May 02, 2017
ACLU Statement on Reports of Impending “Religious Freedom” Executive Order
NEW YORK — Louise Melling, deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, issued the following statement in response to reports that President Trump will sign an ex...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
May 01, 2017
ACLU-TN Statement on "LGBT Erasure" Bill's Passage
NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Senate voted today to pass the legislation that attempts to restrict the interpretation of certain words in Tennessee laws to gender-specific definitions....
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Apr 18, 2017
ACLU Statement on NCAA Awarding Championship Events to North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. — The NCAA announced today that they will be returning championship events to sites in North Carolina for the first time since the state passed sweeping anti-LGBT l...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Apr 14, 2017
ACLU and Lambda Legal Condemn Trump Administration Withdrawal of North Carolina HB 2 Lawsuit
RALEIGH, N.C. — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of North Carolina, and Lambda Legal today condemned the decision by the Department of Justice to dismiss its lawsuit ...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Apr 13, 2017
Case Targeting Rights of Minnesota Transgender Teen Dropped
ST. PAUL, Minn. — An organization that filed a federal lawsuit last year to bar transgender students from using locker rooms consistent with their gender identity today announced...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Apr 07, 2017
ACLU Files Suit in Wisconsin Over Denial of Insurance Coverage for Transgender State Employees
MILWAUKEE – The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Wisconsin, and volunteer attorneys from the law firm Hawks Quindel sued Wisconsin’s state university system and insuranc...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
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