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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

Loe, et al. v. Texas, et al.

Lambda Legal, the ACLU, the ACLU of Texas, and the Transgender Law Center, along with the law firms Scott, Douglass...

Case Filed: 07/13/2023

Court: Supreme Court of Texas

  • Trans Rights
  • Health Care
  • Texas
  • South Central Regional Office, Dallas
Active Case

Sexuality and Gender Alliance v. Critchfield (Formerly 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

  • Trans Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • Idaho
  • Western Regional Office, Los Angeles
Active Case

A.B. v. Premera Blue Cross

Lambda Legal, Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger PLLC, and QLaw Foundation of Washington filed a federal class action lawsuit on behalf...

Case Filed: 06/27/2023

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

  • Health Care
  • Trans Rights
  • Washington
  • Western Regional Office, Los Angeles
Active Case

Cross v. Montana (Formerly van Garderen v. 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

  • Trans Rights
  • Health Care
  • Youth
  • Montana
  • Western Regional Office, Los Angeles
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

  • Trans Rights
  • Health Care
  • Students' Rights
  • Oklahoma
  • South Central Regional Office, Dallas
Closed Case

Southampton Community Healthcare v. Bailey

Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri (ACLU-MO) and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP filed a petition seeking...

Case Filed: 04/24/2023

Court: St. Louis County Court

  • Trans Rights
  • Health Care
  • Missouri
  • Midwest Regional Office, Chicago
Closed Case

L.W. et al v. Skrmetti et al 

Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Tennessee, and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP sued...

Case Filed: 04/21/2023

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

  • Trans Rights
  • Youth
  • Health Care
  • Tennessee
Closed Case

Baldwin v. Nevada System of Higher Education and Public Employees’ Benefits Program

Lambda Legal filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of Alexandra “Lexa” Baldwin, a transgender...

Case Filed: 11/11/2022

Court: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Decision: Victory

  • Health Care
  • Trans Rights
  • United States
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

  • Trans Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • Oklahoma
Active Case

Dekker, et al., v. Weida, et al.

LGBTQ+ and health advocacy groups filed a federal lawsuit today challenging Florida’s anti-transgender health care rule denying coverage for transgender...

Case Filed: 09/07/2022

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

  • Health Care
  • Trans Rights
  • Florida
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

  • Trans Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • 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 Legal System
  • Trans 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 Policies
  • Health Care
  • Trans Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • Alabama
  • Southern Regional Office, Atlanta
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 Policies
  • Trans Rights
  • Oklahoma
  • South Central Regional Office, Dallas
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 Policies
  • Trans Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • Texas
  • South Central Regional Office, Dallas