News & Commentary about LGBTQ Youth
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The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
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Jun 28, 2024
55 Years After Stonewall, Police Reform Stalls at Symbolic Gestures
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Feb 29, 2024
A Teenager’s Fight Against Idaho’s Harmful Ban on Gender-Affirming Health Care
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Feb 15, 2024
A Plan to Block Trans Health Care in Ohio Was Stopped — But the Fight Isn’t Over
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Feb 14, 2024
Anti-DEI Efforts Are the Latest Attack on Racial Equity and Free Speech
![With the U.S Capitol in the back ground thousands of demonstrators march on Pennsylvania Avenue during the Women's March in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/12/abortion-2023-protest-blog-400x266.jpg)
Dec 14, 2023
2023 in Review: The Latest on the Stories That Made Our Year
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Nov 30, 2023
How Activist Raquel Willis Found Her Voice and Power