News & Commentary about LGBTQ Rights

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Sep 27, 2023

10 Advocates on Why They Won’t Stand for Classroom Censorship

A group of young demonstrators holding ACLU signs that say Trans People Belong.

Sep 7, 2023

How I Fought for Trans Justice This Summer

Library protest.A person walks past empty shelves at the library in Stony Stratford, near Milton Keynes, after residents have spent the week withdrawing their maximum allowance of books to stop the council's plans to close it as part of budget cuts.

Sep 7, 2023

Why Is Texas Eliminating School Libraries?

Aug 30, 2023

How Mastercard is Endangering Sex Workers

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Aug 1, 2023

Arkansas Wants to Unconstitutionally “Card” People Before They Use Social Media

Jul 27, 2023

No One Should Die In Custody

Jul 6, 2023

Supreme Court Term in Review: Reconciling Our Losses and Wins

A young child holds up a sign reading "PROTECT TRANS KIDS, PROTECT ME - luke, age 9" at a Trans Pride March.

Jun 30, 2023

What Trans Youth Want You to Know

A photo of ACLU client and Brandt v Rutledge plaintiff Dylan Brandt.

Jun 29, 2023

How We’re Winning The Fight to Defend Trans Rights

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Jun 23, 2023

Pride Has Always Been About Ending Mass Incarceration