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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Hobby Lobby v. Sommerville
Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of Meggan Sommerville, a transgender woman, in her almost decade-long fight with...
Case Filed: 12/22/2020
Court: Second District Appellate Court of Illinois
Immigration Equality v. DHS
Lambda Legal and Immigration Equality, along with co-counsel Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, filed a federal lawsuit challenging the...
Case Filed: 12/20/2020
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of California
C.P. v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
Lambda Legal and Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger PLLC filed a federal lawsuit challenging Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois’s (“BCBSIL”)...
Case Filed: 11/23/2020
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Washington in Tacoma
Keohane v. Florida Department of Corrections, Secretary
Lambda Legal and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of Reiyn Keohane urging the Eleventh...
Case Filed: 11/18/2020
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
Santiago v. Gage, et al.
Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of Ashley Moon Raelynn urging the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to...
Case Filed: 11/18/2020
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Anderson v. Crouch
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit challenging West Virginia’s blanket exclusions of coverage for gender-confirming care in its Medicaid and...
Case Filed: 11/12/2020
Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
The Diversity Center v. Trump
Lambda Legal has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s recent executive order that prohibits federal contractors and grantees...
Case Filed: 11/03/2020
Court: United States District Court Northern District of California
Gladney v. United States
Lambda Legal, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), and the law firm Boies, Schiller, Flexner LLP filed a friend-of-the-court brief...
Case Filed: 10/21/2020
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit