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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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
California Tribal Families Coalition v. Azar
Represented by Lambda Legal, Democracy Forward, and the Michigan State University College of Law’s Indian Law Clinic, two federally recognized...
Case Filed: 08/26/2020
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division
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
Family Equality v. Azar
Lambda Legal and Democracy Forward filed a lawsuit on behalf of three organizations serving vulnerable populations — Family Equality, True...
Case Filed: 03/19/2020
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Gender and Sexuality Alliance v. Spearman
Lambda Legal and the National Center for Lesbian Rights, along with private counsel Womble Bond Dickinson, Brazil & Burke, and...
Case Filed: 02/26/2020
Court: United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, Charleston Division
People of Michigan v. Jeffrey Martin Six
Lambda Legal and the ACLU of Michigan filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of Jeffrey Martin Six in support of...
Case Filed: 01/30/2020
Court: Michigan 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
Kiviti v. Pompeo
Lambda Legal, with Immigration Equality and pro bono counsel Morgan Lewis, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of...
Case Filed: 09/12/2019
Court: U.S. District Court of Maryland
Mize v. Pompeo
Lambda Legal, with Immigration Equality, and pro bono counsel Morgan Lewis, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for...
Case Filed: 09/12/2019
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Atlanta Division
Rogers v. United States Department of Health and Human Services
Lambda Legal, the ACLU, ACLU of South Carolina, and South Carolina Equality Coalition are suing the U.S. Department of Health...
Case Filed: 05/30/2019
Court: United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, Greenville Division