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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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Active Case

Iowa Safe Schools, et al v. Reynolds

Lambda Legal, the ACLU of Iowa, and the law firm Jenner & Block LLP filed a lawsuit in federal court...

Case Filed: 11/28/2023

Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, Central Division

  • Students' Rights
  • Iowa
Active Case

Voe v. Mansfield

Lambda Legal and the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) sued the State of North Carolina to block implementation of a...

Case Filed: 10/11/2023

Court: District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Health Care Fairness
  • Students' Rights
  • North Carolina
Active Case

Noe, et al. v. Parson, et al.

Lambda Legal, the ACLU of Missouri, and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP filed a lawsuit in Cole County Circuit court...

Case Filed: 07/25/2023

Court: Circuit Court of Cole County State of Missouri

  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Health Care Fairness
  • Students' Rights
  • Missouri
Active Case

Roe, et al. v. Critchfield, et al.  

Lambda Legal, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, and Alturas Law Group, PLLC filed a federal lawsuit against the Idaho State...

Case Filed: 07/07/2023

Court: United States District Court for the District of Idaho

  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • Idaho
Active Case

van Garderen v. State of Montana

In a lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Montana, and Perkins Coie, two...

Case Filed: 05/09/2023

Court: Fourth Judicial District Court Missoula County

  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Health Care Fairness
  • Students' Rights
  • Montana
Active Case

Poe et.al. v. Drummond et.al. 

In a lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Oklahoma, and the law firm...

Case Filed: 05/02/2023

Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Health Care Fairness
  • Students' Rights
Active Case

Bridge v. Oklahoma State Department of Education

Lambda Legal, the ACLU, and the ACLU of Oklahoma have brought a legal challenge on behalf of three transgender students...

Case Filed: 09/13/2022

Court: District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • Oklahoma
Active Case

PFLAG v. Abbott

Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Texas, along with Texas-based law firm Baker Botts LLP,...

Case Filed: 06/08/2022

Court: District Court of Travis County, Texas

  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • Texas
Closed Case

Walker v. Marshall

Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of two Alabama families challenging the felony health care ban, a state law...

Case Filed: 04/11/2022

Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, Northern Division

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Health Care Fairness
  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • Alabama
Active Case

Doe v. Abbott

Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Texas, and the law firm Baker Botts LLP asked a Texas...

Case Filed: 03/01/2022

Court: District Court of Travis County, Texas

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • Texas
Active Case

L.E. v. Lee

In November 2021, Lambda Legal along with co-counsel filed a lawsuit on behalf of 14-year-old Luc Esquivel who is banned...

Case Filed: 11/04/2021

Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • Tennessee
Active Case

B.P.J. v. West Virginia State Board of Education

“I know how hurtful a law like this is to all kids like me who just want to play sports...

Case Filed: 06/04/2021

Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • West Virginia
Active Case

B.L. vs. Mahanoy Area School District

School districts must be able to address legitimately harmful speech such as bullying, harassment, and threats of violence- whether or...

Case Filed: 03/31/2021

Court: The United States Supreme Court

  • Students' Rights
  • United States
Active Case

Gender and Sexuality Alliance v. Spearman

Lambda Legal and the National Center for Lesbian Rights, along with private counsel Womble Bond Dickinson, Brazil & Burke, and...

Case Filed: 02/26/2020

Court: United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, Charleston Division

  • Students' Rights
  • South Carolina
Active Case

M.H.W. v. Cuomo

Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit challenging New York State’s policy categorically prohibiting transgender minors from correcting the sex designation...

Case Filed: 01/07/2020

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of New York

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • New York