County Circuit Court decision concluding that opponents of transgender rights collected enough valid signatures to place a measure on the November ballot to repeal a county law extending nondiscrimination protections on the basis of gender identity. Read more

Jul

24

Lawsuit Filed Against Georgia General Assembly Officials for Firing Transgender Woman

Filed Under Court Cases, Legal, TG, Workplace Equality |

TG News(Atlanta, Georgia) — Lambda Legal has announced a federal lawsuit against Georgia General Assembly officials on behalf of Vandy Beth Glenn, a transgender woman who was fired from her job as a Legislative Editor after she stated her intention to live as a woman in accordance with her health care providers’ recommendations. Read more

Jul

18

Video: Voters to Decide Same-sex Marriage in Calif.

Filed Under Court Cases, Gay Marriage, Politics |

In case you missed it, earlier this week the California Supreme Court ruled that the voters will have to decide on same-sex marriage in California in the upcoming November election. Read more

Jul

18

Lesbian Appeals Firing From Publicly-Funded Baptist Group Home

Filed Under Court Cases, Legal, Lesbian matters, Religion, Sexual Bigotry, Workplace Equality |

The American Civil Liberties Union and Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed a brief yesterday in a federal appeals court urging the court to allow a discrimination lawsuit to go forward on behalf of a lesbian who was fired from her job at a publicly-funded Baptist group home in Kentucky. Read more

Jul

16

CA Supreme Court Denies Petition to Remove Prop. 8

Filed Under Court Cases, Gay Marriage, Legal, Petitions, Politics |

Gay Marriage Ballot NewsSAN FRANCISCO, CA – Today, the California Supreme Court issued an order in Bennett v. Bowen, S164520, denying a petition to remove Proposition 8, the proposed marriage ban, from the November ballot. Read more

Jul

11

Merrill Vs the IRS

Filed Under Court Cases, Gay Marriage, Legal |

Gay Tax NewsNEW YORK, (PRNewswire) — The Internal Revenue Service has finally caught up with Charles Merrill and he may face three years in prison for not filing income taxes since 2004. The penalty for not filing for each year is 3 years in jail or a $25,000.00 fine. Read more

Jun

25

Florida Hospital Sued for Mistreatment of Deceased Lesbian’s Family

Filed Under Court Cases, Health, Homophobia, Human Rights, Legal, Lesbian matters |

(Miami, Florida) — Today Lambda Legal announced a lawsuit against Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami for the negligent and outrageous treatment towards the family of Lisa Pond, a lesbian whose partner of 18 years and their three children were not allowed to see her as she slipped into a coma and died. Read more

Jun

24

Lambda Legal Defends Westchester County Executive Spano

Filed Under Court Cases, Gay Marriage, Legal |

(New York, NY) — In oral arguments yesterday at the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, Lambda Legal defended County Executive Spano’s responsibility to adhere to New York law and recognize out-of-state marriages of same-sex couples. Read more

Jun

23

Brief Filed on Initiative Procedure in California

Filed Under Court Cases, Gay Marriage, Legal |

(San Francisco, CA) – Three California voters and four organizations dedicated to protecting the civil rights of gay and lesbian people filed a lawsuit in the California Supreme Court on Friday about an initiative that seeks to change the California Constitution to bar gay and lesbian couples from marriage. Read more

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