Cases Related to the Rights of Transgender People

Bloem v. Montgomery County Board of Elections
Case filed in an attempt by plaintiffs to undermine Lambda Legal’s Maryland Court of Appeals victory in Doe v. Montgomery County of Board of Elections, which invalidated an illegal referendum petition intended to block a transgender nondiscrimination law.

Brandon v. Richardson County
Historic case arguing for a sheriff's culpability for his acts in the murder of a transgender man

California Education Committee, LLC, et al. v. O'Connell (amicus)
Case defending California’s antidiscrimination protections for students and hate crimes laws

Doe et al. v. Montgomery County Board of Elections
Lawsuit challenging an illegal referendum petition that attempted to overturn a transgender antidiscrimination law in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Etsitty v. Utah Transit Authority (amicus)
(Amicus) Case arguing that a customer's prejudices are not grounds to terminate transgender employees because of their appearance

Fischer v. New York
Case seeking transgender woman’s right to change her name and obtain proper identification

Glenn v. Brumby et. al.
Federal lawsuit filed on behalf of a transgender woman fired from her job as a Legislative Editor after she stated her intention to live as a woman in accordance with her health care providers’ recommendations.

In the Matter of Brian (a.k.a. Mariah) L. (amicus)
(Amicus) Case arguing that Children’s Services must provide a transgender youth sex reassignment treatment if it is found medically necessary

Logan vs. Gary Community School Corporation
Case arguing in favor of a feminine male high school student's First Amendment right to wear a dress to his prom.

Lopez v. River Oaks
Case arguing federal discrimination after a woman has job offer rescinded because she is transgender

Roach v. Roach n.k.a. Silverwolf
Case arguing to uphold alimony payments to a Transgender man

Rodriguez v. Johnson et al.
Case arguing against a residential center's withholding of prescription hormone medication and punishment of gender expression for a transgender woman

Sundstrom, et al. v. Frank, et al.
Case challenging a Wisconsin law that bars access to hormone therapy or sex reassignment surgery for prison inmates and others in state custody

Turner v. The Honorable Stephen White, Chief Judge, Twelfth Judicial Circuit and Pamela J. McGuire, Circuit Court Clerk, Twelfth Judicial Circuit
Case seeking access to legal proceedings for a name change and waiver of fees on behalf of transgender woman