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.
125 of 664 cases match.
| Case | Court | Level | Cir. | Year | Issue / type | Outcome | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foote v. Ludlow School CommitteeNo. 23-1069 | 1st Cir. | Circuit | 1st Cir. | 2023 | Schools & educationalso Family & parental rights | Favorable | 68 |
| Fowlkes v. Ironworkers Local 40 | 2nd Cir. | Circuit | 2nd Cir. | 2015 | Employment | Favorable | 3 |
| G.G. Ex Rel. Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board | 4th Cir. | Circuit | 4th Cir. | 2021 | Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilities | Favorable | 100 |
| Gays Against Groomers v. Garcia | 10th Cir. | Circuit | 10th Cir. | 2026 | Speech & religious objections | Favorable | 5 |
| Geovanni Hernandez-Montiel v. Immigration and Naturalization Service | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2000 | Immigration & asylum | Favorable | 1 |
| Helen Doe v. Thomas HorneNo. 23-16026 | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2023 | Athleticsalso Schools & education | Favorable | 29 |
| 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 Professional RegulationNo. 23-12160 | 11th Cir. | Circuit | 11th Cir. | 2026 | Drag & expressionalso Speech & religious objections | Favorable | 37 |
| Imperial Sovereign Court of the State of Montana v. Knudsen | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2026 | Drag & expressionalso Speech & religious objections | Favorable | 113 |
| 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 |
| J.A.W. v. Evansville Vanderburgh Sch. Corp. | S.D. Ind. | District | 7th Cir. | 2019 | Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilities | Favorable | 5 |
| Jane Doe v. Mukwonago Area School District | 7th Cir. | Circuit | 7th Cir. | 2025 | Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilities | Favorable | 17 |
| 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 |
| John Balsewicz v. Jonathan Pawlyk | 7th Cir. | Circuit | 7th Cir. | 2021 | Prisons & detention | Favorable | 9 |
| Jones v. Trump | D.C. Cir. | Circuit | D.C. Cir. | 2026 | Prisons & detentionalso Gender-affirming care, Federal executive actions | Favorable | 53 |
| Keohane v. Jones | N.D. Fla. | District | 11th Cir. | 2021 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Favorable | 40 |
| Kesha Williams v. Stacey Kincaid | 4th Cir. | Circuit | 4th Cir. | 2022 | Prisons & detentionalso Gender-affirming care | Favorable | 11 |
| Kimberly Polk v. Montgomery County Public Schools | 4th Cir. | Circuit | 4th Cir. | 2026 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Schools & education, Employment | Favorable | 10 |
| Kingdom v. Trump | D.C. Cir. | Circuit | D.C. Cir. | 2026 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention, Federal executive actions | Favorable | 302 |
| L. M. v. Town of Middleborough, MassachusettsNo. 23-1535 | 1st Cir. | Circuit | 1st Cir. | 2023 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Schools & education | Favorable | 25 |
| Lavarita D. Meriwether v. Gordon H. Faulkner | 7th Cir. | Circuit | 7th Cir. | 1987 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Favorable | 1 |
| 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 |
| Leontiev v. Corbett Sch. Dist. | D. Or. | District | 9th Cir. | 2018 | Family & parental rightsalso Schools & education | Favorable | 2 |
| Lindsay Hecox v. Bradley LittleNo. 1:20-cv-00184 | 9th Cir. | Circuit | 9th Cir. | 2020 | Athleticsalso Schools & education | Favorable | 181 |
| Lisa Barrett v. Warden, NHSP | D.N.H. | District | 1st Cir. | 2003 | Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention | Favorable | 1 |
| Lopez v. River Oaks Imaging & Diagnostic Group, Inc. | S.D. Tex. | District | 5th Cir. | 2008 | Employment | Favorable | 4 |
| Love v. Johnson | E.D. Mich. | District | 6th Cir. | 2015 | Identity documentsalso Privacy & medical records | Favorable | 1 |
| Lucas Rosa v. Park West Bank & Trust Co. | 1st Cir. | Circuit | 1st Cir. | 2000 | Public accommodations | Favorable | 1 |
| Manago v. Barnhart | E.D.N.Y. | District | 2nd Cir. | 2004 | Health coverage & benefits | Favorable | 1 |
| Marissa Darlingh v. Adria Maddaleni | 7th Cir. | Circuit | 7th Cir. | 2025 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Schools & education, Employment | Favorable | 2 |
| 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 |
| Miles v. New York University | S.D.N.Y. | District | 2nd Cir. | 1997 | Schools & education | Favorable | 1 |
| Neese v. BecerraNo. 23-10078 | 5th Cir. | Circuit | 5th Cir. | 2023 | Health coverage & benefitsalso Gender-affirming care, Federal executive actions | Favorable | 50 |
| 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 |
| Oregon Prescription Drug Monitoring Program v. United States Drug Enforcement Administration | D. Or. | District | 9th Cir. | 2016 | Privacy & medical records | Favorable | 70 |
| 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 Educ. v. Olentangy Local Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ. | 6th Cir. | Circuit | 6th Cir. | 2024 | Speech & religious objectionsalso Schools & education | Favorable | 88 |
| 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 |
| Parker Tirrell, et al. v. P Frank Edelblut, et al. | D.N.H. | District | 1st Cir. | 2026 | Athletics | Favorable | 255 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Robert W. Otto v. City of Boca Raton, FloridaNo. 9:18-cv-80771 | 11th Cir. | Circuit | 11th Cir. | 2023 | Conversion therapyalso Speech & religious objections | Favorable | 34 |
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.