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(Amicus) Custody case arguing that restricting 'exposure' to the gay friends of a parent on the sole basis of their sexual orientation is contrary to Georgia law and perpetuates prejudice and stigma against LGBT people.
Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of Jesse Moore, urging the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse a district court’s order that dismissed her complaint for failure to state a claim.
Case charging Qwest Communications with failing to protect an employee from severe antigay harassment in the workplace
(Amicus) Case arguing for a student's First Amendment right to freedom of expression
Case arguing to return primary custody of a child to mother after she lost it because she is a lesbian
(Amicus) Case seeking to ensure effective access to antidiscrimination protections in business establishments for disabled Californians, including people living with HIV.
Lambda Legal filed suit against the Social Security Administration (SSA) on behalf of Kathy Murphy, a Texas widow denied spousal benefits after the death of her wife, and the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (the National Committee), arguing that denying Social Security benefits to same-sex spouses because they live in states that discriminate against their marriages violates the U.S. Constitution.
Case seeking regular visitation rights for a lesbian mother and the child she and her former partner co-parented in California.
Groundbreaking case arguing that schools have a responsibility to protect students from antigay verbal and physical abuse
Lambda Legal and the law firm Williams & Connolly LLP filed an amicus brief on behalf of LGBTQ+ rights organizations urging the Supreme Court to uphold a New York gun regulation that would require individuals carrying guns to show proper cause for doing so, arguing that LGBTQ+ people — and especially transgender and LGBTQ+ people of Color — are disproportionately impacted by gun violence, and that sweeping away regulations entirely would further endanger the lives of LGBTQ+ people who have been targeted with deadly hate crimes.
Case arguing for students' rights under the First Amendment to form a gay-straight alliance and to be treated equally