Special Collection: Transgender Healthcare Access Cases

Two people walk in front of a group, down a street, holding a banner reading "Transgender Healthcare Now."

Protest in support of gender-affirming care for transgender people

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This collection includes cases relating to access to healthcare for transgender people. The collection includes lawsuits seeking access to health insurance and to gender-affirming care, as well as lawsuits challenging discrimination and mistreatment within the healthcare system.

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
CODING IN PROCESS
Vasquez v. Iowa Department of Human Services

EQCE084567 | Iowa state trial court

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) This case challenges an amendment to the Iowa Civil Rights Act, which took away protections for transgender people from discrimination in acce…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
DOJ Investigation of Utah Department of Corrections

No Court

On March 12, 2024, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had completed an investigation of the Utah Department of Corrections (UDOC) and found that UDOC had violated Title I…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
CODING IN PROCESS
State ex rel. Yost v. Holbrook

Ohio state supreme court

(This summary is temporary while we research the case.) This case concerns a mandamus case, Yost v. Holbrook. Judge Holbrook granted a temporary injunction against a state ban on gender-affirming car…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
CODING IN PROCESS
Moe v. Yost

24CVH03-2481 | Ohio state trial court

(This summary is temporary while we research the case further.) On March 26, 2024, two twelve-year old transgender girls and their families sued Ohio Attorney General, state medical board, and other …

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
State of Washington v. Department of Justice

2:25-cv-00244 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to funding cutoff and criminal prosecution threats for provision of gender-affirming care to transgender patients.
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
PFLAG, Inc. v. Donald J. Trump

8:25-cv-00337 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to Executive Orders aiming to restrict access to gender-affirming medical care for transgender individuals under age nineteen.
PRISON CONDITIONS
Moe v. Trump

1:25-cv-10195 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Jan. 26, 2025

Case Ongoing

Challenge to mandate that transgender women in federal prison be housed in men's facilities and denied access to gender-affirming care.
PRISON CONDITIONS
Keohane v. Dixon

4:24-cv-00434 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Oct. 25, 2024

Case Ongoing

This case concerns transgender women inmates’ access to gender-affirming care, including hormone therapy and feminine clothing and grooming standards, in Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) facil…

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DISABILITY RIGHTS
State of Texas v. Becerra

5:24-cv-00225 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Sept. 26, 2024

Case Ongoing

State challenge to Biden Administration's discrimination protections for transgender individuals; Trump Administration is likely to change sides.
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Gordon v. Aetna Life Insurance Company

3:24-cv-01447 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Sept. 10, 2024

Case Ongoing

This is a case about an insurance company’s denial of gender-affirming care for transgender individuals.  This class action lawsuit was filed against Aetna Life Insurance Company on behalf of five tr…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Misanin v. Wilson

2:24-cv-04734 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: Aug. 29, 2024

Case Ongoing

Plaintiffs in this case challenge South Carolina's ban on gender-affirming care for minors as well as the ban on Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care for transgender individuals regardless of a…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Roe v. Labrador

1:24-cv-00306 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: June 28, 2024

Case Ongoing

This is a case about gender-affirming care in Idaho.  On June 28, 2024, three transgender women in Idaho prisons filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, alleging that Idaho's…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
United States v. State of Utah

2:24-cv-00241 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: April 2, 2024

Closed Date: Jan. 29, 2025

Trump DOJ voluntarily dismisses lawsuit against Utah for failing to provide gender-affirming care to transgender inmate.
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
CODING IN PROCESS
Soe v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners

00 2024-172 | Louisiana state trial court

Filed Date: Jan. 8, 2024

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) The plaintiffs in this case include five families in Louisiana with transgender children. They allege that Act 466, which prohibits the provis…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Doe v. Georgia Department of Corrections

1:23-cv-05578 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2023

Case Ongoing

On December 6, 2023, Jane Doe, a transgender woman, filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia against the Georgia Department of Corrections (“GDC”) for being d…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Disability Rights Washington v. Washington State Department of Corrections

2:23-cv-01553 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Oct. 11, 2023

Case Ongoing

This case concerns a settlement requiring the Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC) to ameliorate its alleged violations of the U.S. Constitution, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
T.D. v. Wrigley

08-2023-CV-02189 | North Dakota state trial court

Filed Date: Sept. 15, 2023

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On September 15, 2023, several transgender individuals and families of transgender children filed this lawsuit in the Burleigh County District…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Cordellione v. Commissioner, Indiana Department of Correction

3:23-cv-00135 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2023

Case Ongoing

On August 28, 2023, a transgender woman incarcerated in an Indiana male prison sued the Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Correction (“DOC”) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern Distri…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Noe v. Parson

23AC-CC04530 | Missouri state trial court

Filed Date: July 25, 2023

Case Ongoing

This case concerns the health rights of transgender individuals. A group of parents and their transgender children, healthcare professionals, and LGBTQ+ organizations challenged the constitutionality…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Loe v. Texas

D-1-GN-23-003616 | Texas state trial court

Filed Date: July 12, 2023

Closed Date: Nov. 22, 2024

In this case challenging Texas Senate Bill 14 (SB14), a statute categorically banning healthcare professionals from providing gender-affirming care to minors and barring state funding for medical tre…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Koe v. Noggle

1:23-cv-02904 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: June 29, 2023

Case Ongoing

On June 29, 2023, four families on behalf of their transgender children, and TransParent, a national organization of parents with transgender children, sued several Georgia officials in the U.S. Dist…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Poe v. Labrador

1:23-cv-00269 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: May 31, 2023

Case Ongoing

The Idaho legislature passed HB 71, and the governor signed it into law, on April 4, 2023. The law is set to go into effect in January of 2024, and it will prohibit physicians, under felony sanctions…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Van Garderen v. Montana

DV-32-2023-0000541-CR | Montana state trial court

Filed Date: May 9, 2023

Case Ongoing

This case centers around SB 99, a bill that bans evidence-based gender-affirming care for transgender minors in Montana but does not ban those same treatments for cisgender minors. The bill was set t…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Doe 1 v. Thornbury

3:23-cv-00230 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: May 3, 2023

Case Ongoing

In March 2023, the Kentucky legislature voted to override Governor Andy Beshear’s veto and enact Senate Bill 150 (“SB 150”). Set to take effect on June 29, 2023, SB 150 prevented healthcare providers…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Poe v. Drummond

4:23-cv-00177 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: May 2, 2023

Case Ongoing

This case centers around Senate Bill 613, an Oklahoma bill passed in September 2022, which bans gender-affirming care for minors in Oklahoma. Specifically, SB 613 mandates that “[a] healthcare provid…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Southampton Community Healthcare v. Bailey

23SL-CC01673 | Missouri state trial court

Filed Date: April 24, 2023

Closed Date: June 12, 2023

This is a case about access to gender-affirming care for transgender people in Missouri. On April 13, 2023, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey promulgated an emergency regulation that imposed re…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
L. W. v. Skrmetti

3:23-cv-00376 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: April 20, 2023

Case Ongoing

Private challenge to Tennessee statute prohibiting gender affirming care for minors. Trump Administration switched sides to support the state.
PRISON CONDITIONS
Gilliam v. Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

1:23-cv-01047 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: April 18, 2023

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary while we research the case.) This case concerns allegations of harassment and abuse experienced by an incarcerated transgender woman. Plaintiff, a transgender woman in the …

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
K.C. v. The Individual Members of the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana

1:23-cv-00595 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: April 5, 2023

Case Ongoing

This case is about the constitutionality of the Indiana Senate Enrolled Act 480 (SEA 480, or the “Act”), which went into effect on July 1, 2023 and prohibits transgender minors from receiving gender …

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Doe v. Ladapo

4:23-cv-00114 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: March 23, 2023

Case Ongoing

This is a lawsuit brought by transgender adolescents and their parents challenging Florida's ban on medical care for transgender minors (Board of Medicine, Rule 64B8-9.019, Fla. Admin. Code; and Boar…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
CODING IN PROCESS
Doe v. Austin

2:22-cv-00368 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: Nov. 21, 2022

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On November 21, 2022, two transgender women who received healthcare benefits through their fathers from the United States military filed this …

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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Christian Healthcare Centers, Inc. v. Nessel

1:22-cv-00787 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: Aug. 29, 2022

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary while we research the case.) This case concerns the extent of protection for LGBTQ individuals under Michigan's Elliot Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA) in tension with First…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Murphy v. Health Care Service Corporation

1:22-CV-02656 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 19, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a class action lawsuit alleging that the Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance of Illinois (BSBSIL) has a discriminatory health policy that denies LGBTQ individuals equal access to infertility tre…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Eknes-Tucker v. Ivey

2:22-cv-00184 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: April 19, 2022

Case Ongoing

This case is about Alabama’s Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act (“the Act”), which subjects anyone who “causes” a transgender minor to receive prohibited gender-affirming medical care to …

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PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
Walker v. Marshall

2:22-cv-00167 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: April 11, 2022

Closed Date: April 15, 2022

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) This case centers around SB 184, which criminalizes medical professionals who provide gender-affirming care to transgender people who are unde…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Doe v. Abbott

D-1-GN-22-000977 | Texas state trial court

Filed Date: March 1, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about transgender children in Texas. For regular updates, please refer to the ACLU resource. On February 18, 2022, the Texas Attorney General issued Opinion No. KP-0401, finding that g…

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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Christian Employers Alliance v. United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

1:21-cv-00195 | U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota

Filed Date: Oct. 18, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case brought by the Christian Employers Alliance, a membership ministry for Christian employers, which sought exemptions for its members from federal requirements to provide gender transiti…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Brandt v. Rutledge

4:21-cv-00450 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: May 25, 2021

Case Ongoing

On April 6, 2021, the Arkansas legislature passed H.B. 1570 — the "Save Adolescents from Experimentation” (SAFE) Act — over the governor’s veto. The Safe Act banned healthcare professionals from prov…

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DISABILITY RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Griffith v. El Paso County Colorado

1:21-cv-00387 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 2021

Closed Date: March 27, 2023

(This summary is temporary while we research the case.) This case concerns the availability of compensatory damages for emotional distress under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). 
PRISON CONDITIONS
Diamond v. Ward

5:20-cv-00453 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: Nov. 23, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case involved a Black transgender woman who was incarcerated by the Georgia Department of Corrections (“GDC”). In 2015, she successfully sued GDC officials after challenging its policies for fai…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Williams v. Kincaid

1:20-cv-01397 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Nov. 16, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Equal Protections case brought in 2020 by a transgender woman incarcerated in the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center (FCADC). On November 16, 2…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Fain v. Crouch

3:20-cv-00740 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: Nov. 12, 2020

Case Ongoing

On November 12, 2020, three private plaintiffs (individually, “CF”, “ZM”, and “BM”; collectively, “Plaintiffs”), represented by Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund and private counsel, filed a cl…

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
New York v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1:20-cv-05583 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 20, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case is about the legality of the June 19, 2020 rule ("Rule") issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("Act"). On Ju…

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PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
Hammons v. University of Maryland Medical System Corporation

1:20-cv-02088 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: July 16, 2020

Case Ongoing

care. On July 16, 2020, a transgender man, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and private counsel, sued the University of Maryland Medical Systems Corporation (“UMMS”) in the U.S. Dist…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth (BAGLY) v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1:20-cv-11297 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 9, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case is about a regulation promulgated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) affecting protections against discrimination in healthcare on the basis of sex. In 2010, Congress…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Whitman-Walker Health v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1:20-cv-01630 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 22, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the Trump Administration's limits on LGBTQ+ protections under the Affordable Care Act. On June 22, 2020, a group of LGBTQ-focused private healthcare providers, organizations prov…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Washington v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

2:20-cv-01105 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: June 19, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 9, 2020

This case concerns the legality of the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) June 19th, 2020 implementation of a rule under Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordab…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Doe v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

1:20-cv-00023 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections' (DOC) alleged failure to provide an incarcerated person with gender-affirming care. On January 28, 2020, the plaintiff, a non-bi…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Raven v. Polis

2019CV34492 | Colorado state trial court

Filed Date: Nov. 22, 2019

Case Ongoing

The Clearinghouse does not have access to a docket for this case. Information for this summary was gathered from the complaint and the Transgender Law Center. On November 22, 2019, seven transgender …

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
County of Santa Clara v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

3:19-cv-02916 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 28, 2019

Case Ongoing

On May 28, 2019, the County of Santa Clara, CA and various healthcare providers sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Cal…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Clark v. Cook

3:19-cv-00575 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: April 17, 2019

Case Ongoing

This case is about the right to access gender-affirming medical care while incarcerated. On April 17, 2019, a transgender adult (Plaintiff) brought this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Dis…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Kadel v. Folwell

1:19-cv-00272 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: March 11, 2019

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) Plaintiffs in this case challenged the State Health Plan's refusal to cover medically necessary gender affirming care. The district court gran…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Toomey v. State of Arizona

4:19-cv-00035 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Jan. 23, 2019

Case Ongoing

On January 23, 2019, a transgender man employed as an associate professor at the University of Arizona filed this lawsuit against the State, the Arizona Board of Regents, and the Arizona Department o…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Monroe v. Baldwin

3:18-cv-00156 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2018

Case Ongoing

On January 31, 2018, five transgender women housed in Illinois men’s prisons brought a class action suit against the governor of Illinois, the Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections (“IDO…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Doe v. Massachusetts Department of Corrections

1:17-cv-12255 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Nov. 15, 2017

Closed Date: July 8, 2019

The plaintiff in this case is a trans woman who was housed in a men's prison in Massachusetts for a nonviolent drug possession charge. Because of her gender presentation and identity, she faced degra…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Goninan v. Wash. Dep't of Corrections

3:17-cv-05714 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Oct. 27, 2017

Case Ongoing

The plaintiff was a trans woman housed in a men's prison in Washington State. She filed this suit pro se on September 5, 2017, but later became represented by the ACLU. In the most recent complaint, …

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Stockman v. Trump

5:17-cv-01799 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 5, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 23, 2021

On September 5, 2017, three named and two anonymous transgender service members and a transgender rights nonprofit filed this lawsuit against the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defe…

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Stone v. Trump

1:17-cv-02459 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 19, 2021

On August 28, 2017, six transgender individuals currently serving in the United States military filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The plaintiffs sued…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Minton v. Dignity Health

CGC 17-558259 | California state trial court

Filed Date: April 19, 2017

Closed Date: July 6, 2022

This case challenged a hospital system’s decision to deny a male transgender patient a hysterectomy as a gender-affirming surgical treatment for gender dysphoria. The plaintiff, represented by the AC…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Boyden v. Conlin

3:17-cv-00264 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: April 7, 2017

Closed Date: March 26, 2019

On April 7, 2017, two transgender state employees represented by the ACLU of Wisconsin filed this lawsuit against the state of Wisconsin in the United States District Court for the Western District o…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Edmo v. Idaho Department of Correction

1:17-cv-00151 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: April 6, 2017

Case Ongoing

The plaintiff in this case is a transgender, Native American woman. She was incarcerated at facilities run by the Idaho Department of Corrections. Despite multiple attempts at self-castration, the Id…

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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
North Dakota v. Burwell

3:16-CV-00386 | U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota

Filed Date: Nov. 7, 2016

Case Ongoing

On November 7, 2016, the State of North Dakota, joined by the Religious Sisters of Mercy, two Sacred Heart Mercy Health Care Center clinics, the SMP Health System, and the University of Mary, filed a…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Franciscan Alliance, LLC v. Burwell

7:16-cv-00108 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 23, 2016

Case Ongoing

On August 23, 2016, religiously-affiliated health organizations and five states (Texas, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Kentucky, and Kansas) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern Distr…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Hicklin v. Precynthe

4:16-cv-01357 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Aug. 22, 2016

Case Ongoing

On August 22, 2016, a 37-year-old transgender woman incarcerated in the Potosi Correctional Center filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The plaintiff su…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Keohane v. Jones

4:16-cv-00511 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Aug. 15, 2016

Closed Date: Nov. 17, 2021

This is a case about access to gender affirming care in Florida prisons. The plaintiff was a transgender woman imprisoned in a men's correctional facility in the custody of the Florida Department of …

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PRISON CONDITIONS
MoonShadow v. Raemisch

1:16-cv-01717 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: July 5, 2016

Closed Date: 2018

On July 5, 2016, plaintiff, a male-to-female transgender inmate incarcerated by the Colorado Department of Corrections [CDOC] who resided in a male facility, filed suit against the chief of psychiatr…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Gulley-Fernandez v. Johnson

2:15-cv-00795 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: July 1, 2015

Closed Date: Nov. 1, 2018

The plaintiff is a trans woman who filed her complaint pro se on July 1, 2015, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. She named as defendants the Warden and Admini…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Gibson v. Collier

6:15-cv-00190 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: June 8, 2015

Closed Date: Dec. 9, 2019

A trans woman housed in a mens' prison in Texas filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas on June 8, 2015 seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. The…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Diamond v. Owens

5:15-cv-00050 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: Feb. 19, 2015

Closed Date: Feb. 11, 2016

The plaintiff in this case is a transgender female. She was denied medically necessary healthcare and suffered repeated sexual assault and harassment throughout her incarceration. The plaintiff suffe…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Norsworthy v. Beard

4:14-cv-00695 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 14, 2014

Case Ongoing

This Clearinghouse entry follows a transgender woman across several courts and stages of litigation as she sought to get gender-affirming surgery while incarcerated in the California Department of Co…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Hill v. United States of America

1:13-cv-03404 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 2013

Closed Date: 2017

On December 17, 2013, a transgender federal prisoner filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The plaintiff sued the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) under Bivens i…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Druley v. Patton

5:13-cv-01191 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: Nov. 7, 2013

Closed Date: April 13, 2015

The plaintiff was a transgender woman who filed this pro se suit in the District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma on November 7, 2013. At the time of filing, she was housed in a men's priso…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Adams v. Federal Bureau of Prisons

1:09-cv-10272 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Feb. 24, 2009

Closed Date: 2011

On February 24, 2009, a prisoner serving her sentence in a facility operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against the …

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Gotti v. Raemisch

2:07-cv-00928 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Oct. 17, 2007

Closed Date: 2010

On October 17, 2007, Plaintiffs, three transgender women at a Wisconsin Department of Corrections ("DOC") facility who had been diagnosed with Gender Identity Disorder ("GID"), filed a civil rights a…

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JAIL CONDITIONS
Doe v. County of Orange

06CC05833 | California state trial court

Filed Date: May 5, 2006

On May 5, 2006, an inmate suffering from Gender Dysphoria (GD) filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of Orange County, California, challenging the failure of the Orange County Sheriff's Department an…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Sundstrom and Fields v. Frank

2:06-cv-00112 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Jan. 24, 2006

Closed Date: May 23, 2012

On January 24, 2006, two transgender state prisoners in various Wisconsin prisons filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Division. Represented b…

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MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Battista v. Clarke

1:05-cv-11456 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 8, 2005

Closed Date: 2014

On July 8, 2005, a civilly committed individual with a diagnosed Gender Dysphoria (GD) in the Massachusetts Treatment Center (MTC) filed a pro se lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District o…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Gammett v. Idaho State Board of Corrections

1:05-cv-00257 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: June 30, 2005

Closed Date: 2009

On June 30, 2005, a transgender inmate filed suit against the Idaho State Board of Corrections in the District Court for Idaho for failing to diagnose and provide treatment for her Gender Dysphoria (…

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Konitzer v. Bartow

2:03-cv-00717 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: July 30, 2003

Closed Date: 2010

On July 30, 2003, Plaintiff, a male inmate suffering from Gender Dysphoria ("GD") confined by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections ("DOC"), filed a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in th…

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Kosilek v. Spencer

1:00-cv-12455 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2000

Closed Date: Oct. 14, 2022

On December 12, 2000, a transgender person who was incarcerated at the Massachusetts Correction Institute in Norfolk filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. F…

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De'Lonta v. Angelone

7:99-cv-00642 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: Sept. 9, 1999

Closed Date: 2004

On September 9, 1999, an inmate at the Marion Correctional Treatment Center in Marion, Virginia, filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Virginia Department of Corrections in the U.S. Dist…

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Kosilek v. Nelson

1:92-cv-12820 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Nov. 11, 1992

Closed Date: 2002

On November 11, 1992, a transgender inmate at the Bristol County Jail, serving a life sentence, filed a pro se lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against the Sheriff…

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CODING IN PROCESS
Cuoco v. Moritsugu

1:91-cv-07279 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 28, 1991

Closed Date: June 6, 2001

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) The plaintiff in this case was a transgender woman incarcerated as a pre-trial detainee in the all-male Federal Correctional Institution at Ot…

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