Press Releases
about LGBTQ Rights
May 13, 2016
ACLU Comment on Education and Justice Department’s Title IX Guidance for Transgender Students
WASHINGTON — The Departments of Education and Justice today announced comprehensive guidance that requires schools to treat transgender students in accordance with their gender i...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
May 09, 2016
ACLU and Lambda Legal Support DOJ Lawsuit Against North Carolina Anti-LGBT Law
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against North Carolina and Gov. Pat McCrory challenging House Bill 2, a law that removes local legal protections for LGB...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
May 09, 2016
ACLU and Lambda Legal Statement on North Carolina’s Lawsuit Against Federal Government
RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice that asks a federal court to determine that House Bill 2, the discrim...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Carcaño, et al. v. Cooper, et al
May 09, 2016
ACLU Sues to Challenge Unconstitutional Anti-LGBT Mississippi Law
Lawsuit Targets Registrar of Vital Records to Stop HB 1523 Before Law Goes Into Effect This July
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Alford v. Moulder
May 04, 2016
U.S. Justice Department: North Carolina’s HB2 Violates Civil Rights Act
RALEIGH, N.C. – The U.S. Department of Justice today notified North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory that HB 2, the sweeping anti-LGBT law that prevents transgender students, employees,...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Carcaño, et al. v. Cooper, et al
May 04, 2016
ACLU Comment on Oxford, Alabama Anti-LGBT Ordinance
The city council in Oxford, Alabama will meet later today to discuss its restroom ordinance — perhaps the most extreme in the country — and will hopefully vote to repeal it. Wh...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
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