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David Buckel was an American lawyer and LGBT rights activist. He was a senior counsel at Lambda Legal, a national organization that works to advance the civil rights of LGBT people and people with HIV/AIDS. He was also a prominent environmental activist, and was the lead attorney in a lawsuit against the City of New York for its failure to reduce air pollution. Buckel was born on June 13, 1957 in Batavia, New York. He graduated from Cornell University in 1979 and received his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School in 1986. Buckel was a prominent LGBT rights activist, and was the lead attorney in a lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America for its policy of excluding gay scouts and scout leaders. He also worked on a number of other cases involving LGBT rights, including a case involving a transgender student in Virginia who was denied access to the school's restroom. Buckel was also a prominent environmental activist, and was the lead attorney in a lawsuit against the City of New York for its failure to reduce air pollution. He was also involved in a number of other environmental cases, including a case involving the destruction of a wetland in New Jersey. Buckel died on April 14, 2018, after setting himself on fire in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York. In a suicide note, he said that he had taken his own life to bring attention to the need for environmental protection.

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Occupation Lawyer
Age 61 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 13 June 1957
Birthday 13 June
Birthplace Batavia, New York, U.S.
Date of death April 14, 2018,
Died Place Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Nationality United States

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2018

On April 14, 2018, Buckel's body was found by a passerby in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. It appeared that he had burned himself to death. Next to the body was a note in a manila envelope marked "To the police". The text of the note, which also was emailed to The New York Times, stated: "Most humans on the planet now breathe air made unhealthy by fossil fuels, and many die early deaths as a result—my early death by fossil fuel reflects what we are doing to ourselves."

2006

In 2006, Buckel argued before the Supreme Court of New Jersey in Lewis v. Harris that "for the government to use the label 'civil union' is a considered choice of language that assigns us a second-class status."

2000

In 2000, Buckel was the lead lawyer for the estate of Brandon Teena, a transgender man who was raped and murdered in Nebraska, when Teena's family recovered damages against negligent law enforcement officers. Buckel stated, "It's a very important case, not only within Nebraska but nationally." The story inspired the 1999 biographical film Boys Don't Cry.

1996

In 1996, Buckel represented Jamie Nabozny in Nabozny v. Podlesny, a case heard in the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit regarding the protection Nabozny did not receive while at school. Buckel represented Nabozny in his claims stemming from "consistent and significant anti-gay bullying and abuse."

1980

Buckel graduated in 1980 from the University of Rochester, after which he worked as a home health attendant with hospice patients. In 1987, he graduated from Cornell Law School.

1957

David Stroh Buckel (June 13, 1957 – April 14, 2018) was an American LGBT rights lawyer and an environmental activist. He died on April 14, 2018, by self-immolation as a protest against the use of fossil fuels.