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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Case arguing that Baltimore County respect the out-of-state marriage of county employees and provide spousal benefits to married same-sex couples.
Case Filed: 12/15/2011
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Case seeking visitation rights for a gay father
Case Filed: 11/01/2011
Court: Maryland Court of Appeals
Complaint arguing that an antigay judge in Mississippi violated the state’s Code of Judicial Conduct
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
Groundbreaking case arguing against Cirque du Soleil’s decision to fire an employee because of his HIV status
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
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Decision: Landmark Case
Case arguing that Birken Manufacturing failed to protect one of its employees from severe antigay harassment in the workplace.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Connecticut Superior Court for the Judicial District of Hartford
Decision: Victory
Amicus brief in support of University of California Hastings Law School policy requiring publicly funded student groups to accept “all...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: US Supreme Court
Decision: Victory
Amicus brief filed in support of case challenging the Crime Against Nature by Solicitation (“CANS”) law.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
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Case in which a man living with HIV challenged the Atlanta Police Department’s refusal to hire HIV-positive police officers.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
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Decision: Victory
Case seeking the right for same-sex couples to marry in California
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: California Supreme Court
Decision: Landmark Case
Case involving a claim, among others, that statements describing plaintiff as gay were defamatory per se, entitling him to presumed...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: United States District Court, Southern District of New York
Lambda Legal, along with Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), the Human...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Case representing Texas lesbian denied the opportunity to interview for a permanent teaching position at a Texas community college.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
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Decision: Victory
Case arguing that a doctor cannot refuse to perform surgery on a man because of his HIV status
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Decision: Victory
(Amicus) Custody case arguing that restricting ‘exposure’ to the gay friends of a parent on the sole basis of their...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Case representing a skilled glass worker who was fired because his employer claimed his HIV status posed a “direct threat”...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
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