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
Case arguing to uphold domestic partnership laws despite Proposition 22, California’s antigay marriage initiative
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: California Supreme Court
Decision: Victory
Groundbreaking case arguing that schools have a responsibility to protect students from antigay verbal and physical abuse
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit
Decision: Landmark Case
Case invoking the Wisconsin hate crimes law after a university student is brutally attacked by two men because he is...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Circuit Court of Grant County, Wisconsin
Case brought against the city of Atlanta, the chief of police and individual officers for illegally searching, detaining and harassing...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Case on behalf of a non-biological mother seeking shared custody and visitation rights with the child she has parented with...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Ohio Supreme Court
Case seeking custodial rights for a non-biological mother whose ex-partner used Ohio’s constitutional amendment in an attempt to have her...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals
Decision: Victory
Case on behalf of Amalia Hervella who was denied access to the estate of her deceased partner because they were...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: San Diego County Superior Court
Case in California arguing that businesses that extend benefits to married couples must also extend them on an equal basis...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: California Supreme Court
Decision: Victory
Case arguing for students’ rights under the First Amendment to form a gay-straight alliance and to be treated equally
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court:
Decision: Victory
Case seeking access to legal proceedings for a name change and waiver of fees on behalf of transgender woman
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Illinois Supreme Court
A federal case challenging California’s discriminatory ballot measure, Prop 8, which eliminated same-sex couples’ right to marry in that state.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Decision: Victory
Case in which a same-sex married couple sued the Connecticut Department of Public Health because it refused to list both...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decision: Victory
(Amicus) Case arguing for a gay man to receive asylum to avoid persecution in his native country because of his...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Second Circuit Court of Appeals
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