Advocacy for LGBTQ+ Rights and Efforts to Protect Hostages

The chapter delves into Lambda Legal's 50-year history of advocating for LGBTQ+ individuals and those living with HIV amid escalating threats to LGBTQ+ rights in state legislatures. It also examines Israel's rejection of hostage release offers by Hamas, the casualties resulting from rescue attempts, and challenges in determining Gaza's death toll amidst ongoing violence and proposed US peace plans.