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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSA Network v. Houston Independent School DistrictNo. 4:25-cv-04090 | S.D. Tex. | District | 5th Cir. | 2025 | Schools & educationalso Speech & religious objections | 56 | |
| Hammons v. University of Maryland Medical System, Inc. | 2026 | Gender-affirming carealso Health coverage & benefits, Speech & religious objections | 124 | ||||
| Hannah Robertson v. Anderson Mill Elementary | 4th Cir. | Circuit | 4th Cir. | 2021 | Schools & educationalso Speech & religious objections | Adverse | 10 |
| Hari v. Federal Bureau of PrisonsNo. 1:25-cv-04322 | D.D.C. | District | D.C. Cir. | 2025 | 1 | ||
| Hart v. Lew | D. Md. | District | 4th Cir. | 2013 | Employment | Mostly favorable | 1 |
| Haverkamp v. Linthicum | 5th Cir. | Circuit | 5th Cir. | 2025 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Adverse | 4 |
| Helen Doe v. Thomas HorneNo. 23-16026 | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2023 | Athleticsalso Schools & education | Favorable | 29 |
| Hennepin County, Minnesota v. U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesNo. 1:26-cv-02460 | D.D.C. | District | D.C. Cir. | 2026 | 40 | ||
| Hennessy-Waller v. Snyder | D. Ariz. | District | 9th Cir. | 2021 | Gender-affirming carealso Health coverage & benefits | Adverse | 108 |
| Hersom v. Crouch | 2022 | Identity documentsalso Privacy & medical records | 15 | ||||
| Hicklin v. Precythe (formerly Hicklin v. Lombardi) | 2021 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | 23 | ||||
| Hispanic AIDS Forum v. BrunoClosed · New York | Appellate Division, First Department | State | 2003 | Bathrooms & facilitiesalso Housing & shelters | 7 | ||
| Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana | 7th Cir. | Circuit | 7th Cir. | 2018 | Employment | Favorable | 9 |
| HM Florida-ORL, LLC v. DeSantis | M.D. Fla. | District | 11th Cir. | 2023 | Drag & expressionalso Speech & religious objections | Favorable | 87 |
| HM Florida-ORL, LLC v. Secretary of the Florida Department of Business and Profe | 11th Cir. | Circuit | 11th Cir. | Drag & expressionalso Speech & religious objections | 1 | ||
| HM Florida-ORL, LLC v. Secretary of the Florida Department of Business and Professional RegulationNo. 23-12160 | 11th Cir. | Circuit | 11th Cir. | 2026 | Drag & expressionalso Speech & religious objections | Favorable | 37 |
| Hobaugh v. MontanaClosed · Montana | Montana Supreme Court | State | 2017 | Bathrooms & facilities | 11 | ||
| Hobby Lobby v. SommervilleNo. 2-19-0362 · Closed · Illinois | Illinois Appellate Court, Second District | State | 2020 | Bathrooms & facilitiesalso Employment | 3 | ||
| Horizon Christian Fellowship v. Williamson | D. Mass. | District | 1st Cir. | Speech & religious objectionsalso Public accommodations | 1 | ||
| Housing Authority of the County of San Diego v. TurnerNo. 4:25-cv-08859 | N.D. Cal. | District | 9th Cir. | 2025 | 67 | ||
| Iglesias v. True | S.D. Ill. | District | 7th Cir. | 2021 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Mostly favorable | 216 |
| Imperial Sovereign Court of the State of Montana v. Knudsen | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2026 | Drag & expressionalso Speech & religious objections | Favorable | 113 |
| In Re 2025 Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles Subpoena | 2026 | Gender-affirming carealso Federal executive actions, Privacy & medical records | 38 | ||||
| In Re Administrative Subpoenas to Children's Hospitals | 2026 | Gender-affirming carealso Federal executive actions, Privacy & medical records | 32 | ||||
| In re Declaratory Ruling on Health Insurance Exclusions (Conn. CHRO)Closed · Connecticut | Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities | State agency | 2020 | Gender-affirming carealso Health coverage & benefits | 3 | ||
| In re FeldhausClosed · Georgia | Court of Appeals of Georgia | State | 2016 | Identity documents | 4 | ||
| In re Gloucester County School Board (DOJ and ED OCR complaint)Closed · Virginia | U.S. Department of Justice | Federal agency | 2014 | Bathrooms & facilitiesalso Schools & education | 1 | ||
| In re Mariah L.Closed · New York | New York Court of Appeals | State | 2007 | Gender-affirming carealso Health coverage & benefits | 1 | ||
| In Re: 2025 Subpoena to Children's National Hospital | 2026 | Gender-affirming carealso Federal executive actions, Privacy & medical records | 76 | ||||
| In re: 2025 UPMC Subpoena | 3rd Cir. | Circuit | 3rd Cir. | 2026 | Gender-affirming carealso Federal executive actions, Privacy & medical records | 36 | |
| In Re: Administrative Subpoena 25-1431-032 | 2026 | Gender-affirming carealso Federal executive actions, Privacy & medical records | 30 | ||||
| In Re: Administrative Subpoena No. 25-1431-014 | 2026 | Gender-affirming carealso Federal executive actions, Privacy & medical records | 79 | ||||
| In Re: Administrative Subpoena No. 25-1431-017 to Children's Health Care d/b/a Children's Minnesota | 2026 | Gender-affirming carealso Federal executive actions, Privacy & medical records | 10 | ||||
| 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: Children's National Subpoena No. 25-1431-028 v. U.S. Department of Justice | 2026 | Gender-affirming carealso Federal executive actions, Privacy & medical records | 18 | ||||
| In re: James EsseksNo. 24-11618 | 11th Cir. | Circuit | 11th Cir. | 2024 | Gender-affirming care | 5 | |
| 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 | |
| In Re: Motion to Quash Administrative Subpoena to Rhode Island Hospital | 2026 | Gender-affirming carealso Family & parental rights, Federal executive actions, Privacy & medical records | 62 | ||||
| In Re: Subpoenas Served On | D.D.C. | District | D.C. Cir. | 2023 | Gender-affirming carealso Health coverage & benefits | Adverse | 1 |
| In re: World Professional Association for Transgender HeaNo. 23-11753 | 11th Cir. | Circuit | 11th Cir. | 2023 | Gender-affirming care | 64 | |
| 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 |
| Iowa Civil Rights Commission Complaint on Behalf of Meagan TaylorClosed · Iowa | Iowa Civil Rights Commission | State agency | 2015 | Public accommodationsalso Policing & criminal law | 1 | ||
| Ireland v. Hegseth | 2025 | Militaryalso Federal executive actions | 32 | ||||
| J.A.W. v. Evansville Vanderburgh Sch. Corp. | S.D. Ind. | District | 7th Cir. | 2019 | Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilities | Favorable | 5 |
| Jackson-Edney v. Labrador | 2026 | Bathrooms & facilitiesalso Policing & criminal law | 13 | ||||
| Jamal v. Saks & Company | 2015 | Employment | 4 | ||||
| Jameka K. Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital | 11th Cir. | Circuit | 11th Cir. | 2019 | Employment | Mixed | 17 |
| James v. Ranch Mart Hardware, Inc. | D. Kan. | District | 10th Cir. | 1995 | Employment | Adverse | 1 |
| James v. Rutherford County Library SystemNo. 3:26-cv-01355 | M.D. Tenn. | District | 6th Cir. | 2026 | 8 | ||
| Jamie Gray v. Lisa FarmerNo. 26-5262 | 6th Cir. | Circuit | 6th Cir. | 2026 | Prisons & detention | 1 |
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.