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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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
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
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
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
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
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
Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
On January 19, 2021, Lambda Legal and a coalition of service and advocacy groups filed suit against the Trump administration...
Case Filed: 01/19/2021
Court: The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
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
Decision: Victory