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ACLU Highlights Threats to Title IX on 30th Anniversary Of Landmark Anti-Gender Discrimination Measure (06/27/2002)
WASHINGTON - Saying that gender discrimination still exists in the United States, the American Civil Liberties Union today highlighted a number of threats to the landmark anti-gender discrimination measure -- commonly referred to as Title IX -- that was signed into law by President Richard Nixon 30 years ago.

ACLU Seeks 'Level Playing Field' for City Sponsored Girls' Softball League in Oregon (04/04/2002)
GRANTS PASS, OR--Saying that local Recreation Department officials unfairly discriminate against girls' athletics, the American Civil Liberties Union today filed a lawsuit seeking an immediate court order that will give the girls' softball league equal access to playing fields before the new season gets underway. 

ACLU Pursues Discrimination Charges Over NY Woman's Exclusion from Elks Lodge Chapter (10/16/2001)
NEW YORK-A woman's repeated denial of membership in a local Elks Lodge is discriminatory and her case was wrongly dismissed by the state, the New York Civil Liberties Union and the Women's Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union said in legal papers today.

Civil Rights Groups Fight Eviction of Battered Women Under "Zero Tolerance" Housing Policy (07/10/2001)
PORTLAND, OR--In the first legal challenge of its kind, Legal Aid Services of Oregon and the Oregon Law Center, in coalition with national women's rights advocates, today joined a federal sex discrimination lawsuit challenging a property management company's policy of evicting victims of domestic violence from their homes.

ACLU Files Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit Against Suburban New York Police Department (06/07/2001)
NEW YORK--Acting on behalf of three female officers who were forced off the job because they were pregnant, the New York Civil Liberties Union today filed a federal pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against the Suffolk County Police Department of Long Island. 

Sex Discrimination Complaint Against East Providence School District Settled (12/26/2000)
PROVIDENCE, R.I.-- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island today announced the settlement of a sex discrimination dispute against the East Providence School District for advertising a position at a high school as being for men only.

Legal fees from the battle to admit Shannon Faulkner will go to Women's Rights Project (10/04/2000)
NEW YORK--Shearman & Sterling, the law firm that led the court battle to admit women to The Citadel and helped the American Civil Liberties Union to litigate the case, has given the ACLU more than $1 million to continue its legal efforts on behalf of women.

Women & AIDS Clinic and ACLU File Suit Alleging Discrimination Against HIV-Positive Woman (06/28/2000)
NEWARK, NJ -- The Women and AIDS Clinic at Rutgers Law School and the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey today filed a federal lawsuit against New Jersey state officials for discriminating against an HIV positive woman and her newborn child.

"Saddle Tramps" Booster Club Denies Excluding Woman (09/24/1999)
LUBBOCK, TX -- They hoot when the Red Raiders win and holler like maniacs after a loss. For 64 years, the rowdy and raucous Texas Tech Saddle Tramps have been known across West Texas as a famed and exclusive spirit club. And as far back as anyone can remember, the Tramps have only been men, the Associated Press reports.