Hispanic AIDS Forum v. Bruno

HAF repeatedly tried to negotiate with the landlord to reach an agreement over the use of the restrooms that would be acceptable to all parties, but the landlord refused to renew the lease, saying it didn't even want the transgender clients in any of the common areas of the building.

Although the landlord claims that transgender people are not protected by the state's civil rights laws, the ACLU points out in its brief that trial courts in four previous cases have all held that discrimination against transgender people is illegal in New York. HAF's TransLatina service program is in a Queens neighborhood that is an epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in U.S. Latino communities.