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Voters Reject Trump's "Public Safety" Plans
Voters Reject Trump's "Public Safety" PlansTrump has been pushing mass deportations, aggressive law enforcement measures, and expansion of the death penalty. Voters aren’t buying it.
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Freedom To Be Monument
Freedom To Be MonumentIn partnership with the ACLU, trans storytellers and allies have poured their hopes, fears, and dreams into this collective work of art.
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Researchers Speak Out on NIH Funding Cuts
Researchers Speak Out on NIH Funding CutsScientists describe the devastating consequences when research is erased for political reasons.
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Congress: Save Medicaid Now
Congress: Save Medicaid NowThe House of Representatives will soon be voting on a reconciliation bill that includes massive cuts to Medicaid. We must take action now.
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Freedom To Be

Over the past several years, politicians across the country have banned health care access for transgender youth and their families put themselves between trans people, their families, and their health care providers on how they can live their authentic lives.
Consistent with our 105-year history of defending the right of self-expression and self-determination, the ACLU is committed to the freedom of transgender people and their families. We have fought laws that censor LGBTQ people, ban gender-affirming medical care, make schools less safe for trans students, and force trans people to carry documents outing them as trans.
Our Freedom to Be campaign and programming also serves to celebrate trans individuals around the country who are building solidarity within their communities and finding joy and happiness among their families and friends. Through their powerful and poignant storytelling, as well as our landmark Freedom to Be Monument, which showcases artwork and messaging by over 1,000 trans people and allies across the United States, we are uplifting the dynamic and diverse trans voices around our nation.
News and Commentary

The Supreme Court Cases to Watch
The Supreme Court Cases to WatchThis term, the court will issue decisions impacting immigration, free speech, religious liberty, LGBTQ rights and voting rights.


What Is Due Process?
What Is Due Process?The Trump administration's latest attack on our rights threatens our ability to defend ourselves from injustice. We won't stand for it.


George Takei: How the Alien Enemies Act Paved the Way for the Incarceration of My Family
George Takei: How the Alien Enemies Act Paved the Way for the Incarceration of My FamilyThe actor and writer shares with the ACLU why he fears that, in Trump's America, history is repeating itself.
