Lambda Legal established the Midwest Regional Office in 1993, serving ten states through advocacy, litigation, and community building. On this page, you can learn more about our current work in your region and find ways to get involved.
Lambda Legal’s Help Desk is a resource for the community we serve in providing general legal information and resources relating to discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, and HIV status.
January 27, 2026
Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings issued the following statement in support of LGBTQ+ and Immigrant communities in Minnesota: “Today, we stand in firm alliance with our LGBTQ+ allies and indeed all in Minnesota as they confront the violence of federal agents targeting immigrant communities in that state. We share in the grief and anger at the killing of...
January 13, 2026
September 24, 2025
August 21, 2025
Lambda Legal, the ACLU of Iowa, and the law firm Jenner & Block LLP filed a lawsuit in federal court...
Case Filed: 11/28/2023
Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, Central Division
A lawsuit to block the implementation of SB 49 was filed in Cole County Circuit Court, which would prevent transgender...
Case Filed: 07/25/2023
Court: Circuit Court of Cole County State of Missouri
Lambda Legal, the MacArthur Justice Center and law firm Shook, Hardy & Bacon sued the Missouri Department of Corrections (“MODOC”)...
Case Filed: 06/27/2023
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
Decision: Victory
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