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Court Case
Dec 04, 2025
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  • 2S-LGBTQIA+ Rights

Berndt v. Montana Department of Justice, et al.

Case Update: Thursday, December 4, 2025. A Montana District Court ruled that discrimination based on gender identity violates the Montana Constitution and state statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex.
Court Case
Mar 27, 2025
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  • 2S-LGBTQIA+ Rights

Perkins et al v. Montana (HB 121)

This case challenges HB 121, a newly enacted law which stigmatizes and discriminates against transgender, intersex, and gender-nonconforming Montanans by effectively barring access public facilities and private nonprofit domestic violence programs
Court Case
Dec 16, 2024
Kalarchik
  • 2S-LGBTQIA+ Rights

Kalarchik et al. v. State of Montana et al.

Case Update, July 18, 2025: The ACLU of Montana filed a Response Brief on behalf of the Plaintiffs.
Court Case
Dec 11, 2024
van Garderen
  • 2S-LGBTQIA+ Rights

Cross v. State

The Montana Supreme Court ruled that SB 99, a 2023 Montana law that categorically bans life-saving gender-affirming care for transgender youth, is unconstitutional under the Montana state constitution’s privacy clause.
Court Case
Jul 25, 2024
EmpowerMT
  • 2S-LGBTQIA+ Rights|
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EmpowerMT v. State

Court Case
Dec 19, 2023
Cloverdale
  • 2S-LGBTQIA+ Rights

Dandilion Cloverdale et al. vs. Austin Knudsen et al.

Court Case
Jul 16, 2021
Filed SB-280
  • 2S-LGBTQIA+ Rights

Marquez v. State of Montana

Court Case
Sep 28, 2018
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  • 2S-LGBTQIA+ Rights

Eleanor Maloney v. Yellowstone County

Court Case
Oct 16, 2017
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  • 2S-LGBTQIA+ Rights

Hobaugh v. State of Montana