Press Releases
Jun 25, 2021
ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging New Tennessee Law Requiring Restroom Warning Signs
“Transgender people frequently face discrimination and harassment in all facets of life, including being assaulted or harassed in restrooms. This law encourages such violence,...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Free Speech
Court case: Bongo Productions LLC et al v. Lawrence et al
Jun 04, 2021
ACLU Tells Alaska Airlines to Stop Discriminating Against Non-Binary and Gender Non-Conforming Flight Attendants
SEATTLE — The American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter today to Alaska Airlines telling the airline to stop enforcing a uniform policy that requires flight attendants to conf...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Wetherell v. Alaska Airlines
May 26, 2021
Civil Rights Advocates Bring Federal Court Challenge to West Virginia Law Banning Trans Students in School Sports
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A lawsuit challenging West Virginia’s new law banning girls and women who are transgender from participating in school sports was filed today by the America...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: West Virginia v. B.P.J.
Apr 25, 2021
ACLU Comment on Dismissal of Challenge to Connecticut Policy Allowing Trans Student Athletes to Participate in School Sports
HARTFORD, Conn. — A federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit filed against the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference and multiple school boards. Represented by the Ameri...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Soule et al v. CT Association of Schools et al
Apr 15, 2021
North Dakota Senate Passes Discriminatory Anti-Transgender Sports Bill
Today, Senate lawmakers voted to pass legislation that will prohibit transgender student athletes from playing sports on teams that match their gender identity. The vote opens the ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Feb 24, 2021
ACLU Comment on Biden Administration Withdrawing Attack on Transgender Students in Connecticut
WASHINGTON — Chase Strangio, deputy director for Trans Justice with the American Civil Liberties Union LGBT & HIV Project issued the following statement regarding the Departm...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Soule et al v. CT Association of Schools et al
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Court CaseJul 2026
Transgender People and Discrimination
Jackson-edney V. Labrador. Explore Case.Jackson-Edney v. Labrador
Six transgender residents of Idaho filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging HB 752, a 2026 state law that criminalizes their use of sex-designated public restrooms consistent with their gender identity. -
News & CommentaryAug 2026
Transgender People and Discrimination
Criminal Law Reform
We’ve Filed More Than 50 Legal Claims Over Abuse By Federal Immigration Agents. Here's Why.. Explore News & Commentary.We’ve Filed More Than 50 Legal Claims Over Abuse by Federal Immigration Agents. Here's Why.
The claimants detail being unlawfully detained, denied medical care, or targeted simply for speaking out or recording what they saw. Their experiences reveal a dangerous pattern of abuse that threatens the rights and safety of us all. -
VirginiaAug 2026
Transgender People and Discrimination
National Security
In Re: Application Of The United States Of America For An Order Pursuant To 18 U.s.c. § 2703(d). Explore Case.In Re: Application of The United States Of America for an Order Pursuant To 18 U.S.C. § 2703(d)
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South CarolinaAug 2026
Transgender People and Discrimination
South Carolina Republican Party V. Bolchoz. Explore Case.South Carolina Republican Party v. Bolchoz
The South Carolina Republican Party has sued state election officials seeking to close South Carolina’s primary elections, excluding independent and unaffiliated voters from participating in what are often the only meaningful elections in their communities. Veterans for All Voters and The Chamberlain Network, two nonpartisan veterans’ organizations, have moved to intervene as defendants to protect their members’ right to vote in the primary of their choice and to ensure the State does not settle the case in a way that extinguishes those rights.