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.
57 of 664 cases match.
| Case | Court | Level | Cir. | Year | Issue / type | Outcome | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Anmarie Calgaro v. St. Louis County | 8th Cir. | Circuit | 8th Cir. | 2019 | Family & parental rightsalso Gender-affirming care, Schools & education | Favorable | 9 |
| Aurora Regino v. Kelly Staley | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2026 | Schools & educationalso Family & parental rights | Adverse | 32 |
| Bates v. Pakseresht, et al.No. 23-4169 | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2023 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Family & parental rights | Adverse | 28 |
| Boe v. Marshall | M.D. Ala. | District | 11th Cir. | 2025 | Gender-affirming carealso Family & parental rights | 1,215 | |
| California Tribal Families Coalition v. Azar | N.D. Cal. | District | 9th Cir. | 2022 | Family & parental rightsalso Federal executive actions | Adverse | 42 |
| California Tribal Families Coalition v. Xavier Becerra | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | Family & parental rightsalso Federal executive actions | 3 | ||
| 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 | |
| David Ermold v. Kim DavisNo. 24-5524 | 6th Cir. | Circuit | 6th Cir. | 2024 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Family & parental rights | 15 | |
| DeGross v. Hunter | W.D. Wash. | District | 9th Cir. | 2024 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Family & parental rights | 2 | |
| 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. BedellNo. 1:26-cv-02690 | D. Md. | District | 4th Cir. | 2026 | Schools & educationalso Speech & religious objections, Family & parental rights | 42 | |
| 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. 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 | ||
| 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 |
| Foote v. Ludlow School CommitteeNo. 23-1069 | 1st Cir. | Circuit | 1st Cir. | 2023 | Schools & educationalso Family & parental rights | Favorable | 68 |
| 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 | ||||
| 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 |
| January Littlejohn v. School Board of Leon County FloridaNo. 23-10385 | 11th Cir. | Circuit | 11th Cir. | 2023 | Schools & educationalso Family & parental rights | 141 | |
| John and Jane Parents 1 v. Montgomery County Board of EducationNo. 22-2034 | 4th Cir. | Circuit | 4th Cir. | 2022 | Schools & educationalso Family & parental rights | Favorable | 21 |
| Jones v. Mahaniah | D. Mass. | District | 1st Cir. | 2025 | Family & parental rightsalso Speech & religious objections | 2 | |
| K.C. v. Individual Members of the Medical Licensing Board | 7th Cir. | Circuit | 7th Cir. | 2024 | Gender-affirming carealso Speech & religious objections, Family & parental rights | Adverse | 120 |
| Landerer v. Dover Area School DistrictNo. 1:24-cv-00566 | M.D. Pa. | District | 3rd Cir. | 2024 | Family & parental rightsalso Schools & education | 9 | |
| Lavigne v. Great Salt Bay Community School BoardNo. 24-1509 | 1st Cir. | Circuit | 1st Cir. | 2025 | Family & parental rightsalso Schools & education | Favorable | 5 |
| Lee v. Poudre School District R-1 | 10th Cir. | Circuit | 10th Cir. | 2025 | Family & parental rightsalso Schools & education | Favorable | 9 |
| Lema v. DavenportNo. 3:26-cv-04682 | D.N.J. | District | 3rd Cir. | 2026 | Schools & educationalso Family & parental rights | 13 | |
| Leontiev v. Corbett Sch. Dist. | D. Or. | District | 9th Cir. | 2018 | Family & parental rightsalso Schools & education | Favorable | 2 |
| Lundquist-Arora v. Fairfax County Public SchoolsNo. 1:26-cv-01768 | E.D. Va. | District | 4th Cir. | 2026 | Schools & educationalso Speech & religious objections, Family & parental rights | 37 | |
| Mirabelli v. Bonta | U.S. Supreme Court | U.S. Supreme Court | 2026 | Family & parental rightsalso Schools & education, Speech & religious objections | Adverse | 2 | |
| Mirabelli v. Olson | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2026 | Family & parental rightsalso Schools & education, Speech & religious objections | Adverse | 210 |
| Moms for Liberty v. School District of the Chathams Board of EducationNo. 2:26-cv-10863 | D.N.J. | District | 3rd Cir. | 2026 | Schools & educationalso Family & parental rights | 2 | |
| New Hope Family Services, Inc. v. Poole | N.D.N.Y. | District | 2nd Cir. | 2018 | Family & parental rightsalso Speech & religious objections | 2 | |
| Our Watch With Tim Thompson v. Bonta | E.D. Cal. | District | 9th Cir. | 2023 | Gender-affirming carealso Speech & religious objections, Family & parental rights | Favorable | 13 |
| Parents Defending Education v. LinnMar Community School Dist. | 8th Cir. | Circuit | 8th Cir. | 2023 | Schools & educationalso Speech & religious objections, Family & parental rights | Adverse | 9 |
| Parents for Privacy v. Dall. Sch. Dist. No. 2 | D. Or. | District | 9th Cir. | 2018 | Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilities, Family & parental rights, Federal executive actions | Favorable | 1 |
| Parents Protecting Our Children, UA v. Eau Claire Area School District, Wisconsin | 7th Cir. | Circuit | 7th Cir. | 2024 | Schools & educationalso Speech & religious objections, Family & parental rights | Favorable | 5 |
| Paul Eknes-Tucker v. Governor of the State of AlabamaNo. 22-11707 | 11th Cir. | Circuit | 11th Cir. | 2022 | Gender-affirming carealso Family & parental rights | Adverse | 153 |
| Perez v. BroskieNo. 3:22-cv-00083 | M.D. Fla. | District | 11th Cir. | 2022 | Family & parental rightsalso Schools & education | 40 | |
| PFLAG v. AbbottNo. D-1-GN-22-002569 · Active · Texas | Supreme Court of Texas | State | 2022 | Family & parental rightsalso Gender-affirming care | 43 | ||
| Poe v. DrummondNo. 23-5110 | 10th Cir. | Circuit | 10th Cir. | 2025 | Gender-affirming carealso Family & parental rights | Adverse | 23 |
| Poe, et al. v. Labrador, et al. | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2024 | Gender-affirming carealso Family & parental rights | 80 | |
| Radtke v. Miscellaneous Drivers & Helpers Union Local 638 Health, Welfare, Eye & Dental Fund | D. Minn. | District | 8th Cir. | 2012 | Health coverage & benefitsalso Employment, Identity documents, Family & parental rights | Favorable | 5 |
| Rims Barber v. Phil Bryant | 5th Cir. | Circuit | 5th Cir. | 2017 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Family & parental rights, Public accommodations | Adverse | 2 |
| Roberts v. Portland Public SchoolsNo. 3:26-cv-01680 | D. Or. | District | 9th Cir. | 2026 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Schools & education, Family & parental rights | 8 | |
| Sage Blair v. Appomattox County School BoardNo. 6:23-cv-00047 | 4th Cir. | Circuit | 4th Cir. | 2023 | Family & parental rightsalso Schools & education | Mixed | 105 |
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.