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Amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit in support of asylum protection for Karolina Lopez Berera, a transgender Mexican woman living with HIV/AIDS.

Dickerson v. Thompson

Case involving a New York resident seeking an order from a New York court to dissolving her Vermont civil union.

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Springfield-in-Illinois et al. v. Illinois et al.

Adoption and parenting case in which Catholic Charities sued Illinois to force the state to renew a contract for foster care services while excluding couples in civil unions from being eligible foster parents.

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.

Patino v. Birken Manufacturing Co.

Case arguing that Birken Manufacturing failed to protect one of its employees from severe antigay harassment in the workplace.

Pratt v. Indian River Central School District et al.

Case on behalf of a brother and sister challenging antigay harassment, discrimination and censorship by school officials.

In the Matter of L.K.M.

Case on behalf of a non-biological mother seeking shared custody and visitation rights with the child she has parented with her former same-sex partner.

In the Matter of Alcota

Amicus brief criticizing the denial of immigration relief for the wife of a U.S. citizen.

Esquivel v. Oregon

Transgender rights case in which a state employee was denied insurance coverage for medically necessary surgery on the basis of his gender identity.

Witt v. United States Department of the Air Force

Case arguing against the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy

N.B. v. A.K.

Case seeking regular visitation rights for a lesbian mother and the child she and her former partner co-parented in California.