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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’s 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’s employer engaged in unlawful sex discrimination when it fired her because she’s transgender. We represented Aimee Stephens in front of the U.S. Supreme Court — 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 Ƶ, the Ƶof 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.
Obergefell, Et Al. V. Hodges - Freedom To Marry In Ohio. Explore Case.
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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191 LGBTQ Rights Cases

Paramo v. Kern High School District
California
Nov 2006

LGBTQ Rights

Paramo v. Kern High School District

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California
Nov 2006
Paramo v. Kern High School District

LGBTQ Rights

Paramo v. Kern High School District

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Hawai'i - R.G., et al. v. Koller, et al.
California
Jun 2006

LGBTQ Rights

Hawai'i - R.G., et al. v. Koller, et al.

The Ƶof Hawai'i and the ƵLesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Rights Project represented three young people — a 17-year-old male-to-female transgender girl, an 18-year-old lesbian, and an 18-year-old boy perceived to be gay — in a federal civil rights lawsuit against Hawai'i Youth Correctional Facility (HYCF), the state's juvenile correctional facility. The plaintiffs said they were abused and harassed because of their sexual orientation and gender identity while at HYCF. The Ƶasked for a preliminary injunction to force HYCF to establish policies, procedures, and training to prevent further abuse of LGBT wards.
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California
Jun 2006
Hawai'i - R.G., et al. v. Koller, et al.

LGBTQ Rights

Hawai'i - R.G., et al. v. Koller, et al.

The Ƶof Hawai'i and the ƵLesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Rights Project represented three young people — a 17-year-old male-to-female transgender girl, an 18-year-old lesbian, and an 18-year-old boy perceived to be gay — in a federal civil rights lawsuit against Hawai'i Youth Correctional Facility (HYCF), the state's juvenile correctional facility. The plaintiffs said they were abused and harassed because of their sexual orientation and gender identity while at HYCF. The Ƶasked for a preliminary injunction to force HYCF to establish policies, procedures, and training to prevent further abuse of LGBT wards.
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Johnston v. MO Dept. of Social Services
Court Case
Jun 2006

LGBTQ Rights

Johnston v. MO Dept. of Social Services

The Missouri Department of Social Services turned down Lisa Johnston's application to become a foster parent because she's a lesbian.
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Court Case
Jun 2006
Johnston v. MO Dept. of Social Services

LGBTQ Rights

Johnston v. MO Dept. of Social Services

The Missouri Department of Social Services turned down Lisa Johnston's application to become a foster parent because she's a lesbian.
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Exodus Parody
California
Mar 2006

LGBTQ Rights

Exodus Parody

After Justin Watt posted this parody of an Exodus International billboard for “reparative therapy” on his Web site, he received a cease-and-desist letter from an anti-gay legal organization.
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California
Mar 2006
Exodus Parody

LGBTQ Rights

Exodus Parody

After Justin Watt posted this parody of an Exodus International billboard for “reparative therapy” on his Web site, he received a cease-and-desist letter from an anti-gay legal organization.
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Gay TShirts
Court Case
Jan 2006

LGBTQ Rights

Myers v. Thornsberry

The Ƶfiled a lawsuit in federal court against a high school that twice punished a student for wearing t-shirts expressing her support for gay rights. LaStaysha Myers, a heterosexual 15-year-old student at Webb City High School in Missouri, was twice sent home from school last November for wearing homemade t-shirts; first, one bearing several handwritten slogans such as I support the gay rights! and Who are we to judge? and the next day one that bore a rainbow and the Webster's dictionary definition of gay: M[e]rry, happy. Before censoring Myers, administrators routinely allowed students to wear shirts expressing other messages, including endorsements of the Bush and Kerry presidential campaigns, students' views on abortion, and religious messages.
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Court Case
Jan 2006
Gay TShirts

LGBTQ Rights

Myers v. Thornsberry

The Ƶfiled a lawsuit in federal court against a high school that twice punished a student for wearing t-shirts expressing her support for gay rights. LaStaysha Myers, a heterosexual 15-year-old student at Webb City High School in Missouri, was twice sent home from school last November for wearing homemade t-shirts; first, one bearing several handwritten slogans such as I support the gay rights! and Who are we to judge? and the next day one that bore a rainbow and the Webster's dictionary definition of gay: M[e]rry, happy. Before censoring Myers, administrators routinely allowed students to wear shirts expressing other messages, including endorsements of the Bush and Kerry presidential campaigns, students' views on abortion, and religious messages.
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