Published July 08, 2009 @ 02:05PM PT

There are only four more days to take Lambda Legal's LGBT and HIV Health Care Fairness Survey! Please take a few minutes to complete the survey today. Your input will help us better communicate to members of Congress and other decision makers the unique health care experiences and needs of LGBT people and people living with HIV. As the health care reform debate heats up, there is very little time to make sure that the issues and concerns of our community become a part of this discussion. Just recently at a health care town hall, President Obama challenged all of us by saying, "I'm going to need ordinary Americans to stand up and say, 'Now is the time.' You are... going to drive this process forward." It's up to us to make sure that the coming reform provides full and equal access ... Read More

Published June 25, 2009 @ 01:44PM PT

Here's how YOU can raise your voice by June 27 to make sure that LGBT people and people living with HIV won't be left out of health care reform: 1. Take the health care fairness survey today. It's available in English and Spanish. 2. Email this message to at least 20 friends and ask them to take the survey by June 27. 3. Share this note on Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Twitter or another social networking site or blog. Lambda Legal has launched a national health care fairness survey which will be used to educate elected officials and other decision makers about the specific problems health care reform must address. Read More

Published June 25, 2009 @ 01:02PM PT

Lambda Legal applauds the introduction of an inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act and calls on Congress to act swiftly to prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Read More

Published June 23, 2009 @ 09:50AM PT

Help us by getting as many of your friends to take the survey as you can before July 10! Because Health Care Fairness CANNOT WAIT! You can add a widget wherever HTML is permitted (including Facebook's "My HTML" application) by pasting the code into your web editor. To donate your Facebook or MySpace profile pic or upload to your page, save your favorite image to your desktop. PC users: right click the image and save. Mac users: drag and drop to your desktop. Make sure to include the survey link in the photo caption: http://www.lambdalegal.org/healthsurvey Read More

Published June 22, 2009 @ 02:02PM PT

Dear Lambda Legal Fan, President Obama has made health care reform a priority for his first year in office and proposals are now being debated. We must take action now to combat the prejudice and discrimination LGBT people and people living with HIV often encounter from health care providers and institutions. We must be heard. Today, as a part of our health care fairness campaign, Lambda Legal is launching a national survey to document the unique health care experiences and needs of LGBT people and people living with HIV. Information from this survey will be used to educate politicians and other decision makers about the specific problems health care reform must address. For this survey to reflect the varied needs of LGBT and HIV communities, we need to hear from you. If you ar... Read More

Published June 18, 2009 @ 01:37PM PT

President Obama issued a Memorandum on Federal Benefits and Non Discrimination directing the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the Secretary of State to extend a small number of federal benefits to the same-sex partners of federal employees. While same-sex partners will be given access to some health care services and employee benefits previously available to different-sex spouses, health insurance coverage has not been included. President Obama's planned announcement misses the mark, according to Lambda Legal's Executive Director, Kevin Cathcart. "The day is long past for incomplete, piecemeal fixes that leave hard-working families uninsured and struggling," he said. Read More Read More

Published May 18, 2009 @ 01:37PM PT

Reverend Dr. Robert Franke, a 75-year-old retired university provost and Unitarian minister, relocated to Little Rock to be closer to his daughter, Sara Franke Bowling. Franke moved into Fox Ridge of North Little Rock, an assisted living facility, after fulfilling all residency requirements - including submitting medical evaluation forms from a local physician. But the day after Franke moved in, Fox Ridge officials forced him from the facility when they learned he has HIV. Read More

Published December 29, 2008 @ 12:49PM PT

This holiday season, Lambda Legal is proud to share with you two victories on behalf of same-sex parents and their children. After legally adopting their Louisiana-born son in the state of New York, Oren Adar and his partner Mickey Smith applied for a new birth certificate for their child, only to be told by the Louisiana state registrar that they could not be issued a birth certificate because the state does not recognize adoption by unmarried parents. We made the case on their behalf, citing the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which requires states to respect court judgments - including adoption decrees - that are lawfully obtained in other states. On Tuesday, a U.S. District Judge ruled against the Louisiana registrar and ordered her to issue a new birth c... Read More