LGBTQ Rights
Mahmoud v. McKnight
On April 9, 2025, the ³Ō¹ĻÖ±²„ and ³Ō¹ĻÖ±²„ of Maryland filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in its efforts to ensure that its English Language Arts curriculum is LGBTQ-inclusive.
Status: Ongoing
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Florida
Nov 2023

LGBTQ Rights
+2 Issues
Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Florida v. Raymond Rodrigues
The University of Florida chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine filed a lawsuit on November 16, 2023, challenging the Chancellor of the State University System of Floridaās order to state universities to deactivate the student group. This order threatens the studentsā constitutionally-protected right to free speech and association in violation of the First Amendment. The ³Ō¹ĻÖ±²„ and its partners are seeking a preliminary injunction that would bar the Chancellor and the University of Florida from deactivating the UF SJP.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2020

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 homeās 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 Aimeeās employer engaged in unlawful sex discrimination when it fired her because sheās transgender. We represented Aimee Stephens in front of the U.S. Supreme Court ā and won.
U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2019

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.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2018

LGBTQ Rights
Religious Liberty
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
Whether a business open to the public has a constitutional right to discriminate.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2015

LGBTQ Rights
Obergefell, et al. v. Hodges - Freedom to Marry in Ohio
The ³Ō¹ĻÖ±²„, the ³Ō¹ĻÖ±²„ 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.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2015

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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South Carolina
Nov 2023
LGBTQ Rights
Rogers v. Health and Human Services
Eden Rogers and Brandy Welch were turned away by a government-funded foster care agency for failing to meet the agencyās religious criteria which exclude prospective foster parents who are not evangelical Protestant Christian or who are same-sex couples of any faith.
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South Carolina
Nov 2023

LGBTQ Rights
Rogers v. Health and Human Services
Eden Rogers and Brandy Welch were turned away by a government-funded foster care agency for failing to meet the agencyās religious criteria which exclude prospective foster parents who are not evangelical Protestant Christian or who are same-sex couples of any faith.

Tennessee
Oct 2023
LGBTQ Rights
+3 Issues
OUTMemphis v. Lee
OUTMemphis v. Lee is a first-of-its-kind challenge to a state-level HIV criminalization law as a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Constitution. Plaintiffs OUTMemphis and Jane Does 1-4 seek to strike down Tennesseeās discriminatory, irrational and cruel enforcement of its āAggravated Prostitutionā law and related sex offender registration requirements.
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Tennessee
Oct 2023

LGBTQ Rights
+3 Issues
OUTMemphis v. Lee
OUTMemphis v. Lee is a first-of-its-kind challenge to a state-level HIV criminalization law as a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Constitution. Plaintiffs OUTMemphis and Jane Does 1-4 seek to strike down Tennesseeās discriminatory, irrational and cruel enforcement of its āAggravated Prostitutionā law and related sex offender registration requirements.

Washington
Oct 2023
LGBTQ Rights
Wetherell v. Alaska Airlines
Justin Wetherell is a nonbinary flight attendant and flight attendant instructor at Alaska Airlines. As a flight attendant, they have been required to comply with Alaska Airlinesā uniform and grooming policies that are grounded in outdated sex stereotypes and conflict with Justinās nonbinary gender identity and fluid gender expression. Now Justin and the Washington State Human Rights Commission are fighting to ensure that Alaska Airlinesā uniform and grooming policy complies with the Washington State Law Against Discrimination and permits all employees to dress and groom in a professional manner that is consistent with their gender identity and expression.
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Washington
Oct 2023

LGBTQ Rights
Wetherell v. Alaska Airlines
Justin Wetherell is a nonbinary flight attendant and flight attendant instructor at Alaska Airlines. As a flight attendant, they have been required to comply with Alaska Airlinesā uniform and grooming policies that are grounded in outdated sex stereotypes and conflict with Justinās nonbinary gender identity and fluid gender expression. Now Justin and the Washington State Human Rights Commission are fighting to ensure that Alaska Airlinesā uniform and grooming policy complies with the Washington State Law Against Discrimination and permits all employees to dress and groom in a professional manner that is consistent with their gender identity and expression.

Court Case
Jul 2023
LGBTQ Rights
Doe v. Madison Metropolitan School District
In February 2020, several parents anonymously sued the Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin state court. The parents claim that the school districtās guidance that seeks to provide support for transgender, non-binary, and gender-expansive students violates parental rights by allowing students to use names and pronouns at school different from those they were assigned at birth, without providing parental notification absent a studentās consent. The ³Ō¹ĻÖ±²„ and ³Ō¹ĻÖ±²„ of Wisconsin intervened in the case on behalf of LGBTQ student groups at schools in the district to help defend the districtās guidance.
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Court Case
Jul 2023

LGBTQ Rights
Doe v. Madison Metropolitan School District
In February 2020, several parents anonymously sued the Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin state court. The parents claim that the school districtās guidance that seeks to provide support for transgender, non-binary, and gender-expansive students violates parental rights by allowing students to use names and pronouns at school different from those they were assigned at birth, without providing parental notification absent a studentās consent. The ³Ō¹ĻÖ±²„ and ³Ō¹ĻÖ±²„ of Wisconsin intervened in the case on behalf of LGBTQ student groups at schools in the district to help defend the districtās guidance.

Utah
Jun 2023
LGBTQ Rights
Free Speech
Southern Utah Drag Stars, LLC v. City of St. George
This case is about whether a city governmentās selective and discriminatory refusal to permit a family-friendly drag event in a public park violated the event organizersā First Amendment right to free speech and the Fourteenth Amendmentās guarantee of equal protection, and related provisions contained in the Utah Constitution.
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Utah
Jun 2023

LGBTQ Rights
Free Speech
Southern Utah Drag Stars, LLC v. City of St. George
This case is about whether a city governmentās selective and discriminatory refusal to permit a family-friendly drag event in a public park violated the event organizersā First Amendment right to free speech and the Fourteenth Amendmentās guarantee of equal protection, and related provisions contained in the Utah Constitution.