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.
299 of 664 cases match.
| Case | Court | Level | Cir. | Year | Issue / type | Outcome | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.No. 2:25-mc-01069 | W.D. Pa. | District | 3rd Cir. | 2025 | 91 | ||
| A.H. v. Minersville Area Sch. Dist. | M.D. Pa. | District | 3rd Cir. | 2020 | Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilities | Favorable | 7 |
| A.M. v. Indianapolis Public Schools | S.D. Ind. | District | 7th Cir. | 2022 | Athleticsalso Schools & education | 20 | |
| 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 | ||
| American Academy of Pediatrics v. Federal Trade Commission | D.D.C. | District | D.C. Cir. | 2026 | Gender-affirming carealso Speech & religious objections, Federal executive actions | 44 | |
| American Academy of Pediatrics v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | D.D.C. | District | D.C. Cir. | 2026 | Federal executive actionsalso Gender-affirming care, Speech & religious objections | Mostly favorable | 23 |
| American Association of Physicians for Human Rights, Inc. v. National Institutes of HealthNo. 8:25-cv-01620 | D. Md. | District | 4th Cir. | 2025 | 90 | ||
| American Association of University Professors v. AlbrittonNo. 4:26-cv-06268 | S.D. Tex. | District | 5th Cir. | 2026 | Schools & educationalso Speech & religious objections | 20 | |
| B. Braxton/Obed-Edom v. City of New York | S.D. Ill. | District | 7th Cir. | 2019 | Prisons & detention | Mostly favorable | 1 |
| Baker v. Aetna Life Insurance Co. | N.D. Tex. | District | 5th Cir. | 2017 | Gender-affirming carealso Employment, Health coverage & benefits | Mostly adverse | 16 |
| Barr v. Tucker | S.D. Ga. | District | 11th Cir. | 2022 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Schools & education, Employment | 2 | |
| 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 | |
| Bethel Ministries, Inc. v. Salmon | D. Md. | District | 4th Cir. | 2019 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Schools & education | 2 | |
| Black v. Kendig | D.D.C. | District | D.C. Cir. | 2002 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Procedural no direction | 1 |
| Board of Education of Jefferson County School District RE-1 v. McMahonNo. 1:26-cv-03427 | D. Colo. | District | 10th Cir. | 2026 | Federal executive actionsalso Schools & education, Bathrooms & facilities, Athletics | 23 | |
| Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York v. United States Department of Education | S.D.N.Y. | District | 2nd Cir. | 2026 | Schools & educationalso Federal executive actions | 112 | |
| Board of Education v. United States Department of Education | S.D. Ohio | District | 6th Cir. | 2016 | Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilities, Federal executive actions | Favorable | 4 |
| Board of Trustees of the California State University v. United States Department of EducationNo. 5:26-cv-01970 | N.D. Cal. | District | 9th Cir. | 2026 | Athleticsalso Schools & education, Bathrooms & facilities, Federal executive actions | 10 | |
| Boe v. Marshall | M.D. Ala. | District | 11th Cir. | 2025 | Gender-affirming carealso Family & parental rights | 1,215 | |
| Bongo Productions, LLC v. Lawrence | M.D. Tenn. | District | 6th Cir. | 2022 | Public accommodationsalso Bathrooms & facilities, Speech & religious objections | Favorable | 63 |
| Boyden v. Conlin | W.D. Wis. | District | 7th Cir. | 2019 | Gender-affirming carealso Employment, Health coverage & benefits | Mostly favorable | 28 |
| Brandon v. Sage Corp. | W.D. Tex. | District | 5th Cir. | 2025 | Employment | Mostly adverse | 83 |
| Brooks v. Berg | N.D.N.Y. | District | 2nd Cir. | 2019 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Mostly adverse | 2 |
| Broussard v. First Tower Loan, LLC | E.D. La. | District | 5th Cir. | 2017 | Employment | Mostly adverse | 14 |
| Brown v. TrumpNo. 1:25-cv-00583 | E.D. Va. | District | 4th Cir. | 2025 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention, Federal executive actions | 4 | |
| Buckingham v. Federal Bureau of PrisonsNo. 2:25-cv-00701 | W.D. Wash. | District | 9th Cir. | 2025 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention, Federal executive actions | 22 | |
| Cable News Network, Inc. v. TrumpNo. 1:26-cv-03287 | D.D.C. | District | D.C. Cir. | 2026 | 140 | ||
| California Nurses Association v. MullinNo. 4:26-cv-10680 | N.D. Cal. | District | 9th Cir. | 2026 | 112 | ||
| California Tribal Families Coalition v. Azar | N.D. Cal. | District | 9th Cir. | 2022 | Family & parental rightsalso Federal executive actions | Adverse | 42 |
| Camp Id-Ra-Ha-Je Association v. Roy | D. Colo. | District | 10th Cir. | 2025 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Bathrooms & facilities | 2 | |
| Carcaño v. McCrory | M.D.N.C. | District | 4th Cir. | 2021 | Bathrooms & facilitiesalso Schools & education, Public accommodations | Procedural no direction | 90 |
| Carter v. District of Columbia | D.D.C. | District | D.C. Cir. | 2023 | Employment | Adverse | 10 |
| Casillas v. Daines | S.D.N.Y. | District | 2nd Cir. | 2008 | Gender-affirming carealso Health coverage & benefits | Adverse | 36 |
| Castaneda v. Oregon Department of EducationNo. 3:25-cv-01170 | D. Or. | District | 9th Cir. | 2025 | 3 | ||
| Catholic Benefits Association, The v. Burrows | D.N.D. | District | 8th Cir. | 2024 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Bathrooms & facilities, Employment | 2 | |
| Center for Constitutional Rights v. United States Department of JusticeNo. 1:26-cv-01821 | S.D.N.Y. | District | 2nd Cir. | 2026 | Prisons & detentionalso Gender-affirming care, Federal executive actions | 4 | |
| Chavez v. Credit Nation Auto Sales, Inc. | N.D. Ga. | District | 11th Cir. | 2014 | Employment | Mostly adverse | 6 |
| Chelsey Nelson Photography LLC v. LouisvilleJefferson County Metro Government (k | W.D. Mich. | District | 6th Cir. | Speech & religious objectionsalso Public accommodations | 2 | ||
| Chicago Housing Authority v. TurnerNo. 1:25-cv-12670 | N.D. Ill. | District | 7th Cir. | 2025 | 11 | ||
| Chicago v. NoemNo. 1:25-cv-12765 | N.D. Ill. | District | 7th Cir. | 2025 | 64 | ||
| Chris Herring Photography LLC v. Herring | E.D. Va. | District | 4th Cir. | 2020 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Public accommodations | 3 | |
| Christian Counselors Freedom Alliance v. EllisonNo. 0:26-cv-03780 | D. Minn. | District | 8th Cir. | 2026 | Conversion therapyalso Speech & religious objections | 3 | |
| Christian Employers Alliance v. EEOC | D.N.D. | District | 8th Cir. | 2022 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Gender-affirming care, Employment, Health coverage & benefits | 10 | |
| Christian Employers Alliance v. United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | D.N.D. | District | 8th Cir. | 2026 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Bathrooms & facilities, Employment | 11 | |
| Christian Healthcare Centers, Inc. v. NesselNo. 1:22-cv-00787 | W.D. Mich. | District | 6th Cir. | 2022 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Gender-affirming care, Public accommodations | 52 |
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.