The 2003 Supreme Court decision in Lawrence v. Texas, striking down all remaining state sodomy laws, changed the legal landscape for lesbian, gay, and bisexual people in America forever. In his stirring opinion Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote, "The petitioners are entitled to respect for their private lives. The...

When ordinary people say "no" to injustice, the world changes. It does not change without effort; meaningful change requires collective action, vision, and organization. Change under the law requires strategy and great attorneys. But without the courage of ordinary people who refuse to accept inequality, change is not possible.

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Across the country, Lambda Legal fought and won many key victories for LGBT people, people living with HIV, and their families. We're very proud of our accomplishments this year, which are summarized below:

NATIONAL: Hospital Visitation Rights Become a Reality

In January federal guidelines requiring most hospitals to...

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case of a same-sex couple denied an accurate birth certificate listing both men as parents of the Louisiana-born child they adopted in New York. The Court left in place a dangerous decision that carves out an exception to the Full...

On June 26, 2011, Lawrence v. Texas -- the 2003 Supreme Court victory litigated by Lambda Legal that struck down sodomy laws -- will turn eight. As with most eight-year-olds, we have already seen promising glimpses of what Lawrence is capable of doing, but we have yet to...

Amid all the drama of the last few days with a law firm accepting then rejecting the ugly contract offered by the House leadership to defend DOMA in court, we should not lose sight of the real issues: First, DOMA is discriminatory, unconstitutional and indefensible. Second, House leaders are not...

December 18 was an historic day: The Senate finally followed the House to repeal the discriminatory "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law. On this vote, Congress lived up to the values that lesbian, gay and bisexual servicemembers swore to defend.

The fight against discrimination in the military has been long...

Something happened on Election Day in Iowa that threatens the principles of democracy upon which this country was founded: Three well-respected Iowa Supreme Court Justices lost retention elections following a vicious campaign by anti-gay groups who targeted them because of the Court's 2009 unanimous decision to uphold marriage equality for...

We're at a critical time in the LGBT rights movement -- the speed at which we are gaining ground in the courts is increasing, while progress in Congress has ground to a halt and tragic anti-gay violence and teen suicides are all around us. This is a time to redouble...

This entry was co-authored by Lambda Legal Deputy Legal Director Hayley Gorenberg.

Stories of teens driven to suicide by antigay taunting are all over the news. But is any of this news actually new? Certainly, the questions I'm fielding at Lambda Legal are presented as "new": Should the...