Press Releases
about LGBTQ Rights
Feb 13, 2025
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Order Targeting Medical Care for Transgender Youth
BALTIMORE – In a victory for transgender youth, their families, and their medical providers, a federal district court today issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcem...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: PFLAG v. Trump
Feb 11, 2025
Advocates Move to Appoint Receiver to Oversee Healthcare in Arizona Prisons
PHOENIX – The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Arizona, Prison Law Office, and Disability Rights Arizona asked a federal judge today to appoint a receiver to take over the...
Court case: Jensen v. Thornell
Feb 07, 2025
Transgender and Nonbinary People Take Trump to Court Over Passport Restrictions
WASHINGTON – Following an executive order from President Donald Trump barring people from updating the sex designation on their passports, seven people have filed a federal lawsu...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Orr v. Trump
Feb 07, 2025
ACLU and ACLU of Utah Celebrate Win for Drag Performers’ First Amendment Rights
City of St. George settles with Drag Stars and Mitski Avalōx following ideologically-motivated denial of event permit
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
LGBTQ Rights
Feb 04, 2025
Families and Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Executive Order Seeking to Restrict Access to Gender-Affirming Care
WASHINGTON – Transgender young adults and families with transgender youth joined PFLAG National and GLMA in a federal legal challenge against an executive order from the Trump ad...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Dec 30, 2024
Florida Judge Allows State Prison Officials to Withhold Medical Care for Transgender Incarcerated People
TALLAHASSEE – A federal district court judge has rejected a preliminary injunction request, allowing enforcement of a new Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) policy aimed at ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Keohane v. Dixon
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PodcastMay 2025
LGBTQ Rights
+3 Issues
We’re Still Ready: Trump’s First 100 Days With Cecillia Wang. Explore Podcast.We’re Still Ready: Trump’s First 100 Days with Cecillia Wang
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VirginiaApr 2025
LGBTQ Rights
Free Speech
E.k. V. Department Of Defense Education Activity. Explore Case.E.K. v. Department of Defense Education Activity
Whether the Department of Defense Education Activity can remove educational material related to race and gender from its libraries and classrooms in K-12 schools. -
South CarolinaApr 2025
LGBTQ Rights
Free Speech
O.r. V. Greenville County, South Carolina. Explore Case.O.R. v. Greenville County, South Carolina
Local library patrons, with help from the American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of South Carolina, are suing officials in South Carolina’s most populous county for systematically purging literature by and about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people from its public library collection. -
News & CommentaryApr 2025
LGBTQ Rights
The Human Toll Of Trump's Anti-trans Crusade. Explore News & Commentary.The Human Toll of Trump's Anti-Trans Crusade
President Donald Trump’s assault on transgender rights is a gross overreach of presidential power and yet another attempt to punish trans people just for existing.