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A photo featuring activist, drag queen and tv personality Peppermint with the title Tough Conversations With Peppermint.

Feb 17, 2022

Your Guide to Talking About Attacks on Trans Youth

A demonstration poster that reads “We Have Always Been Here! We Aren’t Going Anywhere! We Won’t Be Erased.”

Feb 8, 2022

Transgender and Non-Binary Leaders Tell Federal Court Trans People Deserve Joy at Any Age

A guard tower over the fence at a correctional health care facility.

Jan 31, 2022

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is Still Delaying My Health Care, Despite a Court Order

A photo of President Biden in the Oval Office wearing a mask.

Jan 24, 2022

One Year Later: How the Biden Administration is Doing on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Protestor holds sign reading “Trans People Belong In SD” during trans rights rally.

Dec 16, 2021

In 2021, Our Fight for LGBTQ Rights Moved to the States

Nov 4, 2021

I Want to Play Golf with Other Boys. I’m Suing Tennessee for That Chance.

Oct 21, 2021

Finding Trans Joy Through Sports

Oct 15, 2021

How Mastercard's New Policy Violates Sex Workers' Rights

Black-and-white photo of James Hormel (left) and Matt Coles from the ACLU archives.

Aug 24, 2021

ACLU’s LGBTQ and HIV Project Exists Because of Jim Hormel’s Generosity

Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio, holds a sign that says, "Don't mess with Texas," as he and other Democratic caucus members join a rally on the steps of the Texas Capitol to support voting rights

Jul 29, 2021

The Texas Legislature's Culture War