Skip to Main Content

Need help understanding your rights as an LGBTQ+ person or someone living with HIV? Click here to visit our virtual Help Desk.

Newsroom and Media

  • Advocates Promise Swift Legal Action Against Restrictions on Health Care for Oklahoman Trans Youth

    Learn More
  • United States senators and representatives hold up signed "Respect for Marriage Act"

    Lambda Legal Hails Enactment of the Respect for Marriage Act

    Learn More
  • Person holds transgender flag

    Nevada Removes Discriminatory Ban on Medically Necessary Facial Surgery

    Learn More
  • Client Will Larkins (they/he/her) poses in their home.

    Judge Refuses to Block Florida Law Known as “Don’t Say Gay or Trans”

    Learn More

Recent News

  • March 20, 2023

    <strong>Supreme Court Must Reject West Virginia’s Effort to Deny a 12-Year-Old Girl Her Right to Play</strong> 
    Read More

  • March 15, 2023

    Lambda Legal, GLSEN, GLAAD, Human Rights Campaign, National Black Justice Coalition, National LGBTQ Task Force, Major Social Justice Organizations Condemn House Republicans’ Censure Motion Against Rep. Mauree Turner
    Read More

  • March 9, 2023

    <strong>LGBTQ+ Advocates Respond to West Virginia’s Latest Attack on Transgender Youth</strong> 
    Read More

  • March 7, 2023

    Lambda Legal to 4th Circuit: Affirm Ruling Striking West Virginia Medicaid Ban on Gender-Affirming Care
    Read More
shutterstock_1492097534

April 4, 2022

LGBTQ+ Children’s Books Prove the Power of Representation

Read More

shutterstock_1824503447

March 31, 2022

The Power, Beauty, and Nuance of Being Transgender and Visible

Read More

shutterstock_1844144053

March 17, 2022

For Parents of Trans Youth, Love is Clearly the Answer

Read More

Protecting & advancing health care for transgender people is vital, sound, & just. Transgender West Virginia Medicaid participants deserve to have equal access to the same coverage for medically necessary healthcare.

Avatara Smith-Carrington

Lambda Legal attorney

Videos

  • Person holds up white sign that reads "We're Here" with Lambda Legal logo

    Making the Case Ep 10 | Keep It in the Holy Family?

    For the final episode of Making the Case, we discuss several overlapping cases all strung together by the thread of discrimination against LGBTQ+ people in the context of child welfare and other federally funded programs. Lambda Legal is fighting to protect LGBTQ+ people, to ensure children who can’t safely return home have a loving family available to care for them and to expand the meaning of safe and loving homes.

  • Florida state flag

    Florida Families File Federal Lawsuit Against Law Known as "Don't Say Gay"

    Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Florida enacted House Bill 1557, commonly referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” law. The lawsuit argues that the law, which bans discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in grades K-3 and restricts such discussions for students through grade 12 based on undefined standards of appropriateness, effectively silences and erases LGBTQ+ students and families.

Latest Press Releases

March 15, 2023

Lambda Legal, GLSEN, GLAAD, Human Rights Campaign, National Black Justice Coalition, National LGBTQ Task Force, Major Social Justice Organizations Condemn House Republicans’ Censure Motion Against Rep. Mauree Turner

Read More

March 7, 2023

Lambda Legal to 4th Circuit: Affirm Ruling Striking West Virginia Medicaid Ban on Gender-Affirming Care

Read More

February 22, 2023

VICTORY: Injunction Granted Pending Appeal in Challenge to West Virginia Trans Athlete Ban

Read More

February 13, 2023

Advocates Promise Legal Action in Defense of Transgender Youth in Tennessee

Read More

February 10, 2023

NASCAR Driver Zach Herrin Announces Partnership with Lambda Legal

Read More

February 10, 2023

Victory! Lambda Legal Secures $372k Settlement in California HIV Medical Data Breach Case

Read More

See more press releases

Latest Blog Pieces

December 6, 2022

Lambda Legal Fought For My Right To Be A Foster Parent

Read More

November 17, 2022

In My Own Words: “No one should be denied medically necessary care because of who they are.”

Read More

November 17, 2022

Let’s Foster a World Where Queer Youth Can Proudly Scream—Not Just Say—“Gay” and “Trans”

Read More

November 14, 2022

For Staff Attorney Nora Huppert, It’s A Privilege To Advocate For Trans Clients To Have Their Voices Heard

Read More

November 7, 2022

On Election Day, Theresa & Mercedes Recall the Significance of Marriage Equality

Read More

October 12, 2022

The Everyday People That Helped Us Make LGBTQ+ History, Together

Read More

See more blog posts