Lambda Legal’s Case Work
For five decades and counting, Lambda Legal has proudly served as attorneys for the LGBTQ+ community and people living with HIV. Find out what’s on our docket right now—and go in depth on each of our current cases below.
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In re Infant Girl W.
Case arguing for joint adoption by same-sex couples
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Indiana Supreme Court
Decision: Victory
Matter of Kyle Smith
Case arguing against the Foreign Service’s policy of not hiring anyone who is HIV positive.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court:
Rodriguez v. Johnson et al.
Case arguing against a residential center’s withholding of prescription hormone medication and punishment of gender expression for a transgender woman
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: United States District Court, Southern District of New York
Decision: Victory
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Lee’s Log Cabin, Inc.
Employment discrimination case under ADA in which court ruled that evidence of the impact of AIDS on the claimant did...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Cleveland Taxpayers v. Cleveland
Lawsuit brought by an antigay legal group attempting to strip away the City of Cleveland’s newly enacted domestic partnership registry...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Ohio Court of Appeals, Eighth Appellate District
Friedlander v. Waroge Met, Ltd. d/b/a/ Sizzler
Lawsuit invoking the New York City and State Civil and Human Rights Laws in the case of a woman attacked...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court:
Esquivel v. Oregon
Transgender rights case in which a state employee was denied insurance coverage for medically necessary surgery on the basis of...
Case Filed: 12/01/2010
Court:
Decision: Victory
Young v. Lingle
Case seeking civil unions for same-sex couples in Hawai`i.
Case Filed: 07/29/2010
Court: The First Circuit Court of the State of Hawai`i
Franke v. Parkstone Living Center, Inc.
Case brought against assisted living facility on behalf of retiree and his daughter, after the facility evicted the retiree because...
Case Filed: 05/12/2009
Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas
Central Alabama Pride, Inc. v. Larry Langford
Case on behalf of Central Alabama Pride, a gay group that was denied its free speech rights when the Birmingham...
Case Filed: 02/20/2009
Court: U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama
Strauss v. Horton
A lawsuit contending that Proposition 8 is not a valid initiative because it improperly attempts to undo the California Constitution’s...
Case Filed: 11/05/2008
Court: California State Supreme Court
Giles v. City of Johnson City, et al.
Case filed against Johnson City, Tennessee and its police chief on behalf of a man who unfairly had his photo...
Case Filed: 09/30/2008
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Bloem v. Montgomery County Board of Elections
Case filed in an attempt by plaintiffs to undermine Lambda Legal’s Maryland Court of Appeals victory inDoe v. Montgomery County...
Case Filed: 09/25/2008
Court: Montgomery County Circuit Court
Glenn v. Brumby et. al.
Federal lawsuit filed on behalf of a transgender woman fired from her job as a Legislative Editor after she stated...
Case Filed: 07/22/2008
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Decision: Landmark Case
Embry v. Ryan
Appeal of a Florida family court ruling that a second parent adoption a lesbian obtained in Washington state could not...
Case Filed: 07/01/2008
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal, Second Circuit