All Cases

5 Court Cases
Court Case
Jan 10, 2019
LGBT Pride
  • LGBTQIA+ Equality

M.E. v. T.J. (Domestic Violence Protections for LGBTQ People)

Prior to our action on this case, North Carolina was the only state in the nation whose laws that provide protections to survivors of domestic violence do not apply equally to those in same-sex relationships. We challenged this policy in court on behalf of a survivor of domestic violence.
Court Case
Jan 11, 2017
Lonnie Billard, ACLU, Charlotte Catholic, teacher, gay, fired
  • LGBTQIA+ Equality

LGBTQ Employment Protections

The ACLU is representing a former Teacher of the Year who was fired from his school in violation of federal law after announcing on Facebook that he was marrying his longtime same-sex partner.
Court Case
Mar 28, 2016
Joaquin Carcano HB2 LGBT LGBTQ trans transgender North Carolina
  • LGBTQIA+ Equality

LGBTQ Discrimination

The ACLU, ACLU of North Carolina, and Lambda Legal challenged North Carolina’s sweeping anti-LGBT law, House Bill 2, and its discriminatory replacement, House Bill 142, on behalf of LGBT North Carolinians and members of the ACLU of North Carolina.
Court Case
Apr 09, 2014
Lennie, Pearl, marriage equality, North Carolina
  • LGBTQIA+ Equality

Freedom to Marry

The ACLU and ACLU of North Carolina won a 2014 lawsuit on behalf of three married, same-sex couples seeking state recognition of their marriages.
Court Case
Jun 13, 2012
marcie, chantelle, fisher-borne, north carolina, marriage, lgbt, adoption
  • LGBTQIA+ Equality

Freedom to Marry & Second Parent Adoption

The ACLU helped win the freedom to marry for same-sex couples in North Carolina by successfully challenging the state's ban on marriage for same-sex couples.