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Case arguing that the LAPD violated a settlement agreement intended to protect an openly gay officer from harassment and discrimination on the job
Groundbreaking case arguing that schools have a responsibility to protect students from antigay verbal and physical abuse
Landmark case that struck down a Colorado voter initiative that would have stripped lesbians and gay men of civil rights protection.
Pioneering case arguing the reinstatement of Army and National Guard veteran after she was discharged because of her sexual orientation
Pioneering case seeking the right to marry for same-sex couples in Hawaii
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit challenging the State of North Carolina’s discriminatory policy requiring transgender people to have undergone “sex reassignment surgery” in order for them to obtain an accurate birth certificate reflecting who they are.
The trial court erred by failing to examine the prosecution’s peremptory strikes - exclusion of prospective jurors without reason - of four Black jurors and two jurors perceived to be LGBTQ, denying Carter access to an impartial jury of his peers and subjecting those individual jurors to impermissible discrimination.
School districts must be able to address legitimately harmful speech such as bullying, harassment, and threats of violence- whether or not it occurs on school grounds - but must be very specific and distinct with their actions to not overextend their authority, an amicus brief filed Wednesday before the U.S. Supreme Court states.
Lambda Legal filed legal papers on behalf of Indiana Youth Group (IYG) to join a lawsuit in a case before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana to protect the interests of transgender students from attack by a teacher who sued the Brownsburg Community School Corporation after officials asked him to refer to transgender students in his classroom accurately by their full names, as requested by their parents and recorded in the school’s database.
Lambda Legal filed an amicus brief in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Aimee Stephens, a transgender woman fired by her employer for her gender identity. At issue in the case are both an employment discrimination claim and a religious exemptions issue.
Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief, joined by eight other organizations, in the Washington Supreme Court in two companion cases brought on behalf of a gay couple against Arlene’s Flowers for refusing to sell flowers for their wedding. The business claims a religious right to refuse to sell floral arrangements to same-sex couples for weddings and also claims a right to reject same-sex couples because arranging flowers involves artistic expression that, Arlene’s Flowers’ owner contends, should be protected as free speech.