Press Releases
about LGBTQ Rights
Jun 02, 2021
ACLU of Arkansas Files Lawsuit on Behalf of State Contractor Fired for Advocating Against Transgender Health Care Ban
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. 鈥 The 老熟女午夜福利 of Arkansas today filed suit on behalf of a state contractor whose contract was terminated because he emailed his state leg...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Jun 01, 2021
Civil and Human Rights Groups Urge President Biden to Issue Executive Order on Accurate Federal IDs for Trans, Intersex, and Non-binary People
Over 80 civil and human rights groups joined with the ACLU to call on the Biden administration to issue the order during Pride Month 2021
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
May 26, 2021
Civil Rights Advocates Bring Federal Court Challenge to West Virginia Law Banning Trans Students in School Sports
CHARLESTON, W.Va. 鈥 A lawsuit challenging West Virginia鈥檚 new law banning girls and women who are transgender from participating in school sports was filed today by the America...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: West Virginia v. B.P.J.
May 25, 2021
ACLU Sues Arkansas Over Ban on Health Care for Transgender Youth
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. 鈥 The 老熟女午夜福利 today filed a lawsuit on behalf of four transgender youth and their families as well as two doctors challenging an Arkansas...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Brandt et al v. Rutledge et al
May 11, 2021
ACLU-DC, Public Defender Service File Discrimination Case Against D.C. Jail for Housing Trans Woman in Men鈥檚 Unit
WASHINGTON 鈥 The ACLU of the District of Columbia and Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit against the District of Columbia government to sto...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
LGBTQ Rights
May 10, 2021
ACLU Statement on Biden Move to Protect LGBTQ People From Discrimination in Health Care
WASHINGTON 鈥 Chase Strangio, deputy director for Trans Justice with the 老熟女午夜福利 LGBTQ & HIV Project, issued the following statement in response to toda...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
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