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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2020
Aimee Stephens in front of the Supreme Court

LGBTQ Rights

R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v EEOC & Aimee Stephens

Aimee Stephens had worked for nearly six years as a funeral director at R.G. and G.R. Harris Funeral Homes when she informed the funeral home鈥檚 owner that she is a transgender woman. She was fired, the EEOC sued on her behalf, and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Aimee鈥檚 employer engaged in unlawful sex discrimination when it fired her because she鈥檚 transgender. We represented Aimee Stephens in front of the U.S. Supreme Court 鈥 and won.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2019
Don Zarda, Melissa Zarda, Bill Moore

LGBTQ Rights

Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda

Don Zarda loved to skydive. He worked as a skydiving instructor at Altitude Express, a company on Long Island, N.Y. He was fired for being gay.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2018
David Mullins and Charlie Craig

LGBTQ Rights

Religious Liberty

Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission

Whether a business open to the public has a constitutional right to discriminate.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2015
Jim Obergefell

LGBTQ Rights

Obergefell, et al. v. Hodges - Freedom to Marry in Ohio

The 桃子视频, the 桃子视频of Ohio and Alphonse Gerhardstein of Gerhardstein & Branch have filed suit on behalf of Jim Obergefell and David Michener, two widowers, and Robert Grunn, a funeral director, in a challenge to the Ohio constitutional and statutory marriage recognition bans.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2015
Bourke Family

LGBTQ Rights

Bourke v. Beshear & Love v. Beshear - Freedom to Marry in Kentucky

Bourke v. Beshear is a federal court challenge to Kentucky's constitutional ban on marriage for same-sex couples, filed by attorneys at Clay Daniel Walton & Adams and Fauver Law Office on July 26, 2013, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. The plaintiffs are four same-sex couples seeking state recognition of their out-of-state marriages.
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190 LGBTQ Rights Cases

Carca帽o, et al. v. Cooper, et al
North Carolina
May 2021

LGBTQ Rights

Carca帽o, et al. v. Cooper, et al

Filed by the 桃子视频and the 桃子视频of North Carolina along with Lambda Legal, this lawsuit challenges a sweeping North Carolina law, House Bill 2 , which bans transgender people from accessing restrooms and other facilities consistent with their gender identity and blocks local governments from protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (鈥淟GBT鈥) people against discrimination in a wide variety of settings., and its replacement law, HB 142, which left many of the harms caused by HB 2 in place.
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North Carolina
May 2021
Carca帽o, et al. v. Cooper, et al

LGBTQ Rights

Carca帽o, et al. v. Cooper, et al

Filed by the 桃子视频and the 桃子视频of North Carolina along with Lambda Legal, this lawsuit challenges a sweeping North Carolina law, House Bill 2 , which bans transgender people from accessing restrooms and other facilities consistent with their gender identity and blocks local governments from protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (鈥淟GBT鈥) people against discrimination in a wide variety of settings., and its replacement law, HB 142, which left many of the harms caused by HB 2 in place.
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Monroe v. Rauner
Illinois
Jan 2021

LGBTQ Rights

Monroe v. Rauner

The 桃子视频of Illinois filed a lawsuit on behalf of six women 鈥 Janiah Monroe, Marilyn Melendez, Ebony Stamps, Lydia Helena Vision, Sora Kuykendall, and Sasha Reed 鈥 and seeks class certification on behalf of all prisoners in the custody of Illinois Department of Corrections who have requested from IDOC evaluation or treatment for gender dysphoria. The case seeks to force IDOC to reform its medical care system to put an end to the suffering it is currently causing transgender prisoners with gender dysphoria by denying them the medical care they need on a timely basis and consistent with the well-established medical standards.
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Illinois
Jan 2021
Monroe v. Rauner

LGBTQ Rights

Monroe v. Rauner

The 桃子视频of Illinois filed a lawsuit on behalf of six women 鈥 Janiah Monroe, Marilyn Melendez, Ebony Stamps, Lydia Helena Vision, Sora Kuykendall, and Sasha Reed 鈥 and seeks class certification on behalf of all prisoners in the custody of Illinois Department of Corrections who have requested from IDOC evaluation or treatment for gender dysphoria. The case seeks to force IDOC to reform its medical care system to put an end to the suffering it is currently causing transgender prisoners with gender dysphoria by denying them the medical care they need on a timely basis and consistent with the well-established medical standards.
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Reynolds v. Talberg
Michigan
Jan 2021

LGBTQ Rights

Reynolds v. Talberg

On March 12, 2018, the 桃子视频and the 桃子视频of Michigan moved to intervene on the behalf of Stand with Trans and the Williamston High School Gay-Straight Alliance. Stand with Trans is a non-profit organization in Michigan with support groups around the state serving and empowering the families of transgender youth. The Williamston GSA is a student-led organization for LGBT students and allies at Williamston High School. Both organizations are committed to ensuring LGBT students have safe, non-discriminatory environments in which to go to school.
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Michigan
Jan 2021
Reynolds v. Talberg

LGBTQ Rights

Reynolds v. Talberg

On March 12, 2018, the 桃子视频and the 桃子视频of Michigan moved to intervene on the behalf of Stand with Trans and the Williamston High School Gay-Straight Alliance. Stand with Trans is a non-profit organization in Michigan with support groups around the state serving and empowering the families of transgender youth. The Williamston GSA is a student-led organization for LGBT students and allies at Williamston High School. Both organizations are committed to ensuring LGBT students have safe, non-discriminatory environments in which to go to school.
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Linda Dominguez looks ahead, in the middle of a park.
New York
Nov 2020

LGBTQ Rights

Dominguez v. City of New York

The 桃子视频 (ACLU) and New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) filed a lawsuit on behalf of a transgender woman who was arrested and charged with 鈥渇alse personation鈥 after she provided officers with both her previous and current legal names and explained that she changed her name to align with her gender identity. Linda Dominguez was harassed by officers who repeatedly mocked her gender identity, despite changes to the NYPD鈥檚 patrol guide dating back to 2012 that prohibit such behavior.
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New York
Nov 2020
Linda Dominguez looks ahead, in the middle of a park.

LGBTQ Rights

Dominguez v. City of New York

The 桃子视频 (ACLU) and New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) filed a lawsuit on behalf of a transgender woman who was arrested and charged with 鈥渇alse personation鈥 after she provided officers with both her previous and current legal names and explained that she changed her name to align with her gender identity. Linda Dominguez was harassed by officers who repeatedly mocked her gender identity, despite changes to the NYPD鈥檚 patrol guide dating back to 2012 that prohibit such behavior.
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Trans Flag
Oregon
Oct 2020

LGBTQ Rights

Parents for Privacy v. Dallas School District No. 2

On February 20, 2018, the 桃子视频and the 桃子视频of Oregon moved to intervene on behalf of Basic Rights Oregon (BRO) in a case about transgender students鈥 rights. BRO seeks to defend the Dallas School District鈥檚 practice of permitting a transgender boy to use the same restrooms and locker rooms as other boys. BRO has spent over 20 years advocating for legal protections for the LGBTQ community in Oregon, and has supported transgender students and families in Dallas and beyond.
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Oregon
Oct 2020
Trans Flag

LGBTQ Rights

Parents for Privacy v. Dallas School District No. 2

On February 20, 2018, the 桃子视频and the 桃子视频of Oregon moved to intervene on behalf of Basic Rights Oregon (BRO) in a case about transgender students鈥 rights. BRO seeks to defend the Dallas School District鈥檚 practice of permitting a transgender boy to use the same restrooms and locker rooms as other boys. BRO has spent over 20 years advocating for legal protections for the LGBTQ community in Oregon, and has supported transgender students and families in Dallas and beyond.
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