Press Releases
about LGBTQ Rights
Aug 07, 2025
Tenth Circuit Rejects Challenge From Families Against Oklahoma Ban on Best Practice Medical Care
OKLAHOMA CITY – Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in U.S. v. Skrmetti upholding a ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appe...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Poe v. Drummond
Jul 23, 2025
Award Winning Fashion Designer Willy Chavarria Named ACLU Artist Ambassador for Immigrants’ Rights & LGBTQ Rights
NEW YORK — The ÀÏÊìÅ®ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû today announced that award-winning fashion designer Willy Chavarria will join the organization’s Artist Ambassador Program to advo...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
LGBTQ Rights
Jul 03, 2025
Supreme Court Will Hear Challenges to Bans on Athletic Participation by Transgender Students
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court today granted certiorari in two federal court cases involving transgender youth challenging bans on their participation in local school and college...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Women's Rights
Court case: West Virginia v. B.P.J.
Jun 18, 2025
ACLU, Lambda Legal Respond to Supreme Court Ruling in U.S. v. Skrmetti
WASHINGTON – This morning, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in U.S. v. Skrmetti, a challenge brought by three transgender adolescents, their families, and a Memphis-based medi...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: L.W. v. Skrmetti/U.S. v. Skrmetti
Jun 17, 2025
Transgender US Passport Holders Granted Temporary Relief in Challenge to Trump Gender Marker Policy
BOSTON – A federal judge today expanded a preliminary injunction to two newly certified classes of passport holders in Orr v. Trump, a challenge to the Trump administration’s p...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Orr v. Trump
Jun 17, 2025
In Win for Academic Speech, Oklahoma Supreme Court Says Higher Ed is Off-Limits from Censorship Law
The court also left in place a preliminary injunction preventing K-12 schools from implementing confusing bans on speech related to race and gender
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Black Emergency Response Team v. Drummond
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