Federal lawsuit filed on February 20, 2025
San Francisco AIDS Foundation v. Trump United States District Court for the Northern District of California . In the lawsuit, theSan Francisco AIDS Foundation and eight other nonprofit organizations challenge provisions in theexecutive orders of President Donald Trump . The district court issued a preliminary injunction in June 2025, which was appealed to theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by the Trump administration in August 2025.
The plaintiffs include theSan Francisco AIDS Foundation and eight other nonprofit organizations that supportLGBTQ andHIV -affected communities. They are represented byLambda Legal .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
The lawsuit names 17 defendants includingDonald Trump .[ 5] [ 6]
The lawsuit challenges the executive orders titled "Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing " (EO 14151), "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government " (EO 14168), and "Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity " (EO 14173).[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Trump's second presidency in January 2025, restrict federal grant funding for organizations based on their policies onDEI andgender identity .[ 7]
On May 22, 2025, JudgeJon S. Tigar heard arguments from the parties at thefederal courthouse inOakland, California . The plaintiffs requested apreliminary injunction to block the implementation of Trump's executive orders.[ 8] [ 9]
On June 9, 2025, judge Tigar granted the plaintiff's request to block enforcement of the grant funding requirements in Trump's executive orders, finding that these provisions "reflect an effort to censor constitutionally protected speech and services promotingDEI and recognizing the existence oftransgender individuals".[ 10] [ 7] standing to challenge five of the nine provisions they contested in the lawsuit.[ 11] U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit .[ 12] [ 13]
On July 15, 2025, Lambda Legal reported that $6.2 million in grant funding had been restored to the plaintiffs following judge Tigar's preliminary injunction.[ 14] [ 15] [update] [ 16]
On October 10, 2025, the attorneys general of 17 states, led by California, Illinois, and Massachusetts, filed anamicus brief , urging the appellate court to uphold district court judge Tigar's preliminary injunction.[ 12] [ 17] City Attorney of San Francisco announced that they had filed an amicus brief on behalf of 12 U.S. cities and counties, also urging the appellate court to uphold the district court's decision.[ 17]
^a b Negussie, Tesfaye (February 20, 2025)."LGBTQ rights groups file lawsuits challenging Trump's executive orders" .ABC News Archived from the original on April 27, 2025. RetrievedFebruary 20, 2025 . ^a b Migdon, Brooke (February 20, 2025)."LGBTQ health groups sue Trump over orders targeting diversity, transgender rights" .The Hill Archived from the original on March 8, 2025. RetrievedFebruary 20, 2025 . ^a b Ferrannini, John; Laird, Cynthia (February 20, 2025)."California LGBTQ nonprofits join Lambda Legal lawsuit against Trump administration over DEI" .Bay Area Reporter Archived from the original on March 4, 2025. RetrievedFebruary 20, 2025 . ^ "San Francisco AIDS Foundation v. Trump" .Lambda Legal Archived from the original on June 12, 2025. RetrievedFebruary 20, 2025 .^a b "Case 3:25-cv-01824" (PDF) .Lambda Legal Archived (PDF) from the original on June 30, 2025. RetrievedFebruary 20, 2025 .^ "San Francisco A.I.D.S. Foundation v. Trump (4:25-cv-01824)" .CourtListener Archived from the original on March 23, 2025. RetrievedMarch 3, 2025 .^a b Ferrannini, John (June 9, 2025)."Judge blocks Trump administration defunding of SF AIDS Foundation, other nonprofits, for now" .Bay Area Reporter Archived from the original on June 9, 2025. RetrievedJune 9, 2025 . ^ Ferrannini, John (May 22, 2025)."Federal judge hears arguments in SFAF suit against Trump's DEI, gender identity, equity executive orders" .Bay Area Reporter Archived from the original on May 24, 2025. RetrievedMay 23, 2025 . ^ Simons, Matt (May 22, 2025)."Judge confronts feds over vagueness of Trump's 'gender ideology,' DEI orders" .Courthouse News Service Archived from the original on June 29, 2025. RetrievedMay 23, 2025 . ^ Har, Janie (June 9, 2025)."Judge blocks administration from enforcing anti-diversity and anti-transgender executive orders" .Associated Press Archived from the original on June 19, 2025. RetrievedJune 9, 2025 . ^ Simons, Matt (June 9, 2025)."Judge partially blocks Trump's anti-DEI executive orders" .Courthouse News Service Archived from the original on July 9, 2025. RetrievedJune 9, 2025 . ^a b "Attorney General Bonta Co-Leads Brief Opposing Trump's Continued Attempts to Dismantle Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Programs" .Attorney General of California . RetrievedOctober 15, 2025 .^ "San Francisco AIDS Foundation, et al. v. Trump, et al. (25-4988)" .Court Listener . RetrievedOctober 15, 2025 .^ Ferrannini, John (July 17, 2025)."$6.2 million in federal grants restored after legal win, Lambda Legal says" .Bay Area Reporter . RetrievedOctober 8, 2025 . ^ Ring, Trudy (July 17, 2025)."Trump admin forced to restore $6.2 million to LGBTQ+ and HIV groups" .The Advocate . RetrievedOctober 8, 2025 . ^ Ferrannini, John (October 8, 2025)."Sparse federal data on LGBTQs is threatened by recent Trump executive orders" .Bay Area Reporter . RetrievedOctober 8, 2025 . ^a b Bajko, Matthew S. (October 14, 2025)."Multiple cities, counties join San Francisco City Attorney Chiu in filing amicus brief in federal LGBTQ funding lawsuit" .Bay Area Reporter . RetrievedOctober 15, 2025 .
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