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.
| Case | Court | Level | Cir. | Year | Issue / type | Outcome | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doe v. AbbottNo. D-1-GN-22-000977 · Active · Texas | Supreme Court of Texas | State | 2022 | Family & parental rightsalso Gender-affirming care | 35 | ||
| Doe v. Anoka-Hennepin School District No. 11 and E.R. v. Anoka-Hennepin School District No. 11 | 2013 | Schools & education | 10 | ||||
| Doe v. Balaam | D. Nev. | District | 9th Cir. | 2007 | Prisons & detentionalso Policing & criminal law | Adverse | 1 |
| Doe v. BedellNo. 1:26-cv-02690 | D. Md. | District | 4th Cir. | 2026 | Schools & educationalso Speech & religious objections, Family & parental rights | 42 | |
| 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 |
| Doe v. Cabarrus County Board of EducationNo. 1:26-cv-00752 | M.D.N.C. | District | 4th Cir. | 2026 | Bathrooms & facilitiesalso Schools & education | 14 | |
| Doe v. ClenchyClosed · Maine | Maine Supreme Judicial Court | State | 2011 | Bathrooms & facilitiesalso Schools & education | 7 | ||
| Doe v. Community Unit School District 300No. 1:26-cv-05388 | N.D. Ill. | District | 7th Cir. | 2026 | Schools & educationalso Family & parental rights | 1 | |
| Doe v. Department of DefenseNo. 8:25-cv-02947 | D. Md. | District | 4th Cir. | 2025 | 7 | ||
| Doe v. District of Columbia | D.D.C. | District | D.C. Cir. | 2016 | Prisons & detention | Favorable | 1 |
| Doe v. Fairfax County School BoardNo. 1:25-cv-01662 | E.D. Va. | District | 4th Cir. | 2025 | Bathrooms & facilitiesalso Schools & education, Speech & religious objections | 3 | |
| Doe v. Holcomb | 7th Cir. | Circuit | 7th Cir. | 2018 | Identity documentsalso Immigration & asylum | Adverse | 1 |
| Doe v. KuporNo. 1:26-cv-02723 | D.D.C. | District | D.C. Cir. | 2026 | 2 | ||
| Doe v. Ladapo | N.D. Fla. | District | 11th Cir. | 2024 | Gender-affirming carealso Family & parental rights | Favorable | 447 |
| Doe v. Madison Metropolitan School DistrictClosed · Wisconsin | Wisconsin Court of Appeals | State | 2020 | Schools & educationalso Family & parental rights, Privacy & medical records | 57 | ||
| Doe v. Manchester School DistrictClosed · New Hampshire | New Hampshire Supreme Court | State | 2023 | Schools & educationalso Family & parental rights, Privacy & medical records | 2 | ||
| Doe v. Massachusetts Department of Correction | 2019 | Prisons & detentionalso Gender-affirming care | 120 | ||||
| Doe v. Mattis | D.C. Cir. | Circuit | D.C. Cir. | 2018 | Militaryalso Federal executive actions | Favorable | 2 |
| Doe v. McConn | S.D. Tex. | District | 5th Cir. | 1980 | Drag & expressionalso Gender-affirming care, Policing & criminal law | Favorable | 1 |
| Doe v. McHenry | D.D.C. | District | D.C. Cir. | 2026 | Prisons & detentionalso Gender-affirming care, Federal executive actions | Unclear | 2 |
| Doe v. Montgomery County Board of ElectionsClosed · Maryland | Maryland Court of Appeals | State | 2008 | Public accommodationsalso Employment, Housing & shelters | 3 | ||
| Doe v. Trump | D.D.C. | District | D.C. Cir. | 2026 | Militaryalso Federal executive actions | Favorable | 137 |
| Doe v. University Of Idaho | D. Idaho | District | 9th Cir. | 2023 | Schools & education | 2 | |
| Doe v. Volusia County School Board | District | 2018 | Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilities | 2 | |||
| Dominguez v. City of New YorkClosed · New York | Supreme Court of the State of New York, Bronx County | State | 2019 | Policing & criminal law | 4 | ||
| Donna McGrath Robert Jinks, A/K/A Tanya Jinks, A/K/A Tanya Medina, and Norbert Lopez, A/K/A Tara Lopez v. Toys "R" Us, Inc. | 2nd Cir. | Circuit | 2nd Cir. | 2004 | Public accommodations | Procedural no direction | 3 |
| Douglas W. Schwenk v. James Hartford Steve Sinclair Robert Mitchell,opinion | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2000 | Prisons & detention | Mixed | 1 |
| Doxa Enterprises v. SullivanNo. 26-1104 | 10th Cir. | Circuit | 10th Cir. | 2026 | Public accommodationsalso Speech & religious objections | 2 | |
| Dr. James Dobson Family Institute v. Becerra | N.D. Tex. | District | 5th Cir. | 2024 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Gender-affirming care, Health coverage & benefits, Federal executive actions | 2 | |
| Drew Adams v. School Board of St. Johns County FloridaNo. 18-13592 | 11th Cir. | Circuit | 11th Cir. | 2018 | Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilities | Favorable | 22 |
| Driever v. United States of America | D.D.C. | District | D.C. Cir. | 2020 | Prisons & detention | Favorable | 2 |
| Druley v. Patton | 10th Cir. | Circuit | 10th Cir. | 2015 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Adverse | 1 |
| Duckett v. GarciaNo. 25-4969 | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2025 | Prisons & detention | 1 | |
| Duronslet v. County of Los Angeles | C.D. Cal. | District | 9th Cir. | 2017 | Bathrooms & facilitiesalso Family & parental rights | Mixed | 2 |
| Dylan Brandt v. Leslie Rutledge | 8th Cir. | Circuit | 8th Cir. | 2022 | Gender-affirming carealso Speech & religious objections, Family & parental rights | Favorable | 5 |
| Dylan Brandt v. Tim GriffinNo. 23-2681 | 8th Cir. | Circuit | 8th Cir. | 2023 | Gender-affirming carealso Speech & religious objections, Family & parental rights | Adverse | 51 |
| E.K. v. Department of Defense Education ActivityNo. 25-2497 | 4th Cir. | Circuit | 4th Cir. | 2026 | Schools & educationalso Speech & religious objections, Federal executive actions | 125 | |
| E.N. v. KehoeClosed · Missouri | Supreme Court of Missouri | State | 2023 | Gender-affirming care | 5 | ||
| Eagle Forum of Alabama v. Tuscaloosa Public Library Board of Trustees (ND Ala 20 | District | Speech & religious objections | 2 | ||||
| Edmo v. Idaho Dep't of Corr. | D. Idaho | District | 9th Cir. | 2018 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Favorable | 1 |
| Elizabeth Hunter v. USEDUNo. 23-35174 | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2023 | Schools & educationalso Speech & religious objections, Federal executive actions | Adverse | 23 |
| Ellenor Zinski v. Liberty University, IncorporatedNo. 25-1581 | 4th Cir. | Circuit | 4th Cir. | 2025 | Employmentalso Speech & religious objections | 43 | |
| Eller v. Prince George's County Public Schools | D. Md. | District | 4th Cir. | 2019 | Employmentalso Schools & education | 15 | |
| Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. JamesNo. 22-75 | 2nd Cir. | Circuit | 2nd Cir. | 2022 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Public accommodations | 30 | |
| Endocrine Society v. Federal Trade Commission | D.D.C. | District | D.C. Cir. | 2026 | Gender-affirming carealso Speech & religious objections, Federal executive actions | 45 | |
| Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n v. A & E Tire, Inc. | D. Colo. | District | 10th Cir. | 2018 | Employment | Favorable | 1 |
| Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc. | 6th Cir. | Circuit | 6th Cir. | 2023 | Employmentalso Speech & religious objections | Favorable | 63 |
| Equality Florida v. Florida State Board of Education | N.D. Fla. | District | 11th Cir. | 2022 | Schools & educationalso Speech & religious objections | 59 | |
| Erika S. v. O'Malley | D.D.C. | District | D.C. Cir. | 2024 | Health coverage & benefitsalso Gender-affirming care | Favorable | 1 |
| Estate of DiMarco v. Wyoming Department of Corrections, Division of Prisons | 10th Cir. | Circuit | 10th Cir. | 2004 | Prisons & detention | Mixed | 5 |
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
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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.