Spotlight
Mahmoud Khalil’s Letter to His Son
Mahmoud Khalil’s Letter to His SonKhalil’s letter describes the pain and grief he has experienced being separated from his family.
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From Day One: Trump's Extreme Immigration Agenda
From Day One: Trump's Extreme Immigration AgendaAs the ACLU fights for immigrants' rights, we offer three key areas to watch.
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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.
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Know Your Rights: Protesters Rights
Know Your Rights: Protesters RightsMake sure you’re prepared by brushing up on your rights before heading out into the streets.
Learn Your Rights
The ACLU dares to create a more perfect union — beyond one person, party, or side. Our mission is to realize this promise of the United States Constitution for all and expand the reach of its guarantees.
Issues
Learn about what's happening across the most pressing civil liberties issues of our time, and what you can do.
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
Parents Push Back Against the Trump Administration's Latest Attack on Working Families
Parents Push Back Against the Trump Administration's Latest Attack on Working FamiliesThe Trump administration is attempting to gut Head Start, a federally-funded early childhood program Congress created for low-income families
Read Detained Activist Mahmoud Khalil’s Letter to His Son
Read Detained Activist Mahmoud Khalil’s Letter to His SonThe Trump administration has detained Khalil since March for his activism. Ahead of his first Father’s Day, he writes about the grief he has felt being separated from his wife and son.
What the Marriage Equality Backlash Taught Me About the Fight for Trans Rights
What the Marriage Equality Backlash Taught Me About the Fight for Trans RightsAnti-trans laws aren’t just about bathrooms or sports, they’re about systematically pushing trans individuals out of public life.
