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Tracking Trump

Lambda Legal is fighting back in the courts for LGBTQ+ people and everyone living with HIV.

8open cases against the Trump administration, focusing on trans rights, DEI, and more below.
5preliminary injunctions granted in current cases.
86%success rate against the last Trump administration

Last updated: February 20, 2026

Spotlight Cases

Case Name

PFLAG v. Trump

State

United States

Status

Open

Tags

Health CareTrans RightsYouth

Summary

Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Maryland, joined by pro-bono co-counsel Hogan Lovells and Jenner & Block, filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of PFLAG, GLMA, transgender young adults, and families with transgender youth challenging an executive order from the Trump administration attempting to shut down access to necessary medical...

Case Name

San Francisco AIDS Foundation v. Trump

State

United States

Status

Open

Tags

HIVRacial Justice

Summary

Multiple LGBTQ, Health, and HIV organizations sued the Trump Administration represented by Lambda Legal challenging three executive orders that together seek to erase transgender people from public life, defund the organizations that provide them with life-saving services, and terminate equity-related grants essential to the health and lives of other underserved communities, including communities of color,...

Case Name

Schlacter et. al. v. U.S. Department of State et. al.

State

United States

Status

Open

Tags

Trans RightsIdentity Documents

Summary

Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit on behalf of seven transgender U.S. citizens, including one who is nonbinary, challenging the Trump administration’s policy denying them U.S. passports with accurate sex designations. The discriminatory passport policy exposes transgender U.S. citizens to harassment, abuse, and discrimination, in some cases endangering them abroad or preventing them from traveling, by...

Case Name

GLMA v. National Institutes of Health

State

United States

Status

Open

Tags

HIVTrans RightsRacial Justice

Summary

Lambda Legal, alongside law firms Crowell & Moring LLP and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, filed a federal lawsuit against the National Institutes of Health (NIH) over the termination of hundreds of grants that funded essential research aimed at improving the health of LGBTQI+ people, including critical HIV research. The lawsuit was filed on behalf...

Showing 18 Results

State

Case Name

Court

Issue(s)

Status

Gilbert Baker Foundation v. U.S. Department of the Interior

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Anti-LGBT Policies

Open
Filed: (2026)

GLMA v. National Institutes of Health

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

HIVTrans RightsRacial Justice

Open
Filed: (2025)

Schlacter v. U.S. Department of State

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Trans RightsIdentity Documents

Open
Filed: (2025)

San Francisco AIDS Foundation v. Trump

U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California

HIVRacial Justice

Open
Filed: (2025)

National Urban League v. Trump

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

HIVRacial Justice

Open
Filed: (2025)

Shilling v. Trump

U.S. District Court-Western District of Washington

Trans RightsEmploymentMilitary

Open
Filed: (2025)

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Health CareTrans RightsYouth

Open
Filed: (2025)

Wilkins v. Hegseth

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

EmploymentHIVMilitary

Open
Filed: (2022)

Mazon v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Religious Exemptions

Closed
Filed: (2021)

Immigration Equality v. DHS

United States District Court for the Northern District of California

Immigration and Asylum

Closed
Filed: (2020)

The Diversity Center v. Trump

United States District Court Northern District of California

Racial Justice

Closed
Filed: (2020)

California Tribal Families Coalition v. Azar

United States District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division

Youth in Out-of-Home Care

Closed
Filed: (2020)

Whitman-Walker Clinic v. HHS

United States District Court for the District of Columbia

Health CareTrans Rights

Closed
Filed: (2020)

Family Equality v. Azar

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Health Care

Closed
Filed: (2020)

Roe and Voe v. Austin

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

HIVEmployment

Closed
Filed: (2018)

Deese & Doe v. Austin

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Northern Division

Anti-LGBT PoliciesHIV

Closed
Filed: (2018)

Karnoski v. Trump

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Trans RightsMilitary

Closed
Filed: (2017)

Lambda Legal v. U.S. Departments of Education and Justice

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Trans RightsStudents' Rights

Closed
Filed: (2017)

Our Issue Areas

Learn more about the different issues Lambda Legal focuses on in our fight for legal and lived equality for the LGBTQ+ community and everyone living with HIV.

Lambda Legal plaintiff Emily Shilling flying for the Air Force.

Meet the People Beyond the Uniform

Lambda Legal proudly launched “Beyond the Uniform: Meet the People Behind the Service in These Intimate Portraits of Resilience,” a compelling portrait and audio series debuting over Memorial Day weekend. This innovative multimedia exhibition showcases the plaintiffs in the Shilling v. Trump case through photography paired with intimate audio recordings that reveal their values, relationships, and experiences outside their military roles.

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