New York City-based Lambda Legal is declaring victory after a big win in court when The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit overturned a lower court ruling on Aug. 27, finding that a for-profit senior living facility in Niles, Illinois had purposely failed to protect a lesbian senior from harassment from other residents, according to a press release. Lambda had provided legal services for senior Marsha Wetzel after the Glen St. Andrew Living Community retaliated against her after she complained about the harassment, which included being the subject of numerous anti-gay slurs, according to the press release.

Hear Wetzel tell her own story below: