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Agencia de SIDA Latina Desahuciada por que Clientes Transgéneros Usaban el Baño "Incorrecto"; el ACLU Presenta Demanda (06/26/2001)
Executive Director, Hispanic AIDS Forum 

Latino AIDS Agency Evicted Because Transgender Clients Used 'Wrong' Bathroom, ACLU Charges in NY Lawsuit (06/26/2001)
NEW YORK -- The leading Latino HIV/AIDS agency in New York was effectively forced out of Jackson Heights, Queens - an epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in U.S. Latino communities - because of prejudice against the agency's transgendered clients, the American Civil Liberties Union said in a lawsuit filed today.

ACLU Files Civil Rights Case Against Winn-Dixie Stores For Firing Trucker Who Cross-Dresses Away from Work (10/23/2000)
NEW ORLEANS, LA - The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against grocery store giant Winn-Dixie on behalf of a heterosexual male truck driver who was fired because away from work he sometimes dresses in women's clothing and expresses a feminine identity.

ACLU of Hawai'i Represents Transsexual Canoeist in Fight over Gender (09/13/2000)
HONOLULU, HI - In an effort to ensure that transsexuals are entitled to equal protection of the law and free from discrimination based upon sex, the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai'i said today that it will challenge a state athletic organization's rule requiring athletes to undergo genetic testing to participate in sports.