LGBT & AIDS Project Case Profiles
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Active Cases
RELATIONSHIPS
Appling v. Doyle: Defending Wisconsin domestic partnerships
Bassett v. Snyder: Challenge to discriminatory domestic partner benefits law
Donaldson and Guggenheim v. Montana: Fighting for relationship protections in a state with a marriage ban
Glossip v. Missouri Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol Employees' Retirement System: Survivor Benefits for Domestic Partners
Perry v. Schwarzenegger: Federal challenge to Proposition 8
Schmidt and Schuh v. Alaska: Same-sex couples challenge Alaska’s discriminatory tax law
Wiessmann v. State College Area School District: Challenge to discriminatory domestic partner benefits policy
Windsor v. United States: Challenging the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)
HIV/AIDS
TSA HIV Discrimination: HIV employment discrimination by the Transportation Security Administration
DISCRIMINATION
Baker and Linsley v. Wildflower Inn: Lesbian couple challenges Vermont inn’s illegal public accommodations discrimination
Collins v. United States: Challenge to military separation-pay discrimination
Ward v. Wilbanks: Challenging a counseling student's discrimination against LGB clients
TRANSGENDER
Fields v. Smith: Transgender inmates barred from medical treatment
K.L. v. State of Alaska: Allowing transgender individuals to correct the gender marker on their driver’s licenses without undergoing major surgery
YOUTH & SCHOOLS
Don't Filter Me: Web Content Filtering In Schools: Preventing viewpoint-discriminatory censorship of positive LGBT web content in public schools
PFLAG v. Camdenton R-III School District: Fighting unconstitutional censorship of LGBT-supportive websites by a Missouri school
Stop Anti-Gay Bullying: Seth's Story: Seth Walsh and Bullying in Schools
Sturgis v. Copiah County School District: Mississippi school refuses to allow student to wear a tuxedo for her yearbook photo.
Concluded Cases
RELATIONSHIPS
Advocacy Encourages H&R Block to Accommodate Gay Couples in Civil Unions
Alaska CLU v. State of Alaska: State employee domestic partner benefits
Challenge to Florida's Anti-Gay Relationship Initiative: Relationship protections for same-sex couples
Citizens For Equal Protection v. Bruning: Nebraska marriage amendment challenge
Deane & Polyak v. Conaway: Maryland marriage lawsuit
Domestic Partnership Advocacy on Behalf of Konica Minolta Employee
Dunnum v. Wisconsin: State employee domestic partner benefits
Fresno Hospital Discrimination: Lesbian barred from visiting partner
Levitt & Dakota v. New Mexico Retiree Health Authority: State employee domestic partner benefits
Li & Kennedy v. Oregon: Oregon marriage lawsuit
In re Marriage Cases: The case that won marriage in California
Salt Lake City Domestic Partnerships: City employee same-sex partner benefits
Samuels & Gallagher v. New York: New York marriage lawsuit
Snetsinger v. Montana University: University employee domestic partner benefits
Strauss v. Horton: Challenge to California's Prop. 8
PARENTING
Burch v. Smarr: West Virginia child custody
Chandler v. Barker: Appeal of a "paramour" restriction on custody rights in Tennessee
Cole v. Arkansas: Challenge to Arkansas parenting ban for unmarried couples
In re: Gill: Challenge to Florida anti-gay adoption ban
In re: Hadaway: Georgia custody/adoption denial
Howard v. Arkansas: Arkansas foster care ban
Johnston v. MO Dept. of Social Services: Missouri foster care denial
Maniaci v. Kulstad: De-facto parenting case in Montana
DISCRIMINATION
Advocacy on Behalf of Gay Men Verbally Abused by McDonald's Staff
Christian Legal Society V. Martinez: Student club required to comply with the university's non-discrimination policy
Cooley v. Forrest County Sheriff’s Department: Employment Discrimination by Mississippi Sheriff's office
Exodus Parody: Defense of blogger's free speech
Johnson v. Johnson: Texas prison abuse
Limon v. Kansas: Kansas prison sentencing discrimination
TRANSGENDER
Hispanic AIDS Forum v. Bruno: New York transgender discrimination
Kirk v. Arnold: Challenge to Illinois law denying transgender people accurate birth certificates
In re Rockefeller: New York denial of name change for transgender man
Lovo-Lara Visa Petition: Immigration visa petition of transgender spouse
Schroer v. Library of Congress: Federal hiring discrimination by the Library of Congress
Seals v. Old Dominion Freight Lines, Inc.: Hiring discrimination
YOUTH & SCHOOLS
Boyd High GSA v. Boyd Co. Board of Education: Kentucky high school gay-straight alliance
Franks v. Metropolitan Board of Public Education: Access to pro-LGBT sites blocked.
Fulton, Mississippi Prom Discrimination: School refuses to allow same-sex date at prom.
Gillman v. Holmes County School District: Florida student free speech
Gonzalez v. School Board of Okeechobee County: Florida high school gay-straight alliance
Laccone v. I.C. Norcom High School: Virginia student free speech
Morrison v. Boyd County Board of Education: Kentucky high school anti-harassment training
Myers v. Thornsberry: Webb City, MO t-shirt censorship
Nguon v. Wolf: Orange County, CA student harassment
Ohio School Censorship: Dublin, OH t-shirt censorship
Outing at Hollis F. Price Middle College High School: Outing of a male couple at a Memphis, TN, public high school
Paramo v. Kern High School District: East Bakersfield, CA student newspaper censorship
PRIDE v. White County School District: Defense of Cleveland, Georgia gay-straight alliance
Ramona, CA Harvey Milk Censorship: School censors student's project on Harvey Milk
R.G., et al. v. Koller, et al.: Hawai'i youth correctional facility anti-gay harassment
Russellville, Alabama School Prom Discrimination: School refuses to allow same-sex date at prom.
HIV/AIDS
HIV Discrimination by Puerto Rico Cosmetology School: Cosmetology School Prohibits Student from Enrolling Because of HIV Status
Challenge to Change in New York HIV Testing Policy
Couture v. Belle Bonfils: Colorado HIV employment discrimination
Doe v. A Nebraska Restaurant: HIV employment discrimination
Doe v. Clinton: HIV employment discrimination by the U.S. State Department
Dugas v. Arkansas Board of Cosmetology: Cosmetology school dismissal HIV+ student
