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Mar 07, 2019
ACLU Comment on Federal Court Decision in Trans Military Ban Case
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 7, 2019 CONTACT: Tyler Richard, 646-905-8868 BALTIMORE – A federal court today ruled that the Trump administration’s ban on transgender service membe...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Stone v. Trump
Feb 14, 2019
Iowa Jury Awards $120,000 to Transgender State Employee in Discrimination Case
DES MOINES, Iowa — A jury in Polk County Wednesday awarded Jesse Vroegh $120,000 for the two ways that his employer, the Iowa Department of Corrections, discriminated against him...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Vroegh v. Iowa Department of Corrections
Jan 23, 2019
Trump Administration Moves to Allow Discrimination in Child Welfare System
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration granted permission today for government-contracted child welfare agencies in South Carolina to turn away would-be foster and adoptive parent...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Oct 21, 2018
ACLU Statement on Reports of Trump Administration Attacks on Transgender People
NEW YORK—The Trump administration is reportedly working to dramatically roll-back protections for transgender students and narrow the definitions of sex and gender that courts ha...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Sep 26, 2018
Congress Passes Spending Bill Without Child Welfare Discrimination Amendment
WASHINGTON — The House today passed a government spending bill that includes funding for the Department of Health and Human Services without the inclusion of a child welfare disc...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Sep 14, 2018
Federal Court in Michigan Allows Challenge to Discriminatory Adoption Placement Practices to Continue
DETROIT — A federal district court in Michigan ruled today that a challenge to the state of Michigan’s practice of allowing discrimination against same-sex couples in the publi...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Dumont v. Gordon
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