The ACLU Lesbian & Gay Rights Project seeks to expand legal protections for transgender people. To do this, we take on cases that will not only extend existing civil rights laws to transgender people but also help persuade the general public that civil rights should be accorded to transgender Americans.

Here’s how you can help. If you have recently experienced discrimination based on gender identity or expression, we’d like you to tell us about it by using our Report Discrimination form. What you tell us on this form is confidential; no one outside of the ACLU will be told about what you tell us unless we first get your permission to do so.

We will review what you’ve told us and will get back to you to let you know whether we’re able to pursue your case on your behalf. Because we only take cases that promise to have a broad impact on the rights of transgender people, you should know that we are not able to represent most people who contact us.

We are interested in all types of gender identity discrimination – in the workplace, in schools, in custody and visitation disputes over children, etc. You can get a general idea of the type of case we’re looking for from the transgender docket in our case profiles.