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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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
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
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. v. United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit to compel the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to release information...
Case Filed: 05/22/2019
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
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
Colosimo v. Berryhill
Lambda Legal filed a motion on behalf of a 75-year-old gay man arguing that the Social Security Administration’s denial of...
Case Filed: 01/16/2019
Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina