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Jameka Evans and Lambda Legal's Greg Nevins

US Supreme Court declines to hear Georgia lesbian’s employment discrimination case

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday morning that it will not review the case of Jameka Evans, the Georgia woman who claims she was harassed in the workplace and fired from her security officer position at G...

Jeff Cleghorn: Why I’m voting Mary Norwood for Atlanta mayor

We are living a moment in history as LGBTQ Atlanta wields enormous influence over who becomes our city’s next mayor. Estimates are that between 10-12 percent of registered Atlanta voters are gay, which commands...

Catching Up with … Victory Empowerment Fellow Eric Paulk

As a black gay man from rural Georgia, Eric Paulk utilizes his experiences to promote intersectional advocacy on a number of levels. A Tyron Garner Fellow at Lambda Legal, Paulk served on the Advisory Board ...

Facebook, Google, Starbucks join in Georgia lesbian’s US Supreme Court fight

Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Starbucks and Viacom have joined 71 other companies in an amicus (“friend of the court”) brief supporting Georgia lesbian Jameka Evans in her efforts to ask the US Supreme Court to ...

Supreme Court begins ‘potentially momentous’ term for LGBT rights

A plethora of cases related to LGBT rights are awaiting the Supreme Court after its summer recess ended Oct. 2, which could lead to the most monumental term for justices since the landmark 2015 ruling in favor ...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Sept. 8

1. Lambda Legal is among the LGBT groups that wrote a letter to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary this week, opposing the nomination of Stephen Schwartz to the US Court of Federal Claims. 2. Twelve Indon...

Lambda Legal petitions US Supreme Court to review Georgia lesbian’s employment rights case

Lambda Legal on Thursday asked the US Supreme Court to review the case of Jameka Evans, a Savannah security guard who was reportedly physically assaulted, harassed, denied equal pay and forced to leave her job ...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Aug. 24

1. The president released guidelines for his transgender military ban, which give Defense Sec. James Mattis a lot of leeway in deciding how to implement the ban. 2. Lambda Legal filed suit against the US dep...

White House issues guidance on Trump’s trans military ban

President Donald Trump may be on a 17- day vacation but his White House has been scrambling to hand him a “win” by the time he returns. Trump’s tweets last week announcing a ban on transgender individuals servi...

Lambda Legal to take Georgia anti-LGBT discrimination case to US Supreme Court

The US Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals denied an en banc petition asking the full court re-hear a Georgia anti-LGBT discrimination case — so Lambda Legal is going straight to the top. On July 6, Lambda Leg...

Photo Gallery: Atlanta Pride recognizes 2017 grand marshals

The JW Marriott hotel in Buckhead Atlanta played host to the 2017 Atlanta Pride Grand Marshal Reception on June 27, where dozens of LGBT leaders and allies gathered to honor the eight individuals and organizati...

A time of reckoning: Atlanta's LGBTQ community addresses racism problem

South Dakota Leads the Way in Anti-LGBTQ Bills for 2019 Session

LGBTQ Groups Denounce Confirmation of William Barr as Attorney General

60% of Same-Sex Couples Meet Online, Study Says

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Ghost Story-Themed Play Makes Magic

The Myth of Sisyphus: Grappling Suicide with Absurdity

The Marie Kondo Phenomenon: Sparking Your Ultimate Joy

US Supreme Court declines to hear Georgia lesbian’s employment discrimination case

Jeff Cleghorn: Why I’m voting Mary Norwood for Atlanta mayor

Catching Up with … Victory Empowerment Fellow Eric Paulk

Facebook, Google, Starbucks join in Georgia lesbian’s US Supreme Court fight

Supreme Court begins ‘potentially momentous’ term for LGBT rights

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Sept. 8

Lambda Legal petitions US Supreme Court to review Georgia lesbian’s employment rights case

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Aug. 24

White House issues guidance on Trump’s trans military ban

Lambda Legal to take Georgia anti-LGBT discrimination case to US Supreme Court

Photo Gallery: Atlanta Pride recognizes 2017 grand marshals

South Dakota Leads the Way in Anti-LGBTQ Bills for 2019 Session

LGBTQ Groups Denounce Confirmation of William Barr as Attorney General

60% of Same-Sex Couples Meet Online, Study Says

Nashville Becomes First Southern City to Recognize LGBTQ-Owned Businesses

More LGBTQ Adults are Considering Starting Families, Study Finds

GLAAD Urges Georgia General Assembly to Pass Bills to Fight HIV/AIDS

Chris Pratt Responds to Criticism of his Church for Being “Anti-Gay”

“Love Trumps Hate” Dance Party with Joe Gauthreaux

Ghost Story-Themed Play Makes Magic

Trans Transcends with Transcendental Meditation

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