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The largest campaign in the history of our movement

For 50 years, Lambda Legal has been at the forefront of the fight for LGBTQ+ rights. Today, we face an unprecedented wave of attacks on our hard-won progress. That’s why we’re launching Unstoppable Future: Our Campaign to Win Equality – a $180 million effort to expand our impact and secure justice for the generations to come.

JOIN US. YOUR PARTICIPATION IS ESSENTIAL.

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A Comprehensive Strategy to Win

Since 2022, over 1,200 – anti-LGBTQ+ bills have been introduced in 48 different state legislatures, and over 130 laws have been enacted in 24 different states. The Unstoppable Future campaign is Lambda Legal’s boldest effort yet:


Watch Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings join MSNBC’s Weekends with Jonathan Capehart
to discuss the Unstoppable Future campaign and the state of LGBTQ+ rights in America.

There’s no going back. We must act NOW!

  • Defending Against Anti-LGBTQ+ Attacks

    Since 1973, Lambda Legal has been defending LGBTQ+ rights and everyone living with HIV in the courts, legislatures, and communities nationwide. Our victories have included overturning sodomy laws, combating anti-LGBTQ bullying in schools, securing marriage equality, and advancing the rights of transgender people and those living with HIV. But today those very freedoms are on the line. Our work is far from finished.

    Will you help defend against hateful attacks on our rights?

  • Winning New Protections

    Even as we defend an unprecedented wave of anti-LGBTQ+ attacks, Lambda Legal is working proactively to win new legal protections and expand lived equality for the most vulnerable among us. We’re building bridges across movements to combat all forms of hate and bigotry. And we’re lighting the way to justice for all.

    Will you help win new rights for the most vulnerable among us?

  • Preparing for the Future

    Our opponents are well-resourced and unrelenting. To continue winning, we must urgently invest in growing our organizational capacity. The Unstoppable Future campaign will allow us to train the next generation of advocates and organizers and sustain our multidisciplinary approach combining litigation, education, and activism for maximum impact.

    Will you help us become stronger tomorrow than we are today?

  • Securing Our Future

    We know the struggle for equality will continue long beyond our lifetimes. That’s why planned giving is a critical part of the Unstoppable Future campaign. Through our Legacy Challenge, your future bequest can unlock an immediate matching grant to Lambda Legal today. It’s a powerful way to ensure your impact endures.

    Will you ensure Lambda Legal is prepared for the multi-generational fight ahead?

OUR CASE FOR GROWTH

  • “I have supported Lambda Legal for nearly thirty years because I have benefitted from its work for justice, and because everyone does not yet share equally in those benefits. When my wife Kasz was dying, I took her to the emergency room, where I was accepted without question as her spouse, so when all hell broke loose, the ER physician took a quick medical history from me without pausing to look for someone else or ask where the “real family” was or proof of who I was. The time he saved by not doing any of that got him back to her quickly, and his quickness bought Kasz and me a day, and during that day, her sisters and two close friends got to the ER to say goodbye. The five minutes that bought us that last day took thirty years to get: thirty years of law and policy work and ongoing vigilance and responses when reality fell short of good laws and policies, and Lambda Legal and its volunteer Board members helped do that work.”

    Anne Krook

  • “As a transgender woman myself, I know how deeply these laws hurt. Our ordinary day-to-day activities are restricted or criminalized solely because we are trans, and we sometimes feel alone and discouraged. But we are not alone. I’m honored to stand with Lambda Legal as they wage the battle for LGBTQ+ equality during these precarious times. I’m grateful for their unrelenting advocacy in the courts and state capitals to safeguard the hard-won freedoms our community has secured through decades of perseverance.”

    Eileen Amy Ryan

  • “In order to secure the future of LGBTQ+ rights, we must continue carrying the torch forward now. Our community is under attack from individuals who want to roll back our protections. We cannot and will not let that happen. We hope Lambda Legal will continue thriving and securing additional protections for the LGBTQ+ community and everyone living with HIV.”

    Bobby Campbell & J. Robert Garcia

  • “We live in troubling times. After years of positive momentum in the fight for LGBTQ+ equality, we are seeing our rights under attack as bad actors seek to roll back our rights for the sake of political expediency. We have to fight back in every arena—at the polls, in the media, and perhaps most crucially, in court, where there is no one better to have on our side than Lambda Legal. Investing in Lambda constitutes an investment in gender affirming healthcare, in sports equity, in economic justice for LGBTQ+ people. An investment in Lambda Legal is an investment in our future.”

    The Leonard Litz LGBTQ+ Foundation

Campaign Supporters

Thank you to all who have contributed and committed to our work towards an UNSTOPPABLE FUTURE! (As of 5/15/24)

  • $10,000,000+ Commitments

    Kathryn G. Graham
    MacKenzie Scott

     

    $5,000,000 – $9,999,999 Commitments

    Kenward Gray Elmslie

     

    $1,000,000 – $4,999,999 Commitments

    Anonymous
    Alphawood Foundation Chicago
    Bruce F. Stuart
    Eileen Amy Ryan
    Galvan Foundation
    John S. McDonald + Robert W. Wright
    Jones Day Foundation
    Leonard Litz LGBTQ+ Foundation
    Maureen E. Ryan/Darby Foundation
    Perry S. McKay
    The Steans Family

     

    $500,000 – $999,999 Commitments

    Anonymous
    Eric C. Green
    F. Gary Knapp
    Gene Kapaloski
    Jayne Baron Sherman + Deby Zum
    John Alchin + Hal Marryatt
    The Kenneth S. Hollander Charitable Foundation

     

    $250,000 – $499,999 Commitments

    Anonymous
    C. Graham Berwind III – Director, Spring Point Partners
    Bobby Campbell + J. Robert García
    Stephen Tosha + Stephen Strecansky

     

    $100,000 – $249,999 Commitments

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    Alan + Frank York
    Andrew Mitchell-Namdar + Isaac Namdar
    Anne K. Krook
    Benson Cohen
    Bill Hardin + Chase Haslam
    Brad W. Seiling
    Clark Pellett + Robert Kohl
    The Estate of Kasz Maciag
    Franklin Ching + Charley Kearns
    Harry H. Harkins, Jr. + John E. Garger
    Huizenga Family Foundation
    Ian Tzeng + Eric Tzeng
    Jill + Mark Engerman + Family
    John F. Stafstrom + Dennis C. Murphy
    Judy Bigelow + Carl Ellison
    Ken Colen + Blaise Bonaventure
    The Levit Family
    Michelle S. Riley + Susanne M. Kandel
    Mona Pittenger Giving Fund at Our Fund Foundation
    Peter Pileski
    Robert Ollis + Richard Gibbons
    Roberta Conroy
    Ronna Stamm + Paul Lehman
    Stephen R. Winters + Don D. Curtis
    Steven W. Thornton
  • Anonymous (3)
    Andrew Baron Cohen
    Anne + Sidney White
    Betsy J. Bernard + Laurie Peter
    Bill Hardin
    Carol Meyer
    Charles V. Loring
    David R. Jablonowski + John Peller
    F. Curt Kirschner + Nick Augustinos
    Jayne Baron Sherman + Deby Zum
    Jim Johnson + Paul Dobrea
    John Sabulis + Anthony Pietrangolare
    John Schwab + David Sandelin
    John F. Stafstrom + Dennis C. Murphy
    Kenneth S. Hollander + John M. Kardos
    Kevin T. Crilly
    Laurence M. Rundie
    Madeleine M. McDonough + Cyd Slayton
    Mark A. Fritsch
    Mark Hamilton + Juan Francisco
    The Mark B. Rinder + Dennis R. Ferioli Family
    Martin + Andrew Farach-Colton
    Michelle S. Riley + Susanne M. Kandel
    Paul D. Lerner + Stephen Reis
    Perry S. McKay
    Peter Pileski
    Peter S. Reichertz
    Phil Boustani + Ted Schweitzer
    R. Michael McGowan
    Rick Foglia + Dennis Banks
    Ritch Tindall + Michael Piziali
    Robert A. Baker + Jacob I. Melamed
    Robert Dawalt + David Leechman
    Robert C. Korn + Alvaro R. Menendez
    Robert Ollis + Richard Gibbons
    Shelly L. Skeen + Cece Cox
    Stephen Enders Fund
    Stephen R. Winters + Don D. Curtis
    Steve Davis + Bob Evans
    Thomas Beckel
    William Edelson
    William Libit + Duane Lisowski
    Woody Sides + Robert Wallace

YOUR PARTICIPATION IS ESSENTIAL

We invite you to play a leading role in an organization whose unstoppable future is inseparable from the movement for LGBTQ+ rights and everyone living with HIV.

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