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Library of Congress Can Be Sued for Discriminating Against Transgender Veteran, Says Federal Court (11/28/2007)
WASHINGTON – Rejecting the federal government's attempt to throw out a transgender veteran's sex discrimination lawsuit against the Library of Congress, a federal judge ruled today that the case can go forward. The American Civil Liberties Union brought the lawsuit in June 2005 on behalf of 25-year U.S. Army veteran Diane Schroer who was offered a job as a senior terrorism researcher but was later told she was not a "good fit" after her future boss learned she was in the process of transitioning from male to female.

National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Organizations Condemn Ousting of Largo, FL, City Manager (03/23/2007)

Federal Court Rules Transgender Discrimination Lawsuit Against Library of Congress Can Proceed (03/31/2006)
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today a federal judge found that an employment discrimination lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of a transgender veteran against the Library of Congress can go forward.

ACLU and Lambda Legal Challenge Law Barring Transgender People Access to Medical Treatment in Prison (01/24/2006)
MILWAUKEE, WI – Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit today in federal court on behalf of two transgender women challenging a Wisconsin law that bars them from access to appropriate medical treatment while they are incarcerated.

ACLU Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Army Veteran Against Library of Congress for Transgender Discrimination (06/02/2005)
WASHINGTON, DC -- The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in federal court here today against the Library of Congress on behalf of a 25-year veteran of the U.S. Army whose job offer was rescinded after she informed the organization that she was in the process of transitioning from male to female.

ACLU Endorses Federal Hate Crimes Legislation for First Time, Says Conyers Proposal Properly Addresses Free Speech Concerns (05/26/2005)
WASHINGTON - After more than seven years of expressing concerns that federal hate crimes legislation would chill constitutionally protected speech, the American Civil Liberties Union today endorsed a new hate crimes bill introduced by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI).

ACLU Blasts the New York Post and the New York Daily News for Poor Reporting on the Hispanic AIDS Forum Transgender Discrimination Case (04/01/2005)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union sent letters-to-the-editor yesterday criticizing the New York Post and the New York Daily News for their insensitive treatment of transgender people in articles about a recent court ruling in its lawsuit on behalf of the Hispanic AIDS Forum.

ACLU Urges Appeals Court to Uphold Gender Identity Protections in New York (05/19/2004)
NEW YORK - In the first transgender discrimination case to reach a New York state appeals court, the American Civil Liberties Union today urged the court not to deny transgender New Yorkers protections against discrimination.

ACLU Asks Appeals Court to Reject Attempt to End Gender Identity Protections in New York State (04/21/2004)
NEW YORK - In the first gender discrimination case to reach a New York state appellate court, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a brief today urging the court not to deny transgender New Yorkers their right to live free of discrimination.

ACLU Releases Fourth Edition of The Rights of Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexuals, and Transgender People (03/10/2004)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union announced today that it has updated its comprehensive book on gay rights, The Rights of Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexuals, and Transgender People (Southern Illinois University Press, February 2004). The new edition, which is available at www.aclu.org/store and in bookstores around the country, contains updated information on recent groundbreaking cases including the Supreme Court's decision saying lesbian and gay relationships can no longer be considered criminal and the recent decision by the Massachusetts high court to grant same-sex marriages.

Judge Allows Transgender Discrimination Claims to Go Forward in Lawsuit Over Illegal Eviction of Latino AIDS Agency (10/15/2003)
NEW YORK - A judge has freed the way for the Hispanic AIDS Forum, New York's largest Latino AIDS service provider, to proceed to trial in a case against its former landlord for transgender discrimination, the American Civil Liberties Union announced today.

ACLU Weighs in on Transgender Discrimination Lawsuit Before Hawaii Supreme Court (08/14/2003)
HONOLULU - Outlining a long history of discrimination against transgender people, the American Civil Liberties Union today urged the Supreme Court of Hawaii to rule that gender identity discrimination is against state law.

ACLU Challenges Queens Landlord's Claim That Transgender People Are Not Entitled to Use Bathrooms or Common Areas of Building (06/26/2003)
NEW YORK -- In arguments before a state supreme court judge tomorrow, the American Civil Liberties Union is urging the court to reject a landlord's claim that he was justified in refusing to let transgender clients with the Hispanic AIDS Forum (HAF) use any of the building's restrooms or common areas of the building.

Judge's Rulings Favor Latino AIDS Agency in Transgender Discrimination Suit (01/16/2003)
NEW YORK-Saying that the physical anatomy of transgendered people is not relevant to gender identity, a New York Supreme Court Judge today ruled in favor of a leading Latino HIV/AIDS agency that was being threaten with eviction from their offices by a commercial landlord who sought disclosure of the anatomical sex of the agency's clients.

ACLU Criticizes Decision in Louisiana Transgendered Case (09/17/2002)
NEW ORLEANS - Late yesterday afternoon, a United States District Judge decided that the federal ban on sex discrimination does not apply to people who are transgendered. He then dismissed Peter Oiler's case against the Winn-Dixie grocery store chain, even though Winn-Dixie never claimed that Oiler's off-the-job cross-dressing interfered with his work in any way.

Federal Appeals Court Rejects School Teacher's Lawsuit Seeking To Keep Transgender Employee from Bathrooms (06/20/2002)
MINNEAPOLIS -- A federal appeals court today said a Minneapolis public school met its legal obligation by giving alternate restroom options to a teacher who did not want to use the same facilities as a male-to-female transgendered employee, in what the American Civil Liberties Union called a "watershed victory" for the rights of transgendered people. 

Winn-Dixie Admits Firing Man for Cross-Dressing Off-Duty; ACLU Asks Federal Court To Rule Without Holding Trial (01/23/2002)
NEW ORLEANS - Southern grocery giant Winn-Dixie plainly concedes that its sole reason for firing an employee of two decades was that off-duty he sometimes cross-dressed as a woman, the American Civil Liberties Union told a federal judge today in papers seeking a ruling without a trial in its sex discrimination lawsuit against the company. 

Public School Rightly Gave Separate Restroom Access To Anti-Transgender Teacher, ACLU Says (01/17/2002)
ST. LOUIS -- A public school in Minneapolis met its legal obligation by giving alternate restroom options to a teacher who did not want to use the same facilities as a male-to-female transgendered employee, the American Civil Liberties Union said in papers filed in federal appeals court today. 

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.

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