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By Scottie Thomaston - An appeals court in New York has rejected a claim of defamation based on someone who was called “gay”. Lambda Legal issued a statement saying, in part, “Saying that someone is gay is not an insult. Being identified as gay is neither bad nor shameful – not in our society, and [...]
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By Scottie Thomaston Lambda Legal, the LGBT legal group representing the plaintiffs in the Nevada marriage equality challenge Sevcik v. Sandoval recently asked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to brief and hear its case on a paral... Read Post

By Scottie Thomaston In 2009, Lambda Legal brought a suit in Arizona against its attempts to cut off domestic partnership benefits for gay and lesbian state employees. A 3-judge panel at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a ... Read Post

A litigant hoping to push a slander lawsuit against a woman who called him gay is going home empty-handed today: The New York Appeals Court has just ruled that calling someone gay or bisexual is no more an insult than calling them a... Read Post