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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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
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
Wade v. Starbucks Corp.
Lambda Legal and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) led a coalition of LGBTQ advocacy organizations and legal aid...
Case Filed: 08/21/2020
Court: Court of Appeal of the State of California, Fifth Appellate District
Saba v. Cuomo
Lambda Legal represents Sander Saba, a nonbinary transgender New York resident who is seeking an accurate New York driver’s license...
Case Filed: 07/28/2020
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
United States v. Varner (a.k.a. Kathrine Nicole Jett)
Lambda Legal filed an amicus brief on behalf of LGBT organizations including Human Rights Campaign, National Center for Transgender Equality,...
Case Filed: 03/20/2020
Court: United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
M.H.W. v. Cuomo
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit challenging New York State’s policy categorically prohibiting transgender minors from correcting the sex designation...
Case Filed: 01/07/2020
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
County of Santa Clara v. HHS
Lambda Legal, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit challenging...
Case Filed: 05/28/2019
Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Gore v. Lee
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of four transgender Tennesseeans seeking to allow transgender individuals to correct the...
Case Filed: 04/22/2019
Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
Edmo v. Idaho Department of Correction, et al.
Lambda Legal, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), and the law firm WilmerHale filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of...
Case Filed: 04/11/2019
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Kadel v. Folwell
Lambda Legal and Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) filed a federal lawsuit against North Carolina officials for discrimination...
Case Filed: 03/08/2019
Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
Eller v. Prince George’s County Public Schools
Lambda Legal joined Arnold & Porter in a lawsuit filed against the Prince George’s County Public Schools and Board of...
Case Filed: 12/10/2018
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
Southern Poverty Law Center and Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. v. United States Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Prisons
Lambda Legal and the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Department of...
Case Filed: 11/19/2018
Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Foster v. Andersen
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit challenging Kansas’ refusal to correct the gender marker on birth certificates for transgender individuals....
Case Filed: 10/11/2018
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas