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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Jackson-Edney v. Labrador
Lambda Legal, the ACLU, the ACLU of Idaho, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, and Alturas Law Group, PLLC filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District...
Case Filed: 04/30/2026
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho
Gilbert Baker Foundation v. U.S. Department of the Interior
Lambda Legal and Washington Litigation Group filed this case in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New...
Case Filed: 02/18/2026
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Decision: Victory
De la Fuente Díaz v. González Colón
In 2025, Lambda Legal joined the appeal on behalf of six nonbinary plaintiffs seeking to uphold the decision by the...
Case Filed: 10/01/2025
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
Jones v. Critchfield
Lambda Legal, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, and Alturas Law Group, PLLC, have filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of...
Case Filed: 08/01/2025
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho
GLMA v. National Institutes of Health
Lambda Legal, alongside law firms Crowell & Moring LLP and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, filed a federal lawsuit against...
Case Filed: 05/20/2025
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
Schlacter et. al. v. U.S. Department of State et. al.
Lambda Legal filed this case in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. We are challenging a Trump...
Case Filed: 04/25/2025
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
San Francisco AIDS Foundation v. Trump
Multiple LGBTQ, Health, and HIV organizations sued the Trump Administration represented by Lambda Legal challenging three executive orders that together...
Case Filed: 02/20/2025
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
National Urban League v. Trump
Lambda Legal and the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), along with co-counsel Covington & Burling, LLP, filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for...
Case Filed: 02/19/2025
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Shilling v. United States
Lambda Legal, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, and Perkins Coie filed this case in the U.S. District Court for the...
Case Filed: 02/06/2025
Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
PFLAG v. Trump
Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Maryland, joined by pro-bono co-counsel Hogan Lovells and Jenner...
Case Filed: 02/04/2025
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
Kennedy v. Braidwood
This case was formerly named ‘Braidwood v. Becerra.’ Kennedy v. Braidwood is a challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s coverage mandate....
Case Filed: 10/21/2024
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Gloria Johnson, et al., on Behalf of Themselves and All Other Similarly Situated
Lambda Legal filed an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in Grants Pass v. Johnson, a case addressing whether...
Case Filed: 04/19/2024
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
PFLAG v. Office of the Attorney General of Texas
On February 9, PFLAG National—which has eighteen chapters in Texas—received civil demands from the Attorney General’s Office to turn over...
Case Filed: 02/29/2024
Court: District Court of Travis County, Texas
Soe v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Lambda Legal, the Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) and Louisiana co-counsel filed this case in Orleans Civil District Court before it was transferred to the 19th Judicial...
Case Filed: 01/08/2024
Court: 19th Judicial District Court
Iowa Safe Schools, et al v. Reynolds
Lambda Legal, the ACLU of Iowa, and Jenner & Block LLP filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Iowa Safe...
Case Filed: 11/28/2023
Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, Central Division