Litigation
Court cases in the project's archive about laws and policies that affect transgender and other LGBTQ+ people. Each case page links its dockets, its court documents, its opinions and any oral arguments, with the originals on CourtListener. Charts show the cases by issue, year, court and place.
Also: a finding aid to experts who testified for the side defending the laws.
52 of 664 cases match.
| Case | Court | Level | Cir. | Year | Issue / type | Outcome | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams v. Federal Bureau of Prisons | D. Mass. | District | 1st Cir. | 2024 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Favorable | 3 |
| Alan L. v. Lexington Public SchoolsNo. 1:25-cv-13047 | D. Mass. | District | 1st Cir. | 2025 | Schools & educationalso Speech & religious objections, Family & parental rights | 34 | |
| Alexander v. Weiner | D. Mass. | District | 1st Cir. | 2024 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Favorable | 5 |
| American Academy of HIV Medicine v. Health Resources and Services AdministrationNo. 1:26-cv-12638 | D. Mass. | District | 1st Cir. | 2026 | 72 | ||
| Barrett v. Coplan | D.N.H. | District | 1st Cir. | 2016 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Favorable | 6 |
| Beaulieu v. Aulis, et al. | D.N.H. | District | 1st Cir. | 2016 | Prisons & detention | Adverse | 7 |
| Bernier v. Turbocam, Inc. | D.N.H. | District | 1st Cir. | 2026 | Gender-affirming carealso Employment, Health coverage & benefits | 89 | |
| Brittany Tovar v. Essentia Health | 1st Cir. | Circuit | 1st Cir. | 2022 | Gender-affirming carealso Employment, Health coverage & benefits | Mostly favorable | 8 |
| Christopher Beaulieu a/k/a Crystal Beaulieu1 v. New Hampshire Governor et al. | D.N.H. | District | 1st Cir. | 2019 | Prisons & detention | Mostly adverse | 1 |
| Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Kennedy | 1st Cir. | Circuit | 1st Cir. | 2025 | Federal executive actionsalso Gender-affirming care | Mostly favorable | 28 |
| Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. TrumpNo. 1:25-cv-12162 | D. Mass. | District | 1st Cir. | 2025 | 184 | ||
| Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. U.S. Department of AgricultureNo. 1:26-cv-11396 | D. Mass. | District | 1st Cir. | 2026 | 94 | ||
| Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. U.S. Department of EducationNo. 1:25-cv-13244 | D. Mass. | District | 1st Cir. | 2025 | 22 | ||
| Cook v. PC Connection | D.N.H. | District | 1st Cir. | 2010 | Employment | Adverse | 2 |
| Crosby v. Reynolds | D. Me. | District | 1st Cir. | 2025 | Prisons & detention | Favorable | 2 |
| de la Fuente Diaz v. Gonzalez ColonNo. 25-1638 | 1st Cir. | Circuit | 1st Cir. | 2025 | Identity documents | 25 | |
| Doe v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island | D.R.I. | District | 1st Cir. | 1992 | Gender-affirming carealso Employment, Health coverage & benefits | Favorable | 1 |
| Foote v. Ludlow School CommitteeNo. 23-1069 | 1st Cir. | Circuit | 1st Cir. | 2023 | Schools & educationalso Family & parental rights | Favorable | 68 |
| Goe v. US Department of Health and Human ServicesNo. 1:26-cv-00803 | D.N.H. | District | 1st Cir. | 2026 | 31 | ||
| Horizon Christian Fellowship v. Williamson | D. Mass. | District | 1st Cir. | Speech & religious objectionsalso Public accommodations | 1 | ||
| In Re: Administrative Subpoena No. 25-1431-019 | 1st Cir. | Circuit | 1st Cir. | 2026 | Gender-affirming carealso Federal executive actions, Privacy & medical records | 66 | |
| In Re: Motion to Quash Admin. Subpoena to RI Hosp. | 1st Cir. | Circuit | 1st Cir. | 2026 | Gender-affirming carealso Family & parental rights, Federal executive actions, Privacy & medical records | 35 | |
| Jones v. Mahaniah | D. Mass. | District | 1st Cir. | 2025 | Family & parental rightsalso Speech & religious objections | 2 | |
| Kosilek v. Maloney | D. Mass. | District | 1st Cir. | 2002 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Adverse | 1 |
| Kosilek v. Spencer | 1st Cir. | Circuit | 1st Cir. | 2015 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Adverse | 12 |
| Kyle Fellers; Anthony Foote; Nicole Foote; and Eldon Rash, Plaintiffs v. Marcy Kelley, Superintendent of SAU 67; Michael Desilets, Athletic Director of Bow High School; Matt Fisk, Principal of Bow High School; and Bow School District, Defendants | D.N.H. | District | 1st Cir. | 2025 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Schools & education, Athletics | Procedural no direction | 16 |
| L. M. v. Town of Middleborough, MassachusettsNo. 23-1535 | 1st Cir. | Circuit | 1st Cir. | 2023 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Schools & education | Favorable | 25 |
| Lavigne v. Great Salt Bay Community School BoardNo. 24-1509 | 1st Cir. | Circuit | 1st Cir. | 2025 | Family & parental rightsalso Schools & education | Favorable | 5 |
| Lisa Barrett v. Warden, NHSP | D.N.H. | District | 1st Cir. | 2003 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Favorable | 1 |
| Lucas Rosa v. Park West Bank & Trust Co. | 1st Cir. | Circuit | 1st Cir. | 2000 | Public accommodations | Favorable | 1 |
| Manchester v. Town of LudlowNo. 25-1502 | 1st Cir. | Circuit | 1st Cir. | 2025 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Schools & education, Employment | 6 | |
| Massachusetts Fair Housing Center v. The Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentNo. 3:26-cv-30117 | D. Mass. | District | 1st Cir. | 2026 | 23 | ||
| Moe v. TrumpNo. 1:25-cv-10195 | D.C. Cir. | Circuit | 1st Cir. | 2025 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention, Federal executive actions | 81 | |
| National Alliance to End Homelessness v. TurnerNo. 1:25-cv-00447 | D.R.I. | District | 1st Cir. | 2025 | 37 | ||
| National Council of Nonprofits v. McMahonNo. 1:25-cv-13242 | D. Mass. | District | 1st Cir. | 2025 | 153 | ||
| National Parks Conservation Association v. Department of the InteriorNo. 1:26-cv-10877 | D. Mass. | District | 1st Cir. | 2026 | 57 | ||
| Orr v. TrumpNo. 1:25-cv-10313 | 1st Cir. | Circuit | 1st Cir. | 2025 | Identity documentsalso Federal executive actions | 345 | |
| Parker Tirrell, et al. v. P Frank Edelblut, et al. | D.N.H. | District | 1st Cir. | 2026 | Athletics | Favorable | 255 |
| Peter Gibbs and Brett (Brooke) Sonia v. P N.H. Department of Corrections Commissioner Helen Hanks et al. | D.N.H. | District | 1st Cir. | 2021 | Prisons & detention | Adverse | 1 |
| Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence v. Kennedy, Jr.No. 1:25-cv-00342 | D.R.I. | District | 1st Cir. | 2025 | 74 | ||
| Rhode Island Coalition for Children and Families v. Kennedy, Jr.No. 1:26-cv-00814 | D.R.I. | District | 1st Cir. | 2026 | 1 | ||
| Rhode Island Latino Arts v. National Endowment for the ArtsNo. 25-2113 | 1st Cir. | Circuit | 1st Cir. | 2025 | 20 | ||
| Scott v. Federal Bureau of PrisonsNo. 1:25-cv-10580 | D. Mass. | District | 1st Cir. | 2025 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention, Federal executive actions | 1 | |
| Soneeya v. Spencer | D. Mass. | District | 1st Cir. | 2012 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Favorable | 1 |
| State of California v. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesNo. 1:25-cv-12019 | D. Mass. | District | 1st Cir. | 2025 | Health coverage & benefitsalso Gender-affirming care, Federal executive actions | 98 | |
| State of Illinois v. Department of Health and Human ServicesNo. 1:26-cv-14051 | D. Mass. | District | 1st Cir. | 2026 | 18 | ||
| State of Maine v. National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationNo. 1:25-cv-00324 | D. Me. | District | 1st Cir. | 2025 | 8 | ||
| State of Maine v. United States Department of AgricultureNo. 1:25-cv-00131 | D. Me. | District | 1st Cir. | 2025 | 35 | ||
| State of Washington v. United States Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentNo. 1:25-cv-00626 | D.R.I. | District | 1st Cir. | 2025 | 137 | ||
| United States v. MAINE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONNo. 1:25-cv-00173 | D. Me. | District | 1st Cir. | 2025 | Athleticsalso Schools & education, Federal executive actions | 51 |
Each case has one main issue and may raise others (shown as “also”); the Issue filter finds a case by either. Choose a column heading to sort by it, and again to reverse the order. A blank cell means the archive has no entry for that case yet.
The outcome is this project's own coding of how a case turned out, made from the court's record; it is not the court's finding. How it is coded, and how to ask for a correction, is on the About page.
Litigation
Court cases about transgender and other LGBTQ+ people · federal & state courts
Cases tracked
| Case | Court | Level | Cir. | Year | Issue / type | Outcome | Docs |
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Cases by issue
Every tracked case once, under its main issue, split by the coded direction of its final ruling (the same reading as "Reached a final ruling" below): favorable or adverse to the LGBTQ-rights claim, or mixed. The empty part of each bar is cases with no coded ruling at the trial, circuit or Supreme Court stage yet, which is most of them; it is not a claim that they have no outcome. Choose a bar to list its cases.
Reached a final ruling
The coded direction at the HIGHEST stage a case reached — trial-level, circuit-court or Supreme Court only. A preliminary-injunction ruling never counts as final, and a "procedural, no direction" or "unclear" coding is excluded rather than shown as an outcome.
Case duration
Filed to terminated, from real CourtListener docket dates, among cases where EVERY tracked docket has terminated (an open appellate docket alongside a closed district one is pending, not resolved). No stage-by-stage date exists in this corpus, so only this one span is shown; dates cover only the tracked-docket tier — see the coverage note below the numbers.
Cases by circuit
A real geographic map, states shaded by their circuit's case count relative to the busiest circuit (linear). The Federal Circuit has no state territory of its own (its jurisdiction is subject matter, not geography) and so never paints here, but still appears in the list and the table. Select a circuit below for its final-ruling mix.