Unprecedented Past. Unstoppable Future.
For 50 years, Lambda Legal has represented unprecedented legal victories and a vision of equality for LGBTQ+ people and everyone living with HIV.
Celebrate with Us
Throughout 2023, we will mark this milestone and gather with our communities of supporters across the country. Join us!
Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 11:00am PDT
Private Home
Celebrate 50 Years with us in Palm Springs. Join us for this special event at the Cathedral City home of David Mizener & Arturo Carrillo.
RegisterSunday, March 26, 2023 at 5:00pm EDT
Bonnet House Museum & Gardens
Celebrate 50 Years with us in Fort Lauderdale. Please join Lambda Legal for our annual gathering of supporters from across South Florida’s LGBTQ+ and allied community
Tickets & SponorshipsThursday, April 13, 2023 at 5:30pm MDT
Private Home
Celebrate 50 Years with us in Arizona. Join us for this special event at the Scottsdale home of Brad Howell & William R. Aulwes
Tickets + SponsorshipsFriday, May 19, 2023 at 6:30pm CDT
The Art Institute of Chicago
Celebrate 50 Years with us in Chicago.
Tickets & SponsorshipsWednesday, May 24, 2023 at 5:30pm PDT
The Pearl | San Francisco, CA
Celebrate 50 Years with us in San Francisco.
Tickets & SponsorshipsThursday, June 1, 2023
Houston, Texas
Celebrate 50 Years with us in Houston.
Coming Soon! Tickets & SponsorshipsThursday, June 8, 2023 at 6:00pm EDT
The Glasshouse
Celebrate 50 Years with us in New York City. Join us for Lambda Legal's premier event in the city where we were founded 50 years ago.
Tickets & SponsorshipsThursday, August 3, 2023
Private Home, Seattle, WA
Celebrate 50 Years with us in Seattle.
Coming Soon! Tickets & SponsorshipSaturday, August 12, 2023
Dallas, Texas
Celebrate 50 Years with us in Dallas.
Coming Soon! Tickets & SponsorshipsFriday, September 8, 2023
Indiana State Museum
Celebrate 50 Years with us in Indy.
Coming soon! Tickets & SponsorshipsThursday, September 21, 2023
Los Angeles, California
Celebrate 50 Years with us in L.A.
Coming Soon! Tickets & SponsorshipsSunday, September 24, 2023
Atlanta, Georgia
Celebrate 50 Years with us in Atlanta.
Coming Soon! Tickets & SponsorshipsThursday, September 28, 2023
Washington D.C.
Celebrate 50 Years with us in D.C.
Coming Soon! Tickets & Sponsorships
Our History
In 1973, Bill Thom founded Lambda Legal with only $25 in the bank and the organization’s name taped to his apartment mailbox with a Band-Aid. The goal was to focus on litigation first, and education second. Nearly fifty years later, Lambda Legal has done just that, taking on cases that address marriage equality, youth in schools, LGBTQ+ families, and workplace discrimination while creating education campaigns around HIV stigma, transgender sports bans and access to health care. Take a look.
For 50 years, Lambda Legal has worked to address the highest priority needs for members of the LGBTQ+ community and those living with HIV.
As we push forward, Lambda Legal will continue to serve as a firewall against the escalating attacks on the LGBTQ+ community and people living with HIV, and continue to chart the course to a world where our identities and relationships are respected, protected, and celebrated. We will continue to do so through:
Impact litigation designed to expand protections and defend the rights of the LGBTQ+ community and people living with HIV
Education programs to expand awareness and build coalitions of support for our communities
Public policy advocacy to challenge anti-LGBTQ+ bias and create new protections in our legal system
