EO Case Topic: DEI and Transgender Rights
O’Neill v. Hartman
Mittereder v. Mullin
Plaintiff, a transgender Transportation Security Officer (“TSO”), filed suit against the Department of Homeland Security alleging employment discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and challenging the Trump administration’s directive prohibiting transgender TSO’s from performing passenger pat-downs and from using restrooms aligned with their gender identity. The prohibition on pat-downs and bathroom usage […]
Schlacter et. al. v. U.S. Department of State et. al.
Following an executive order setting a government-wide policy repudiating the very existence of transgender people by proclaiming that possessing a gender identity that is incongruent with a person’s sex assigned at birth is a “false claim,” the State Department implemented a policy of denying transgender people, including nonbinary people, accurate passports with sex markers that […]
FreeState Justice v. EEOC
The plaintiff, a nonprofit working to improve the lives of Maryland’s LGBTQ+ community, alleges that, as result of the Trump administration’s discriminatory executive order issued in January 2025, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is unlawfully refusing to enforce federal workplace protections for transgender workers. The nonenforcement policy denies transgender workers access to the agency’s investigation […]
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Trump
Following the Trump administration’s issuance of an executive order targeting health care for transgender youth, the Department of Justice opened investigations aimed at eliminating health care for trans people 19 years old and under. In this suit, several states and the District of Columbia claim the Trump administration is violating states rights by investigating trans […]
E.K. v. Department of Defense Education Activity
In response to Executive Orders banning topics such as “gender ideology” from federally funded K-12 education, the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), which provides education to dependents of military personnel, removed books, changed curriculums, and prohibited cultural awareness celebrations on school grounds. Additionally, hundreds of books about gender, class, and race were removed from […]
GLMA v. National Institutes of Health
GLMA (a national organization committed to ensuring health equity for LGBTQ+ people and equality for LGBTQ+ health professionals) and 16 impacted health researchers are challenging the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) termination of hundreds of grants funding important research on issues regarding HIV and LGBTQ+ people’s health. Following the Trump Administration’s issuance of three executive […]
Minnesota v. Trump
In response to the Trump Administration repeatedly threatening to cut federal funding to Minnesota schools if the state does not cave to the Administration’s attempts to deny civil rights of transgender people, Minnesota filed a complaint arguing that two of President Trump’s executive orders targeting transgender children and adults violate U.S. Constitution and Title IX. […]
National Urban League v. Trump
The plaintiffs, nonprofit advocacy organizations, are challenging three anti-equity executive orders issued by President Trump related to diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and transgender people. The three executive orders terminate equity-related grants, forbid federally-funded entities from engaging in diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility programs, and from recognizing the existence of transgender people. The organizations argue that […]
San Francisco AIDS Foundation v. Trump
The plaintiffs, multiple LGBTQ+, Health, and HIV organizations, are challenging three executive orders that aim to erase transgender people from public life, defund organizations that provide them with essential services, and terminate equity-related grants that are vital to underserved communities, including communities of color and people living with HIV. Specifically, the lawsuit argues that the […]