National Urban League v. Trump

Lambda Legal, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (NAACP), and Covington & Burling, LLP filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of the National Urban League, and the AIDS Foundation of Chicago. Our case challenges three anti-equity Trump Executive Orders related to diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and how those Executive Orders affect transgender people.  

Our case alleges that the anti-equity Executive Orders violate the organizations’ rights to free speech and due process, and that issuing and enforcing these orders is intentional discrimination. The three Executive Orders being challenged would: (1) end equity-related grants, (2) forbid federally-funded entities from engaging in diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility programs, and (3) stop federally-funded entities from recognizing the existence of transgender people. Together, these orders reverse decades of civil rights progress and seriously threaten the organizations that advocate for the civil rights of transgender people, communities of color, and provide them shelter, services, and support. They will severely limit the organizations’ ability to provide critical social and health services like HIV treatment, fair housing, equal employment opportunities, affordable credit, civil rights protections, and many others, harming countless people across the United States, including people of color, women, LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, and people living with HIV.    

Currently, we are waiting for the court to rule on the government’s motion to dismiss the case. 

You can read a brief summary of the filed complaint here: https://lambdalegal.org/publication/nul_us_20250219_defending-against-intolerance-erasure/