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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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Case arguing federal discrimination after a woman has job offer rescinded because she is transgender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:
Esquivel v. Oregon
Transgender rights case in which a state employee was denied insurance coverage for medically necessary surgery on the basis of...
Case Filed: 12/01/2010
Court:
Decision: Victory
Bloem v. Montgomery County Board of Elections
Case filed in an attempt by plaintiffs to undermine Lambda Legal’s Maryland Court of Appeals victory inDoe v. Montgomery County...
Case Filed: 09/25/2008
Court: Montgomery County Circuit Court
Glenn v. Brumby et. al.
Federal lawsuit filed on behalf of a transgender woman fired from her job as a Legislative Editor after she stated...
Case Filed: 07/22/2008
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Decision: Landmark Case
Doe et al. v. Montgomery County Board of Elections
Lawsuit challenging an illegal referendum petition that attempted to overturn a transgender antidiscrimination law in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Case Filed: 03/14/2008
Court: Maryland Court of Appeals
California Education Committee, LLC, et al. v. O’Connell
Case defending California’s antidiscrimination protections for students and hate crimes laws
Case Filed: 12/21/2007
Court:
Etsitty v. Utah Transit Authority
(Amicus) Case arguing that a customer’s prejudices are not grounds to terminate transgender employees because of their appearance
Case Filed: 10/05/2005
Court: Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Fischer v. New York
Case seeking transgender woman’s right to change her name and obtain proper identification
Case Filed: 01/01/2003
Court:
Brandon v. Richardson County
Historic case arguing for a sheriff’s culpability for his acts in the murder of a transgender man
Case Filed: 04/01/2000
Court: Nebraska Supreme Court
Decision: Landmark Case