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.
180 of 664 cases match.
| Case | Court | Level | Cir. | Year | Issue / type | Outcome | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kosilek v. Maloney | D. Mass. | District | 1st Cir. | 2002 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Adverse | 1 |
| Kosilek v. Spencer | 1st Cir. | Circuit | 1st Cir. | 2015 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Adverse | 12 |
| L. W. v. Jonathan SkrmettiNo. 23-5600 | 6th Cir. | Circuit | 6th Cir. | 2023 | Gender-affirming care | Adverse | 90 |
| L.B. v. Premera Blue Cross | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2026 | Gender-affirming carealso Health coverage & benefits | 43 | |
| Lamb v. Maschner | D. Kan. | District | 10th Cir. | 1986 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Adverse | 1 |
| Lamb v. Norwood | 10th Cir. | Circuit | 10th Cir. | 2018 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Adverse | 2 |
| Lavarita D. Meriwether v. Gordon H. Faulkner | 7th Cir. | Circuit | 7th Cir. | 1987 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Favorable | 1 |
| Lisa Barrett v. Warden, NHSP | D.N.H. | District | 1st Cir. | 2003 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Favorable | 1 |
| Maddilyn Marcum v. Cookie CrewsNo. 25-5840 | 6th Cir. | Circuit | 6th Cir. | 2025 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | 2 | |
| Manning v. Hagel, et al. | 2017 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention, Military | 11 | ||||
| Marc Andrew Mario v. P & C Food Markets, Inc. | 2nd Cir. | Circuit | 2nd Cir. | 2002 | Gender-affirming carealso Employment, Health coverage & benefits | Adverse | 1 |
| Mark A. Campbell v. Kevin Kallas | 7th Cir. | Circuit | 7th Cir. | 2020 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Adverse | 21 |
| Maxwell Kadel v. Dale FolwellNo. 22-1721 | 4th Cir. | Circuit | 4th Cir. | 2022 | Gender-affirming carealso Employment, Health coverage & benefits | Favorable | 141 |
| Maxwell Kadel v. N.C. State Health Plan | 4th Cir. | Circuit | 4th Cir. | 2021 | Gender-affirming carealso Employment, Health coverage & benefits | Favorable | 1 |
| McComb Childrens Clinic, LTD. v. FinkNo. 5:24-cv-00048 | S.D. Miss. | District | 5th Cir. | 2024 | Health coverage & benefitsalso Gender-affirming care, Speech & religious objections, Federal executive actions | 23 | |
| Merlin C. Long v. Crispus C. Nix | 8th Cir. | Circuit | 8th Cir. | 1996 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Adverse | 3 |
| Michelle-Lael Norsworthy v. Jeffrey Beard | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2015 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Mixed | 6 |
| Misanin v. Wilson | 2025 | Gender-affirming carealso Health coverage & benefits | 27 | ||||
| Moe v. TrumpNo. 1:25-cv-10195 | D.C. Cir. | Circuit | 1st Cir. | 2025 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention, Federal executive actions | 81 | |
| Morris v. Fletcher | W.D. Va. | District | 4th Cir. | 2018 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Adverse | 12 |
| Musgrove v. The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia | M.D. Ga. | District | 11th Cir. | 2018 | Gender-affirming carealso Employment, Health coverage & benefits | 2 | |
| Neese v. BecerraNo. 23-10078 | 5th Cir. | Circuit | 5th Cir. | 2023 | Health coverage & benefitsalso Gender-affirming care, Federal executive actions | Favorable | 50 |
| North Dakota, State of v. Burwell | D.N.D. | District | 8th Cir. | 2021 | Gender-affirming carealso Health coverage & benefits, Speech & religious objections | Adverse | 86 |
| Oakleaf v. Martinez | D.N.M. | District | 10th Cir. | 2018 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Adverse | 1 |
| Ophelia De'Lonta v. Gene Johnson | 4th Cir. | Circuit | 4th Cir. | 2013 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Favorable | 3 |
| 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 |
| Palacios v. Medstar Health, Inc. | D.C. Cir. | Circuit | D.C. Cir. | 2018 | Gender-affirming carealso Health coverage & benefits | Mixed | 3 |
| 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 |
| PFLAG, Inc. v. Donald J. TrumpNo. 25-1279 | 4th Cir. | Circuit | 4th Cir. | 2025 | Gender-affirming carealso Federal executive actions | 370 | |
| Philip Rosati v. Dr. Igbinoso | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2015 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Favorable | 1 |
| Phillips v. Michigan Department of Corrections | W.D. Mich. | District | 6th Cir. | 1990 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Favorable | 1 |
| Pinneke v. Preisser | 8th Cir. | Circuit | 8th Cir. | 1980 | Gender-affirming carealso Health coverage & benefits | Favorable | 1 |
| Pinson v. United States Department of Justice | D.D.C. | District | D.C. Cir. | 2022 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Mixed | 8 |
| 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 | |
| Powell v. Cusimano | D. Conn. | District | 2nd Cir. | 2004 | Prisons & detentionalso Gender-affirming care | Adverse | 1 |
| Praylor v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice | 5th Cir. | Circuit | 5th Cir. | 2005 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Adverse | 4 |
| Prescott v. Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego | S.D. Cal. | District | 9th Cir. | 2019 | Gender-affirming carealso Health coverage & benefits | Mostly favorable | 7 |
| 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 | |
| Reiyn Keohane v. Florida Department of Corrections Secretary | 11th Cir. | Circuit | 11th Cir. | 2020 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Adverse | 2 |
| Robbin Amanda Bayse v. Ted Philbin | 11th Cir. | Circuit | 11th Cir. | 2025 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Adverse | 2 |
| Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights v. McMahon | D.D.C. | District | D.C. Cir. | 2026 | Federal executive actionsalso Gender-affirming care, Immigration & asylum | Mostly favorable | 23 |
| Roy Mitchell v. Edward Wall | 7th Cir. | Circuit | 7th Cir. | 2015 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Procedural no direction | 2 |
| Roy Mitchell, Jr. v. Kevin Kallas | 7th Cir. | Circuit | 7th Cir. | 2019 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Mostly favorable | 18 |
| Rush v. Johnson | N.D. Ga. | District | 11th Cir. | 1983 | Gender-affirming carealso Health coverage & benefits | Adverse | 1 |
| Rush v. Parham | N.D. Ga. | District | 11th Cir. | 1977 | Gender-affirming carealso Health coverage & benefits | Favorable | 1 |
| Scott Gibson v. Bryan Collier | 5th Cir. | Circuit | 5th Cir. | 2019 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Adverse | 1 |
| Scott v. Federal Bureau of PrisonsNo. 1:25-cv-10580 | D. Mass. | District | 1st Cir. | 2025 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention, Federal executive actions | 1 | |
| Seattle Children's Hospital v. United States Department of Justice | W.D. Wash. | District | 9th Cir. | 2026 | Gender-affirming carealso Federal executive actions | 29 |
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.