Press Releases
Feb 10, 2021
North Dakota House Committee’s Do-Pass Recommendation on House Bill 1298 is Discriminatory, Harmful to Trans Student Athletes
The House Human Services Committee gave an amended version of House Bill 1298, a discriminatory bill targeting transgender student athletes, a do-pass recommendation.
The ACLU of N...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Feb 08, 2021
Transgender Watertown Woman Sues Police, Sheriff for Discrimination, Abuse, Sexual Assault
Watertown jail’s strip search policy is unconstitutional, suit argues
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Criminal Law Reform
Dec 07, 2020
Supreme Court Again Rejects Challenge to Trans-Affirming School Policies
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today declined to hear Parents for Privacy v. William P. Barr et al, allowing school districts to continue to affirm transgender students by allowi...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Dec 02, 2020
ACLU Comment on Settlement of Aimee Stephens’ Historic Discrimination Case
DETROIT — Chase Strangio, deputy director for the American Civil Liberties Union LGBT & HIV Project, issued the following statement related to the settlement in Aimee Stephen...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Aug 26, 2020
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Again Rules in Favor of Gavin Grimm
RICHMOND, Va. — The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled in favor of American Civil Liberties Union client Gavin Grimm, deciding that restroom policies segregating transge...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board
Aug 17, 2020
Judge Blocks First Law Targeting Transgender Athletes as Case Continues
All Women and Girls Can Now Try Out for Fall Teams
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Little v. Hecox
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Court CaseJul 2026
Transgender People and Discrimination
Jackson-edney V. Labrador. Explore Case.Jackson-Edney v. Labrador
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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.