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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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Closed Case

Oliver v. The Barbershop

Lambda Legal has brought this lawsuit to enforce California’s paramount interest in nondiscrimination and to make clear that freedom of...

Case Filed: 05/25/2016

Court: Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San Bernardino

  • Religious Exemptions
  • Trans Rights
  • California
Closed Case

Carcaño v. Cooper (formerly Carcaño v. McCrory)

Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of North Carolina and Equality North Carolina filed a lawsuit challenging North...

Case Filed: 03/29/2016

Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

  • Anti-LGBT Policies
  • Family Protections
  • Trans Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • North Carolina
Closed Case

Zubik v. Burwell

Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Court to reject arguments made by religiously...

Case Filed: 02/24/2016

Court: United States Supreme Court

  • Health Care
  • Religious Exemptions
  • Trans Rights
  • Reproductive Rights
Closed Case

Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt (formerly Whole Woman’s Health v. Cole)

Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday in support of the Texas abortion clinics, physicians...

Case Filed: 02/24/2016

Court: United States Supreme Court

Decision: Victory

  • Health Care
  • Trans Rights
  • Texas
Active Case

Roberts v. Clark County School District

Lambda Legal has submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in support of a transgender police officer in Nevada who was banned from...

Case Filed: 02/03/2016

Court: United States District Court for the District of Nevada

  • Trans Rights
  • Nevada
Closed Case

G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board

Case on behalf of a student who was denied access to the male restroom at his Virginia high school because...

Case Filed: 11/23/2015

Court:

  • Trans Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • Virginia
Active Case

Lawrence v. Office of Personnel Management

Case on behalf of a transgender man discriminated against by his federal employer because it denied health care coverage.

Case Filed: 09/15/2015

Court:

  • Health Care
  • Seniors
  • Trans Rights
  • Florida
Closed Case

Passion Star a/k/a Zollicoffer v. Livingston

Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Passion Star (legal name: Zollicoffer), a transgender woman currently in the...

Case Filed: 10/23/2014

Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Decision: Victory

  • Criminal Legal System
  • Racial Justice
  • Trans Rights
  • Texas
Closed Approximate Case

Taylor v. Lystila

Health care discrimination case involving a transgender woman who was refused transition-related medical care.

Case Filed: 04/16/2014

Court:

  • Health Care
  • Trans Rights
  • Illinois
Closed Case

People v. DeLee

Amicus brief filed with the New York Court of Appeals urging the reinstatement of the conviction of Dwight DeLee, found...

Case Filed: 10/07/2013

Court: New York Court of Appeals

  • Trans Rights
  • New York
Closed Case

McCreery v. Don’s Valley Market

Transgender employment discrimination case in which a transgender woman was fired after she told her boss she would be transitioning.

Case Filed: 09/24/2013

Court:

Decision: Victory

  • Employment
  • Trans Rights
  • South Dakota
Closed Case

Lopez Berera v. Holder

Amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit in support of asylum protection for Karolina Lopez...

Case Filed: 04/20/2012

Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

  • Criminal Legal System
  • Health Care
  • HIV
  • Immigration and Asylum
  • Trans Rights
Closed Case

Fields v. Smith

Case challenging a Wisconsin law that bars access to hormone therapy or sex reassignment surgery for prison inmates and others...

Case Filed: 10/28/2011

Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Decision: Victory

  • Health Care
  • Trans Rights
  • Wisconsin
Closed Case

Turner v. White

Case seeking access to legal proceedings for a name change and waiver of fees on behalf of transgender woman

Case Filed: 10/28/2011

Court: Illinois Supreme Court

  • Fair Courts
  • Trans Rights
  • Illinois
Closed Case

Gotti v. Raemisch

Case involving the right of transgender people in prison to receive appropriate medical treatment.

Case Filed: 10/28/2011

Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

  • Trans Rights
  • Wisconsin