Supreme Court, Erie County, Index No. I-2008-7844 (direct) The NYCLU filed this case after an insurance company in the Buffalo area denied spousal health care benefits to a validly married lesbian couple.

Supreme Court Monroe County, Index No. 2006-6988 (direct). This concerns the case of a transgender individual who was denied a name change petition, in violation of his civil and privacy rights.

(Supreme Court, Albany County, Index No. 1967-04) (direct). This case involves a facial challenge to New York’s Domestic Relations Law, which has been interpreted by the New York State Department of Health as prohibiting same-sex marriages.

Supreme Court, Monroe County, Index No. 433-05 (direct) This case concerns whether valid same-sex marriages performed outside the state are entitled to recognition in New York. Patricia Martinez, an employee of Monroe Community College, married her partner, Lisa Ann Golden, in Canada in 2004. The college, which offers spousal health care benefits to employees in opposite-sex marriages, refused Martinez’s request to provide Golden benefits.

Supreme Court, Oneida County, Index No. CA-2005-431 (direct). This case involves the refusal of a health care center to enroll two women in its publicly offered aquatic programs because of their sexual orientation.

(New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, Index No. K1154-96.) (Amicus.) The issues in this case are whether sex reassignment surgery is an effective treatment for gender identity disorder, whether the surgery can be used to treat children and whether gender identity disorder is a serious medical condition for which sex reassignment surgery is medically necessary.