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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

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 Rights
  • Youth and Schools
  • Texas
Active Case

Chandler v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Lambda Legal, the ACLU of Southern California, the Transgender Law Center, and O’Melveny & Myers LLP filed a request to...

Case Filed: 05/09/2022

Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

  • Criminal Justice
  • Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct
  • Transgender Rights
  • California
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-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Health Care Fairness
  • Transgender Rights
  • Youth and Schools
  • Alabama
Active Case

Fowler et al. v. Stitt et al.

Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit seeking to allow transgender people to correct the gender marker on their Oklahoma birth...

Case Filed: 03/14/2022

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

  • Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Transgender Rights
  • Oklahoma
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-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Transgender Rights
  • Youth and Schools
  • Texas
Active Case

In re Dallas Arboretum

Lambda Legal has filed a complaint with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical...

Case Filed: 02/04/2022

Court: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

  • Employment and Rights in the Workplace
  • Texas
Active Case

Payne-Elliott v. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis

Payne-Elliott sued the archdiocese for compelling Cathedral High School to fire him or lose its Catholic status because Payne-Elliott was...

Case Filed: 11/23/2021

Court: Court of Appeals of Indiana

  • Religious Exemptions
  • Indiana
Closed Case

Campos v. Cohen

Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit challenging the State of North Carolina’s discriminatory policy requiring transgender people to have undergone...

Case Filed: 11/15/2021

Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Decision: Victory

  • Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Transgender Rights
  • North Carolina
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 Rights
  • Youth and Schools
  • Tennessee
Closed Case

Easter v. HHS

Lambda Legal and Americans United for Separation of Church and State, together with the law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe...

Case Filed: 10/13/2021

Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Decision: Victory

  • Adoption and Parenting
  • Religious Exemptions
  • Youth in Out-of-Home Care
  • United States
Active Case

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

  • Criminal Justice
  • Health Care Fairness
  • Transgender Rights
  • Virginia
Active Case

Rios v. Redding

Lambda Legal and the University of Denver School of Law, Civil Rights Clinic filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of...

Case Filed: 06/10/2021

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

  • Criminal Justice
  • Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct
  • Transgender Rights
  • Colorado
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 Rights
  • Youth and Schools
  • West Virginia
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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

  • Youth and Schools
  • United States
Active Case

Facing Foster Care in Alaska v. HHS

Plaintiffs Facing Foster Care in Alaska (FFCA), Family Equality, True Colors United, Inc., and Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders...

Case Filed: 02/10/2021

Court: The United States District Court for the District of Columbia

  • Adoption and Parenting
  • Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Health Care Fairness
  • Seniors
  • Teens & Young Adults
  • Youth in Out-of-Home Care
  • United States