Recent Victories

Brinkman v. Miami University, et al.
University's domestic partner benefits program threatened by antigay group and legislator

Department of Human Services v. Howard (amicus)
(Amicus) Case arguing against ban on any person who engages in same-sex sodomy from becoming a foster parent

Gwin v. Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System
Case arguing against state Medicaid program that denied HIV-positive woman a life-saving organ transplant.

Hedberg v. Detthow
Case seeking to remove custody restriction forcing a same-sex couple to live separately in order to retain custody of a child

Hickman v. Donna Curry Investments, LLC, et al.
Man fired from a Subway restaurant after disclosing his HIV status

In re Infant Girl W.
Case arguing for joint adoption by same-sex couples

In re Spera
Case arguing that a doctor cannot refuse to perform surgery on a man because of his HIV status

In the Matter of J.D. Fairchild
Case seeking to maintain a joint custody agreement between two lesbian parents despite Ohio's antigay amendment

Jones v. Boring
Case arguing for the rights of a non-biological parent to receive primary custody of a child if biological parent is unfit

Knight v. Schwarzenegger
Case arguing to uphold domestic partnership laws despite Proposition 22, California's antigay marriage initiative

Koebke v. Bernardo Heights Country Club
Case in California arguing that businesses that extend benefits to married couples must also extend them on an equal basis to registered domestic partners

Lewis v. Harris
Case seeking the right to marry for same-sex couples in New Jersey

Miller-Jenkins v. Miller-Jenkins
Case seeking regular visitation rights for a lesbian mother and the daughter she and her former partner had while in a Vermont civil union

Moses v. King
Case arguing to return primary custody of a child to mother after she lost it because she is a lesbian

Noble Street Gay Straight Alliance v. Noble Network of Charter Schools
Case arguing for students’ rights under the First Amendment to form a gay-straight alliance and to be treated equally

Ralph v. City of New Orleans
Case arguing to preserve insurance benefits for same-sex couples after they are threatened by antigay group

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

Rowell v. Rowell
Case arguing against a custody arrangement that is contingent on the children being blocked from seeing their HIV positive aunt

Soto Vega v. Gonzales
Case arguing for a Mexican man to receive asylum in the United States after suffering severe antigay harassment and abuse in his native country