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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

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 (“IDOC”), IDOC’s Chief of Health Services, its Statewide Mental Health Supervisor, and two members of its Gender Identity Disorder (“GID”) Committee (GID is now clinically referred to as Gender Dysphoria). The case was assigned to Chief Judge Nancy J. Rosenstengel in the United States District Court for …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Holland v. Broome County

9:22-cv-00297 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: March 29, 2022

This case involved allegations of discrimination based on sex, transgender status, and disability while in Broome County Jail custody. On March 29, 2022, a transgender woman filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. The plaintiff sued Broome County, its sheriff, its jail chief administrator, and some corrections officers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 42 U.S.C. § 12132, 29 U.S.C. § 794, and New York state law. Represented by the Transgender Legal Defense & Ed…
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

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. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. They challenged a Georgia statute prohibiting medical providers from treating gender dysphoria in minors with hormone therapy, which was scheduled to go into effect on July 1, 2023. The plaintiffs alleged that this statute violated the fundamental rig…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Clark v. Cook

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

Filed Date: April 17, 2019

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 District of Connecticut against Cook County officials and medical providers working for the Connecticut Department of Corrections. This case was presided over by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant. Plaintiff, represented by the ACLU, sued Defendants under 42 U.S. § 1983, alleging the violation of her Eighth Amend…
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

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. District Court for the District of Maryland. The plaintiff was scheduled to have a hysterectomy as part of his gender-affirming care prescribed by his doctor at UMMS-owned St. Joseph Medical Center (“SJMC”), a Catholic institution bound by the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Se…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Bruce v. State of South Dakota

5:17-cv-05080 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: Oct. 13, 2017

Closed Date: Jan. 25, 2019

On October 13, 2017, a private plaintiff brought suit against the State of South Dakota and the Commissioner of the South Dakota Bureau of Human Resources in U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota, Western Division. Plaintiff, a transgender man who worked for state government, alleged that South Dakota’s healthcare coverage to state employees, offered through the South Dakota State Employee Health Plan (“SDSEHP”), categorically excludes medical care for gender dysphoria. Plaintiff…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Robinson v. Dignity Health

4:16-cv-03035 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 6, 2016

Closed Date: April 28, 2017

This case is about discrimination by an employer whose healthcare plan for its employees did not provide coverage for gender dysphoria. On June 6, 2016 a transgender man (who was an operating room nurse) filed suit against his employer, Dignity Health (a hospital), challenging the exclusion of transition-related care from the employer’s health insurance plan. Represented by the ACLU, the plaintiff filed his lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, where the ca…
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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

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 denied life-saving gender affirming surgeries. The complaint was also filed against GDC’s medical services contractors, including Wellpath and MHM Services, as well as various GDC actors including the commissioner, medical director, and mental health director. The plaintiff was represented by private…
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
Voe v. Mansfield

1:23-cv-00864 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Oct. 11, 2023

This case involves a challenge to a North Carolina law that prohibited providing gender-affirming care to minors.  On August 16, 2023, North Carolina ratified HB 808 which prohibited healthcare professions from providing gender-affirming care to transgender minors. The ban also prohibited the use of state funds to support gender-affirming medical care. On October 11, 2023 several transgender minors, their parents, and medical professionals filed suit in the District of North Carolina against th…

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending

HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Soe v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners

00 2024-172 | Louisiana state trial court

Filed Date: Jan. 8, 2024

This case involves a challenge to a Louisiana law banning gender-affirming care for transgender individuals (the “Health Care Ban”) .  On January 1, 2024, the Health Care Ban went into effect. A week later, on January 8, several Louisiana transgender minors and their parents filed suit against the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, its members, and the state attorney general. Plaintiffs filed suit in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, and they sought declaratory and in…