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.
270 of 664 cases match.
| Case | Court | Level | Cir. | Year | Issue / type | Outcome | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maddilyn Marcum v. Cookie CrewsNo. 25-5840 | 6th Cir. | Circuit | 6th Cir. | 2025 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | 2 | |
| Manchester v. Town of LudlowNo. 25-1502 | 1st Cir. | Circuit | 1st Cir. | 2025 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Schools & education, Employment | 6 | |
| Marc Andrew Mario v. P & C Food Markets, Inc. | 2nd Cir. | Circuit | 2nd Cir. | 2002 | Gender-affirming carealso Employment, Health coverage & benefits | Adverse | 1 |
| Marissa Darlingh v. Adria Maddaleni | 7th Cir. | Circuit | 7th Cir. | 2025 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Schools & education, Employment | Favorable | 2 |
| 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 |
| McMahon v. World Vision Inc. | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2024 | Employmentalso Speech & religious objections | 1 | |
| Merlin C. Long v. Crispus C. Nix | 8th Cir. | Circuit | 8th Cir. | 1996 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Adverse | 3 |
| Michelle Fitzgerald v. Roncalli High School, Inc. | 7th Cir. | Circuit | 7th Cir. | 2023 | Employmentalso Speech & religious objections | 1 | |
| Michelle-Lael Norsworthy v. Jeffrey Beard | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2015 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Mixed | 6 |
| Mid Vermont Christian School v. Bouchey | 2nd Cir. | Circuit | 2nd Cir. | 2024 | Athleticsalso Schools & education, Speech & religious objections | 16 | |
| Mid Vermont Christian School v. Saunders | 2nd Cir. | Circuit | 2nd Cir. | 2025 | Athleticsalso Schools & education, Speech & religious objections | Adverse | 16 |
| Mirabelli v. Olson | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2026 | Family & parental rightsalso Schools & education, Speech & religious objections | Adverse | 210 |
| Miranda Stovall v. Jefferson Co, KY Bd of Ed | 6th Cir. | Circuit | 6th Cir. | 2025 | Schools & education | 1 | |
| Moe v. TrumpNo. 1:25-cv-10195 | D.C. Cir. | Circuit | 1st Cir. | 2025 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention, Federal executive actions | 81 | |
| Nancy Arabillas Morales v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2007 | Immigration & asylum | Mostly favorable | 4 |
| Naples Pride v. City of NaplesNo. 25-11756 | 11th Cir. | Circuit | 11th Cir. | 2025 | Drag & expressionalso Speech & religious objections | 3 | |
| Neese v. BecerraNo. 23-10078 | 5th Cir. | Circuit | 5th Cir. | 2023 | Health coverage & benefitsalso Gender-affirming care, Federal executive actions | Favorable | 50 |
| Nicholas Meriwether v. Francesca Hartop | 6th Cir. | Circuit | 6th Cir. | 2020 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Schools & education, Employment | Adverse | 17 |
| Nicolas Talbott v. United States | D.C. Cir. | Circuit | D.C. Cir. | 2025 | Militaryalso Federal executive actions | Adverse | 90 |
| Nicole Wittmer v. Phillips 66 Company | 5th Cir. | Circuit | 5th Cir. | 2019 | Employment | Adverse | 3 |
| Olivarez v. T-Mobile USA | 5th Cir. | Circuit | 5th Cir. | 2021 | Employment | Adverse | 1 |
| Olympus Spa v. Armstrong | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2025 | Public accommodationsalso Bathrooms & facilities, Speech & religious objections | Favorable | 15 |
| Ophelia De'Lonta v. Gene Johnson | 4th Cir. | Circuit | 4th Cir. | 2013 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Favorable | 3 |
| Orr v. TrumpNo. 1:25-cv-10313 | 1st Cir. | Circuit | 1st Cir. | 2025 | Identity documentsalso Federal executive actions | 345 | |
| Palacios v. Medstar Health, Inc. | D.C. Cir. | Circuit | D.C. Cir. | 2018 | Gender-affirming carealso Health coverage & benefits | Mixed | 3 |
| Parents Defending Educ. v. Olentangy Local Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ. | 6th Cir. | Circuit | 6th Cir. | 2024 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Schools & education | Favorable | 88 |
| Parents Defending Education v. Croton-Harmon Union Free School DistrictNo. 24-1900 | 2nd Cir. | Circuit | 2nd Cir. | 2024 | Schools & educationalso Speech & religious objections | 2 | |
| 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 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 |
| Pascha Thomas v. City Schools of DecaturNo. 23-13467 | 11th Cir. | Circuit | 11th Cir. | 2024 | Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilities | 16 | |
| 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 |
| Peter Vlaming v. West Point School BoardNo. 211061 · Closed · Virginia | 4th Cir. | Circuit | 4th Cir. | 2019 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Schools & education, Employment | Procedural no direction | 7 |
| PFLAG, Inc. v. Donald J. TrumpNo. 25-1279 | 4th Cir. | Circuit | 4th Cir. | 2025 | Gender-affirming carealso Federal executive actions | 370 | |
| Philecia Barnes v. City of Cincinnati | 6th Cir. | Circuit | 6th Cir. | 2005 | Employment | Favorable | 7 |
| Philip Rosati v. Dr. Igbinoso | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2015 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Favorable | 1 |
| Pinneke v. Preisser | 8th Cir. | Circuit | 8th Cir. | 1980 | Gender-affirming carealso Health coverage & benefits | Favorable | 1 |
| 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 | |
| Praylor v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice | 5th Cir. | Circuit | 5th Cir. | 2005 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Adverse | 4 |
| 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 | |
| Rachel Damiano v. Grants Pass School District No. 7 | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2023 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Schools & education, Employment | 18 | |
| Raegan Kelly Kirkpatrick v. Seligman & Latz, Inc. And Associated Dry Goods Corporation, D/B/A Robinson's Florida | 5th Cir. | Circuit | 5th Cir. | 1981 | Employment | Adverse | 3 |
| Ramona HOLLOWAY, Appellant, v. ARTHUR ANDERSEN AND COMPANY, Appellee | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 1977 | Employment | Adverse | 1 |
| Reiyn Keohane v. Florida Department of Corrections Secretary | 11th Cir. | Circuit | 11th Cir. | 2020 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Adverse | 2 |
| Rhode Island Latino Arts v. National Endowment for the ArtsNo. 25-2113 | 1st Cir. | Circuit | 1st Cir. | 2025 | 20 | ||
| Richardson v. Dist. of Columbia | D.C. Cir. | Circuit | D.C. Cir. | 2018 | Prisons & detention | Adverse | 1 |
| Rims Barber v. Phil Bryant | 5th Cir. | Circuit | 5th Cir. | 2017 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Family & parental rights, Public accommodations | Adverse | 2 |
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.