Press Releases
about LGBTQ Rights
May 05, 2017
ACLU-TN Statement on Passage of "LGBT Erasure" Legislation
NASHVILLE 鈥 Governor Bill Haslam has signed SB 1085/HB 1111, a measure widely dubbed the "LGBT Erasure" bill, into law.
SB 1085/HB 1111 requires that any undefined words in Tenne...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
May 02, 2017
ACLU Statement on Reports of Impending 鈥淩eligious Freedom鈥 Executive Order
NEW YORK 鈥 Louise Melling, deputy legal director of the 老熟女午夜福利, issued the following statement in response to reports that President Trump will sign an ex...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
May 01, 2017
ACLU-TN Statement on "LGBT Erasure" Bill's Passage
NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Senate voted today to pass the legislation that attempts to restrict the interpretation of certain words in Tennessee laws to gender-specific definitions....
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Apr 18, 2017
ACLU Statement on NCAA Awarding Championship Events to North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. 鈥 The NCAA announced today that they will be returning championship events to sites in North Carolina for the first time since the state passed sweeping anti-LGBT l...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Apr 14, 2017
ACLU and Lambda Legal Condemn Trump Administration Withdrawal of North Carolina HB 2 Lawsuit
RALEIGH, N.C. 鈥 The 老熟女午夜福利, the ACLU of North Carolina, and Lambda Legal today condemned the decision by the Department of Justice to dismiss its lawsuit ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Carca帽o, et al. v. Cooper, et al
Apr 13, 2017
Case Targeting Rights of Minnesota Transgender Teen Dropped
ST. PAUL, Minn. 鈥 An organization that filed a federal lawsuit last year to bar transgender students from using locker rooms consistent with their gender identity today announced...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Privacy Matters v. U.S. Department of Education
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