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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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Yoakam v. Virginia Department of Corrections, et. al.

Lambda Legal represents Jason Yoakam, a transgender man incarcerated at Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women (FCCW) in Troy, Virginia. The...

Case Filed: 08/25/2021

Court: The United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia

  • Health Care
  • Trans Rights
  • Virginia
Closed Case

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

  • HIV
  • Employment
  • Virginia
Closed Case

G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board

Case on behalf of a student who was denied access to the male restroom at his Virginia high school because...

Case Filed: 11/23/2015

Court:

  • Trans Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • Virginia
Closed Case

Harris et al. v. Rainey et al. (formerly Harris et al. v. McDonnell et al.)

Federal lawsuit seeking the freedom to marry for same-sex couples in Virginia

Case Filed: 07/31/2013

Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Decision: Victory

  • Anti-LGBT Policies
  • Family Protections
  • Virginia
Closed Case

Kaufman v. Virginia Department of Social Services

Case seeking the right for a lesbian woman to adopt her second child

Case Filed: 10/28/2011

Court:

Decision: Victory

  • Virginia
Active Case

Miller v. Jenkins (formerly known as Miller-Jenkins v. Miller-Jenkins)

Case seeking regular visitation rights for a lesbian mother and the daughter she and her former partner had while in...

Case Filed: 10/28/2011

Court: Virginia Court of Appeals

  • Family Protections
  • Vermont
  • Virginia
Closed Approximate Case

Prashad v. Copeland, et al.

Case representing a Virginia same-sex couple seeking to fend off the surrogate mother’s attack on the North Carolina consent order...

Case Filed: 10/28/2011

Court: Virginia Court of Appeals

  • Family Protections
  • Virginia
Closed Case

Davenport v. Little-Bowser

Case seeking birth certificates from the state of Virginia that reflect the names of the same-sex adoptive parents

Case Filed: 04/01/2005

Court: Virginia Supreme Court

  • Virginia