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.
54 of 664 cases match.
| Case | Court | Level | Cir. | Year | Issue / type | Outcome | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adree Edmo v. Corizon, Inc. | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2023 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Favorable | 2 |
| Allard v. Gomez | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2025 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Favorable | 4 |
| Anita Green v. Miss United States of America | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2023 | Public accommodationsalso Speech & religious objections | Adverse | 3 |
| Aurora Regino v. Kelly Staley | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2026 | Schools & educationalso Family & parental rights | Adverse | 32 |
| Avendano-Hernandez v. Lynch | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2015 | Immigration & asylum | Favorable | 18 |
| Bates v. Pakseresht, et al.No. 23-4169 | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2023 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Family & parental rights | Adverse | 28 |
| Brian Tingley v. Robert Ferguson | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2022 | Conversion therapyalso Speech & religious objections | 18 | |
| Brown v. Alaska Airlines IncNo. 2:22-cv-00668 | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2022 | Employmentalso Speech & religious objections | 31 | |
| California Tribal Families Coalition v. Xavier Becerra | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | Family & parental rightsalso Federal executive actions | 3 | ||
| Chandler v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2026 | Prisons & detentionalso Bathrooms & facilities | Favorable | 61 |
| City & County of San Francisco v. Alex Azar, IINo. 20-15398 | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2020 | Health coverage & benefitsalso Speech & religious objections, Federal executive actions | 9 | |
| City of Huntington Beach, et al. v. Newsom, et al.No. 25-3826 | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2025 | Schools & educationalso Family & parental rights | 18 | |
| City of Seattle, et al. v. Trump, et al.No. 26-5553 | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2026 | 1 | ||
| Douglas W. Schwenk v. James Hartford Steve Sinclair Robert Mitchell,opinion | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2000 | Prisons & detention | Mixed | 1 |
| Duckett v. GarciaNo. 25-4969 | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2025 | Prisons & detention | 1 | |
| Elizabeth Hunter v. USEDUNo. 23-35174 | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2023 | Schools & educationalso Speech & religious objections, Federal executive actions | Adverse | 23 |
| Geovanni Hernandez-Montiel v. Immigration and Naturalization Service | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2000 | Immigration & asylum | Favorable | 1 |
| Helen Doe v. Thomas HorneNo. 23-16026 | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2023 | Athleticsalso Schools & education | Favorable | 29 |
| Imperial Sovereign Court of the State of Montana v. Knudsen | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2026 | Drag & expressionalso Speech & religious objections | Favorable | 113 |
| International Partners For Ethical Care Inc, et al. v. Ferguson, et al.No. 24-3661 | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2025 | Family & parental rightsalso Gender-affirming care, Housing & shelters | Favorable | 6 |
| Jane Anne Leyland v. Verne Orr, Secretary of the Air Force, James F. Egbert, Commander, United States Air Reserve Personnel Center, and James E. Christman, Surgeon, United States Air Reserve Personnel Center | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 1987 | Military | Adverse | 2 |
| John Doe v. Jami Snyder | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2022 | Gender-affirming carealso Health coverage & benefits | Mostly adverse | 4 |
| Kastl v. Maricopa County Community College District | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2009 | Employmentalso Schools & education, Bathrooms & facilities | Adverse | 2 |
| L.B. v. Premera Blue Cross | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2026 | Gender-affirming carealso Health coverage & benefits | 43 | |
| Lexis Hernandez Avilez v. Merrick Garland | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2023 | Immigration & asylum | Adverse | 1 |
| Lindsay Hecox v. Bradley LittleNo. 1:20-cv-00184 | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2020 | Athleticsalso Schools & education | Favorable | 181 |
| Luis Reyes-Reyes v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2004 | Immigration & asylum | Mostly favorable | 1 |
| McMahon v. World Vision Inc. | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2024 | Employmentalso Speech & religious objections | 1 | |
| Michelle-Lael Norsworthy v. Jeffrey Beard | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2015 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Mixed | 6 |
| Mirabelli v. Olson | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2026 | Family & parental rightsalso Schools & education, Speech & religious objections | Adverse | 210 |
| Nancy Arabillas Morales v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2007 | Immigration & asylum | Mostly favorable | 4 |
| Olympus Spa v. Armstrong | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2025 | Public accommodationsalso Bathrooms & facilities, Speech & religious objections | Favorable | 15 |
| Philip Rosati v. Dr. Igbinoso | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2015 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Favorable | 1 |
| Poe, et al. v. Labrador, et al. | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2024 | Gender-affirming carealso Family & parental rights | 80 | |
| Pritchard, et al. v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of IllinoisNo. 23-4331 | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2025 | Gender-affirming carealso Employment, Health coverage & benefits, Speech & religious objections | Mixed | 20 |
| QueerDoc PLLC v. United States Department of Justice | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2026 | Gender-affirming carealso Federal executive actions | 37 | |
| Rachel Damiano v. Grants Pass School District No. 7 | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2023 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Schools & education, Employment | 18 | |
| Ramona HOLLOWAY, Appellant, v. ARTHUR ANDERSEN AND COMPANY, Appellee | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 1977 | Employment | Adverse | 1 |
| Roe v. Johnston | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2026 | Identity documents | Adverse | 102 |
| Roe, et al. v. Critchfield, et al.No. 23-2807 | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2025 | Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilities | Adverse | 8 |
| Ryan Karnoski v. Donald Trump | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2020 | Militaryalso Federal executive actions | Favorable | 7 |
| S.D., et al. v. Reese, et al.No. 26-4872 | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2026 | Prisons & detention | 10 | |
| Sexuality and Gender Alliance v. Critchfield | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2026 | Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilities | 170 | |
| Shilling v. United States of AmericaNo. 2:25-cv-00241 | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2025 | Militaryalso Federal executive actions | 284 | |
| Spicer v. Terhune | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2003 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Adverse | 1 |
| State of Washington, et al. v. Trump, et al. | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2026 | Gender-affirming carealso Federal executive actions | 84 | |
| Stephanie Lynne Brown v. Washington Interscholastic Activities AssociationNo. 3:26-cv-05616 | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2026 | Athletics | 61 | |
| Thomas Horne v. USDC-AZT | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | Athleticsalso Schools & education | 1 | ||
| Transgender Law Center v. Ice | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2022 | Immigration & asylumalso Prisons & detention | Favorable | 1 |
| Union Gospel Mission of Yakima Washington v. Brown, et al.No. 24-7246 | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2025 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Employment | 30 |
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.