The nation's oldest and
largest legal organization working for the civil rights of lesbians, gay
men, and people with HIV/AIDS.
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund is a national
organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights
of lesbians, gay men, and people with HIV/AIDS through impact litigation,
education, and public policy work.
Lambda carries out its legal work principally through
test cases selected for the likelihood of their success in establishing
positive legal precedents that will affect lesbians, gay men, and people
with HIV/AIDS. From our offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and
Atlanta, Lambda's legal staff of attorneys works on a wide range of cases,
with our docket averaging over 50 cases at any given time.
Lambda also maintains a national network of volunteer
Cooperating Attorneys, which widens the scope of our legal work and allows
attorneys, legal workers, and law students to become involved in our
program by working with our legal staff.
Lambda pursues litigation in all parts of the country,
in every area of the law that affects lesbians, gay men, and people with
HIV/AIDS, such as discrimination in employment, housing, public
accommodations, and the military; HIV/AIDS-related discrimination and
public policy issues; parenting and relationship issues; equal marriage
rights; equal employment and domestic partnership benefits;
"sodomy" law challenges; immigration issues; anti-gay
initiatives; and free speech and equal protection rights.
Lambda's work ultimately benefits all people, for it
helps to fashion a society that is truly diverse and tolerant. Our overall
mission to combat sexual orientation discrimination in this country has
become an intrinsic part of the struggle for civil rights.
