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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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
Taylor v. Lystila
Health care discrimination case involving a transgender woman who was refused transition-related medical care.
Case Filed: 04/16/2014
Court:
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
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
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
Logan v. Gary Community School Corporation
Case arguing in favor of a transgender high school student’s First Amendment right to wear a dress to prom.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, Hammond
Lopez v. River Oaks
Case arguing federal discrimination after a woman has job offer rescinded because she is transgender
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Federal Court of the Southern District of Texas
Roach v. Roach n.k.a. Silverwolf
Case arguing to uphold alimony payments to a Transgender man
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Circuit Court of the 6th Judicial Circuit in and for Pinellas County, Florida
Rodriguez v. Johnson et al.
Case arguing against a residential center’s withholding of prescription hormone medication and punishment of gender expression for a transgender woman
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: United States District Court, Southern District of New York
Decision: Victory
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
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
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
Doe v. Jindal
Amicus brief filed in support of case challenging the Crime Against Nature by Solicitation (“CANS”) law.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court:
L.P. v. Philadelphia, et al.
Case representing a transgender girl subjected to verbal and physical abuse because of her sexual orientation, gender identity, sex and...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: City of Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations
In the Matter of Brian (a.k.a. Mariah) L.
(Amicus) Case arguing that Children’s Services must provide a transgender youth sex reassignment treatment if it is found medically necessary
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: New York Supreme Court