Press Releases
Dec 08, 2021
Trans Woman Wins Settlement from Gym that Refused Her Use of Women’s Locker Room
Crunch Gym in El Cajon Will Pay Settlement, Train Staff
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Nov 04, 2021
Civil Rights Advocates Bring Federal Court Challenge to Tennessee Law Banning Trans Students in School Sports
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Tennessee, and Lambda Legal today filed a lawsuit challenging a Tennessee law excluding transgender youth from ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: L.E. v Lee
Aug 26, 2021
Gloucester County School Board to Pay $1.3 Million to Resolve Gavin Grimm’s Case
RICHMOND, Va. — The American Civil Liberties Union announced today that the Gloucester County School Board will be ordered to pay over $1.3 million in attorney’s fees and costs...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board
Jul 21, 2021
Federal Court Blocks West Virginia Law Banning Trans Students in School Sports
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal court today ruled that 11-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson must be allowed to try out for the girls’ cross-country and track teams at her school, blo...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: West Virginia v. B.P.J.
Jul 09, 2021
Judge Blocks Tennessee Anti-Trans Restroom Sign Law
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A federal judge today blocked a new law in Tennessee that required businesses and other entities that allow transgender people to use the public restroom that ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Free Speech
Court case: Bongo Productions LLC et al v. Lawrence et al
Jun 28, 2021
Supreme Court Allows Gavin Grimm’s Victory to Stand
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today declined to hear Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board, allowing lower court decisions in support of transgender students to stand.
The U.S...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board
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