Press Releases
about LGBTQ Rights
Dec 21, 2016
ACLU and Lambda Legal Condemn North Carolina Lawmakers’ Failure to Repeal H.B. 2
RALEIGH –The North Carolina legislature today convened for a special session where it failed to pass a bill repealing H.B. 2, the state’s sweeping anti-LGBT law.
Based on a pro...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Carcaño, et al. v. Cooper, et al
Dec 19, 2016
ACLU and Lambda Legal Comment on Expected Vote to Repeal HB2
RALEIGH, N.C. — In a move that could lead to the repeal of North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law, H.B. 2, the Charlotte City Council voted today to repeal its LGBT non-discrimination ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Carcaño, et al. v. Cooper, et al
Dec 05, 2016
ACLU And LGBT Groups Call on Obama to Grant Clemency to Chelsea Manning
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union and over a dozen LGBT groups sent a letter to President Barack Obama today urging the commutation of Chelsea Manning’s sentence ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Prisoners' Rights
Nov 16, 2016
Minnesota Transgender Surgery Ban Found Unconstitutional
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Minnesota district court ruled this week that transgender people on the state's Medical Assistance progam in Minnesota deserve access to medically necessary s...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Nov 15, 2016
Over 340,000 Signatures Delivered to Congress Rejecting Discrimination in Defense Bill
WASHINGTON — More than a dozen national organizations delivered over 342,000 petition signatures to Congress today in opposition to an amendment in the annual defense bill that w...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Nov 15, 2016
Washington State Supreme Court Hears Case of Gay Couple Discriminated Against by Florist
BELLEVUE, Wash. — The Washington State Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in the case in which a florist refused to sell flowers to a gay couple for their wedding.
A lower ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Arlene's Flowers et al v. Washington et al
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Court Strikes Down Nih's Unlawful Termination Of Research Grants On Topics Including Dei And Gender Identity. Explore News & Commentary.Court Strikes Down NIH's Unlawful Termination of Research Grants on Topics Including DEI and Gender Identity
In a sweeping rebuke, a court ruled that NIH’s actions targeting research involving "disfavored" topics and populations were unlawful, arbitrary, and capricious, and therefore void. Ibis Reproductive Health reflects on the harm done — and why this research matters.