On February 19, 2025, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit on behalf of the National Urban League, the National Fair Housing Alliance, and the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, challenging three executive orders that target diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility initiatives and seek to erase the existence of transgender people from public life.
In National Urban League v. Trump, LDF and Lambda Legal claim that these organizations are being forced to adopt the Trump Administration’s discriminatory viewpoints or risk losing federal funds. In either situation, they would be unable to fulfill their missions, leaving many vulnerable populations, including people of color, women, LGBTQ individuals, and people with disabilities, without critical—and often life-sustaining—services. The lawsuit also highlights how the executive orders exhibit a particular prejudice against Black and transgender people.