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Meet the newest member of the legal team in the Southern Regional Office, Carl Charles!

This happened because you organized and you fought back against this bill. We will never stop fighting for trans lives. Onward!

The Atlanta Leadership Council invites you to join us on April 28th for an update on Lambda Legal's work in the South!

BREAKING: The bill to ban gender-affirming care in Arkansas was vetoed. This victory belongs to everyone who spoke out against this cruel bill. Gender-affirming care is essential. Gender-affirming care is life saving. Stop attacking trans kids.

Thank you Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and the City of Atlanta LGBTQ Affairs! Congratulations to Tracee McDaniel!

It may be cloudy in Atlanta today, but the clouds will never block the light of all of our trans siblings today and every day!

Thank you OUT Georgia Business Alliance for the great work you are doing in the community!

Wonderful news!

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WE WILL BE LIVE AT NOON TODAY! Tune into the Lambda Legal page to watch. Following the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Equality Act, join us TODAY for a discussion with Lambda Legal’s Help Desk attorneys as they discuss Lambda Legal’s 2021 Help Desk Report and the discrimination and harassment that LGBTQ people are experiencing across the country. The attorneys will also talk about the one year anniversary of COVID-19 shutdown, health care access, and the impact th...e virus has had on the calls they have received. Thursday, March 18, 12pm ET Stefan Johnson, Legal Help Desk Director Leo Miras, Help Desk Attorney Andres Gallegos, Help Desk Attorney Percy Brown, Deputy Digital Director, Moderator

"Senseless violence motivated by hate has no place in a just society, and we are all required to stand together to root out white supremacy, sexism, sexual violence, and hate from our society. We will keep fighting for equality and justice to prevail."

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 17, 2021 Contact: Graciela González, Lambda Legal ... 312-545-8140 | [email protected] Lambda Legal Stands in Solidarity with AAPI Community After Tragic Violence in Georgia (Atlanta, Georgia) Last night, in a series of attacks, targeted primarily against Asian American women working in spas, a 21-year old white man shot and killed eight people at three different spas near Atlanta, Georgia. Of the eight victims, six were Asian, and seven were women. Although the occupations of the victims have not been confirmed, it appears the shooter intended to target sex workers, a particularly vulnerable group of people that experience consistently high levels of violence. Still, the shootings are the latest in a harrowing rise of racist violence against Asian Americans, which has risen by nearly 150% in the last year consistent with racist COVID-related hate rhetoric, with women being more than twice as likely to report having experienced racism. Sharon McGowan, Chief Strategy Officer and Legal Director of Lambda Legal issued the following statement: "Our thoughts are with the families, friends, and communities of the eight people killed last night near Atlanta. While we are waiting for more information to come to light, one thing is clear: Asian Americans who were already reeling because of the recent spate of targeted racist attacks against their community are devastated and feeling a heightened sense of fear. We stand in grief and solidarity with Asian Americans in Atlanta and throughout the country to denounce racism, violence, and xenophobia. As we learn who the victims were, we will say their names and hold them in our hearts. They were human, they had value, and they should still be here. Senseless violence motivated by hate has no place in a just society, and we are all required to stand together to root out white supremacy, sexism, sexual violence, and hate from our society. We will keep fighting for equality and justice to prevail." ### Graciela González, Cell: 312-545-8140; Email: [email protected] Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people, and everyone living with HIV through impact litigation, education, and public policy work.

Congratulations to Carl Charles, Atlanta-based attorney at Lambda Legal, for being recognized at one of the National LGBT Bar Association's Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40!

An important message from Lambda legal attorneys Sasha Buchert and Carl Charles.

These bills are harmful to the entire community.