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Case seeking to reverse a Michigan trial court ruling that violated the Full Faith and Credit clause by making three adopted children legal orphans in the state.
Lambda Legal file a friend-of-the-court brief in a New York State court appeal on behalf ofa lesbian couple against Liberty Ridge Farm, LLC for its refusal to rent their event facilities to the couple for their wedding. Liberty Ridge Farm’s owners, Cynthia and Robert Gifford, cited their religious beliefs to justify the denial.
Case filed against Johnson City, Tennessee and its police chief on behalf of a man who unfairly had his photo released along with 39 other men arrested in a public sex sting operation.
Case representing Texas lesbian denied the opportunity to interview for a permanent teaching position at a Texas community college.
Lambda Legal, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), and the law firm Boies, Schiller, Flexner LLP filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of Edward Gladney urging the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse a district court’s order that granted summary judgment to the United States.
Federal lawsuit filed on behalf of a transgender woman fired from her job as a Legislative Editor after she stated her intention to live as a woman in accordance with her health care providers' recommendations.
Missouri State Trooper’s partner of 15 years is denied survivor’s benefits after trooper dies while on duty.
Federal case seeking spousal health benefits for lesbian employee of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Lambda Legal filed a motion on behalf of a 63-year-old gay man arguing that the Social Security Administration’s denial of spousal survivor’s benefits to him, on the grounds that he was not married for long enough despite marrying on the very first day when he was allowed to do so, is unconstitutional.
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of four transgender Tennesseeans seeking to allow transgender individuals to correct the gender marker on their Tennessee birth certificates.
Case involving the right of transgender people in prison to receive appropriate medical treatment.