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.
143 of 664 cases match.
| Case | Court | Level | Cir. | Year | Issue / type | Outcome | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.C. v. Fred Kutruff | 7th Cir. | Circuit | 7th Cir. | 2023 | Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilities | Favorable | 1 |
| A.C. v. Metropolitan School District of MartinsvilleNo. 25-1094 | 7th Cir. | Circuit | 7th Cir. | 2025 | Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilities, Athletics | Favorable | 37 |
| 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 | |
| Alabama, State of v. CardonaNo. 7:24-cv-00533 | 11th Cir. | Circuit | 11th Cir. | 2024 | Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilities, Speech & religious objections, Federal executive actions | 98 | |
| 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 | |
| American Association of University Professors v. AlbrittonNo. 4:26-cv-06268 | S.D. Tex. | District | 5th Cir. | 2026 | Schools & educationalso Speech & religious objections | 20 | |
| Anmarie Calgaro v. St. Louis County | 8th Cir. | Circuit | 8th Cir. | 2019 | Family & parental rightsalso Gender-affirming care, Schools & education | Favorable | 9 |
| Arlington School Board v. Linda McMahonNo. 25-2107 | 4th Cir. | Circuit | 4th Cir. | 2025 | Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilities, Federal executive actions | 21 | |
| Ashton Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School Distri | 7th Cir. | Circuit | 7th Cir. | 2017 | Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilities | Favorable | 4 |
| Aurora Regino v. Kelly Staley | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2026 | Schools & educationalso Family & parental rights | Adverse | 32 |
| B. E. v. Vigo County School Corporation | 7th Cir. | Circuit | 7th Cir. | 2023 | Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilities | Favorable | 14 |
| B.P.J. v. West Virginia State Board of EducationNo. 23-1078 | U.S. Supreme Court | U.S. Supreme Court | 4th Cir. | 2023 | Athleticsalso Schools & education | Favorable | 306 |
| B.P.J. v. WV Secondary School Activities CommissionNo. 23-1130 | 4th Cir. | Circuit | 4th Cir. | 2023 | Athleticsalso Schools & education | Favorable | 155 |
| Barr v. Tucker | S.D. Ga. | District | 11th Cir. | 2022 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Schools & education, Employment | 2 | |
| Bethel Ministries, Inc. v. Salmon | D. Md. | District | 4th Cir. | 2019 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Schools & education | 2 | |
| 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 | |
| Bridge v. Oklahoma State Department of Education | 10th Cir. | Circuit | 10th Cir. | 2026 | Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilities | Adverse | 97 |
| California Education Committee v. O'ConnellClosed · California | Sacramento County Superior Court | State | 2009 | Schools & education | 2 | ||
| Carcaño v. McCrory | M.D.N.C. | District | 4th Cir. | 2021 | Bathrooms & facilitiesalso Schools & education, Public accommodations | Procedural no direction | 90 |
| Carroll Independent School District v. United States Department of Education | 5th Cir. | Circuit | 5th Cir. | 2026 | Schools & educationalso Federal executive actions | 15 | |
| 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 | |
| Darren Patterson Christian Academy v. Roy | 10th Cir. | Circuit | 10th Cir. | 2023 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Schools & education | 12 | |
| Defending Education v. Olentangy Local School DistNo. 23-3630 | 6th Cir. | Circuit | 6th Cir. | 2023 | Schools & educationalso Speech & religious objections | 15 | |
| Denton v. Thrasher | N.D. Fla. | District | 11th Cir. | 2020 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Schools & education | 2 | |
| Dodds v. United States Department of Education | 6th Cir. | Circuit | 6th Cir. | 2016 | Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilities | Favorable | 1 |
| Doe ex rel. Doe v. Boyertown Area School District | 3rd Cir. | Circuit | 3rd Cir. | 2022 | Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilities | Favorable | 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. BedellNo. 1:26-cv-02690 | D. Md. | District | 4th Cir. | 2026 | Schools & educationalso Speech & religious objections, Family & parental rights | 42 | |
| 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. 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. 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. 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 | |||
| Drew Adams v. School Board of St. Johns County FloridaNo. 18-13592 | 11th Cir. | Circuit | 11th Cir. | 2018 | Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilities | Favorable | 22 |
| 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 | |
| Elizabeth Hunter v. USEDUNo. 23-35174 | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2023 | Schools & educationalso Speech & religious objections, Federal executive actions | Adverse | 23 |
| Eller v. Prince George's County Public Schools | D. Md. | District | 4th Cir. | 2019 | Employmentalso Schools & education | 15 | |
| Equality Florida v. Florida State Board of Education | N.D. Fla. | District | 11th Cir. | 2022 | Schools & educationalso Speech & religious objections | 59 | |
| Evancho v. Pine-Richland School District | W.D. Pa. | District | 3rd Cir. | 2017 | Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilities | Mostly favorable | 5 |
| Fairfax County School Board v. Linda McMahonNo. 25-2087 | 4th Cir. | Circuit | 4th Cir. | 2025 | Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilities, Federal executive actions | 130 | |
| Faith Action Ministry Alliance, Inc. v. Fried | M.D. Fla. | District | 11th Cir. | 2022 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Schools & education, Federal executive actions | 2 | |
| Female Athletes United v. Keith EllisonNo. 25-2899 | 8th Cir. | Circuit | 8th Cir. | 2025 | Athleticsalso Schools & education | 24 | |
| Foote v. Ludlow School CommitteeNo. 23-1069 | 1st Cir. | Circuit | 1st Cir. | 2023 | Schools & educationalso Family & parental rights | Favorable | 68 |
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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Archive stats
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.