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Whitman-Walker Health v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1:20-cv-01630 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 22, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the Trump Administration's limits on LGBTQ protections under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. § 18116). On June 22, 2020, a group of LGBTQ-focused private healthcare providers, organizations providing community services, health professional associations, and individual providers filed this lawsuit in the District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Administrative Pr…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Lee v. Orr

1:13-cv-08719 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2013

Case Ongoing

Plaintiffs -- four same-sex Illinois couples who wished to marry--filed this case on December 6, 2013, in the U.S. district court for the Northern District of Illinois. They sued the Cook County Clerk; the state attorney general intervened. Plaintiffs brought the suit just a month after the Illinois legislature enacted Senate Bill 10, which amends the Illinois Marriage Act to allow same-sex couples to be legally married in Illinois. S.B. 10, Ill. 98th Gen. Assemb., First Reg. Sess. (Ill. 2013…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Conde-Vidal v. Garcia-Padilla

3:14-cv-01253 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: March 25, 2014

Case Ongoing

On March 25, 2014, a same-sex couple filed a pro se complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. The couple, legally married in another state, asked the District Court to enter an order ruling Article 68 of the Civil Code of Puerto Rico, 31 L.P.R.A. § 221, unconstitutional. The law in question limits marriage to unions between one man and one woman. The plaintiffs argued it violates their rights to due process and equal protection in violation of the Fourteenth…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Sundstrom and Fields v. Frank

2:06-cv-00112 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Jan. 24, 2006

Case Ongoing

On January 24, 2006, several transgender state prisoners in Wisconsin state prisons filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Division. The Plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief to redress Defendants' violations of their rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Plaintiffs were represented by attorneys from the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., the ACLU Foundation, Inc., t…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Hicklin v. Precynthe

4:16-cv-01357 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Aug. 22, 2016

Case Ongoing

On August 22, 2016, a 37-year-old transgender woman incarcerated in the Potosi Correctional Center filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The plaintiff sued the Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) and Corizon LLC, the contracted medical provider for MDOC, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by Lambda Legal, she sought injunctive and declaratory relief, claiming violations of the Eighth Amendment’s Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause. Judge Noel…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Harris v. McDonnell

5:13-cv-00077 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 2013

Closed Date: 2015

On August 1, 2013, two same-sex couples filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia against the state of Virginia, under 42 U.S. § 1983 and the Declaratory Judgment Act. The plaintiffs, represented by the national ACLU, the ACLU of Virginia, Lambda Legal and private counsel, asked the court for both declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the state's refusal to allow same-sex couples to marry or to recognize same-sex couples married in other states v…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Garden State Equality v. Dow

11-01729 | New Jersey state trial court

Filed Date: June 29, 2011

Closed Date: 2013

On June 29, 2011, an organization advocating for LGBT rights in New Jersey, along with twelve same-sex couples and their children, filed a lawsuit in the Mercer County Superior Court of New Jersey under the equal protection clauses of the New Jersey and U.S. Constitutions. The plaintiffs asked the court for a declaration that same-sex couples' exclusion from the institution of marriage violated their constitutional rights. The plaintiffs also sought an injunction preventing the state from (1) d…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Immigration Equality v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3:20-cv-09258 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 2020

Case Ongoing

On December 21, 2020, nonprofit organizations that serve LGBTQIA+/H individuals filed this lawsuit against the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California. Plaintiffs alleged that DHS was acting contrary to legal precedent on the issue of refugee policy, the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), and the U.S. Constitution when enacting new rules regarding asylum eligibility. Plainti…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Santa Cruz Lesbian and Gay Community Center v. Trump

5:20-cv-07741 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 2, 2020

Closed Date: May 19, 2021

This case is a challenge to an Executive Order prohibiting government agencies and organizations that receive government funding from discussing unconscious racial or sexual bias during employee trainings. On November 2, 2020, eight plaintiffs—six nonprofits, a sole proprietorship, and an individual—involved in LGBTQ+ advocacy and health care, racial justice, and HIV treatment sued President Donald Trump and various officials in his administration, as well as their respective departments, in th…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Harrison v. Spencer

1:18-cv-00641 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: May 30, 2018

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the legality of the U.S. military’s policy prohibiting the enlistment or promotion of people with HIV. On May 30, 2018, an enlisted service member and attorney, along with the Modern Military Association of America (formerly OutServe-SLDN), filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, where it was assigned to Judge Leonie M. Brinkema. Represented by Lambda Legal, OutServe-SLDN and private counsel, the plaintiff sued the Secret…