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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The American Academy of HIV Medicine et al. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services et al.
HHS issued funding restrictions that prohibit the use of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funds for gender-affirming care for transgender people living with HIV....
Case Filed: 06/10/2026
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
GLMA v. National Institutes of Health
The NIH is dismantling decades of LGBTQI+ health research. Lambda Legal is fighting to restore the funding and the science....
Case Filed: 05/20/2025
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
San Francisco AIDS Foundation v. Trump
Three Trump executive orders are defunding life-saving health services and erasing transgender people from public life. Lambda Legal is in...
Case Filed: 02/20/2025
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
National Urban League v. Trump
Trump executive orders are stripping funding from organizations that provide HIV care, fair housing, and civil rights protections. Lambda Legal...
Case Filed: 02/19/2025
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
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
John Doe v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
Lambda Legal, with partners McDermott Will & Emery and Merchant Gould P.C., filed a federal lawsuit against Metropolitan Government of...
Case Filed: 07/24/2023
Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
Latasha Monroe, Administratix of the Estate of Honesty Bishop v. Foley
Lambda Legal, the MacArthur Justice Center and law firm Shook, Hardy & Bacon sued the Missouri Department of Corrections (“MODOC”)...
Case Filed: 06/27/2023
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
Decision: Victory
John Doe v. Delaware County, et al.
On June 24, 2022, Lambda Legal, AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, and attorney Scott A. Schoettes, Esq. filed an amended...
Case Filed: 12/05/2022
Court: Unites States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Wilkins v. Hegseth (Formerly Wilkins v. Austin)
Lambda Legal filed a legal challenge to the U.S. Military policy that prevents people living with HIV from enlisting in...
Case Filed: 11/10/2022
Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Roe and Voe v. Austin (formerly v. Esper and at filing v. Shanahan)
Lambda Legal, Modern Military Association of America (MMAA), with partner law firm Winston & Strawn, filed a lawsuit on behalf...
Case Filed: 12/19/2018
Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Deese & Doe v. Austin (formerly v. Esper)
Lambda Legal and Modern Military Association of America (MMAA) filed a lawsuit on behalf of Kevin Deese and John Doe...
Case Filed: 12/12/2018
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Northern Division
Dorn v. Michigan Department of Corrections, et al.
On November 12, 2018, Lambda Legal and Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service announced the successful settlement of a 2015 lawsuit...
Case Filed: 10/31/2018
Court: Western District of Michigan
Briteramos v. King’s of Cuts (d/b/a “King of Kuts”) and Ramsy Milton
Lambda Legal filed a complaint in United States District Court on behalf of Nikko Briteramos against the owner of a...
Case Filed: 07/25/2018
Court: U.S. District Court
Harrison v. Austin (formerly v. Esper and at filing v. Shanahan)
Lambda Legal, Modern Military Association of America (MMAA), with partner law firm Winston & Strawn, filed a lawsuit on behalf of...
Case Filed: 05/14/2018
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Doe v. AJ Boggs & Company
Lambda Legal filed a class-action lawsuit in California Superior Court against A.J. Boggs & Company on behalf of 93 low-income...
Case Filed: 04/03/2018
Court: Superior Court of the State of California County of San Francisco