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WLP Joins Brief Arguing Against LGBTQ+ Discrimination in Adoption

by | Sep 1, 2020 | Amicus Brief, LGBTQ

A Philadelphia-based case centered on whether or not taxpayer-funded adoption agencies can legally discriminate against LGBTQ+ people will be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on November 4, 2020. WLP recently joined an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief...

Victory! Federal Civil Rights Protections Cover LGBTQ+ Workers & What It Means for Pennsylvania

by Tara Murtha | Jun 15, 2020 | LGBTQ, Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender workers from workplace discrimination. Today’s opinion in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia is a major victory for LGBTQ+...

Victory: Third Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Rights of Transgender Students

by wlpadmin2018 | Jun 1, 2018 | Civil rights, LGBTQ, Transgender Rights

This afternoon, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a lower court’s ruling that upheld a Pennsylvania school district’s policy that permits transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identity. Court...

IRS Ruling a Victory for Married Same-Sex Couples Across the Country!

by Barbara DiTullio | Aug 30, 2013 | Courts, Government, LGBTQ, Marriage Equality

Tara R. Pfeifer, WLP Staff Attorney The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department announced yesterday that the federal government will recognize the marriages of legally married same-sex couples for all federal tax purposes, regardless of where those...