Press Releases
about 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
Dec 18, 2024
President Biden Must Veto Defense Bill Attacking Military Families with Transgender Youth
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate today passed a version of the National Defense Authorization Act that would ban coverage for gender-affirming care for transgender youth whose parent...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Dec 17, 2024
Montana Court Blocks State From Refusing to Correct Sex Markers on Transgender People's Birth Certificates and Driver's Licenses
HELENA, Mont. – A Montana court has granted a preliminary injunction preventing the state of Montana from enforcing policies that bar transgender people from obtaining accurate s...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Kalarchik v. Montana
Dec 11, 2024
House Passes Defense Bill Including Attack on Military Families’ Transgender Youth
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives today passed a version of the National Defense Authorization Act that would ban coverage for gender-affirming care for transgender ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Dec 11, 2024
Montana Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Families & Doctors, Blocks Ban on Healthcare for Transgender Youth
Earlier today, the Montana Supreme Court ruled that SB 99, a 2023 Montana law that categorically bans life-saving gender-affirming care for transgender youth, is unconstitutional u...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Cross v. State of Montana
Dec 09, 2024
Military Families of Transgender Youth Under Attack In Defense Bill
WASHINGTON — Active-duty military personnel with transgender youth enrolled in TRICARE could be denied access to gender-affirming medical care if a proposal in the National Defen...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
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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 CarolinaMay 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.