Press Releases
Apr 15, 2020
ACLU, Legal Voice File Lawsuit Challenging Idaho’s Law Targeting Transgender Student Athletes
BOISE, Idaho — A lawsuit was filed today challenging Idaho’s recently passed law that bans women and girls who are transgender and many women and girls who are intersex from pa...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Little v. Hecox
Mar 16, 2020
Idaho's Ban on Trans Girls in Sports Passes the Idaho Senate 24-11
BOISE — Late this afternoon, in the midst of a global coronavirus pandemic and after multiple last-minute schedule changes designed to shut out the public, the Idaho Senate voted...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Feb 27, 2020
Alabama Lawmakers Target Transgender Kids With Dangerous and Discriminatory Legislation
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama lawmakers are following a dangerous national trend that targets transgender youth, putting their academic success and health in danger.
House Bill 303 ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Sep 27, 2019
Taxpayer-Funded Child Welfare Agencies Allowed to Discriminate Against Same-Sex Couples
DETROIT – As a result of a federal court order issued today, St. Vincent Catholic Charities, a state-contracted and taxpayer-funded child welfare agency, will be allowed to refus...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Sep 25, 2019
ACLU Settles Case: Colorado Company Can No Longer Discriminate Against Transgender Individuals
DENVER – The American Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado announced a settlement this morning on behalf of Dashir Moore, a transgender man wh...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Aug 20, 2019
Federal Court Says ACLU Trans Military Ban Challenge Can Continue
BALTIMORE – Josh Block, senior staff attorney for the ACLU, issued the following statement on today’s district court ruling in the ACLU’s challenge to the trans military ban:...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Stone v. Trump
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Court CaseJul 2026
Transgender People and Discrimination
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News & CommentaryAug 2026
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VirginiaAug 2026
Transgender People and Discrimination
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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.