Press Releases
Apr 15, 2020
ACLU, Legal Voice File Lawsuit Challenging Idaho’s Law Targeting Transgender Student Athletes
BOISE, Idaho — A lawsuit was filed today challenging Idaho’s recently passed law that bans women and girls who are transgender and many women and girls who are intersex from pa...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Little v. Hecox
Aug 09, 2019
ACLU Comment on District Court Ruling in Favor of Gavin Grimm
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Virginia has ruled in favor of ACLU client Gavin Grimm, in his request for summary judgement in a sex discr...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board
May 28, 2019
Supreme Court Allows School District Restroom Policies Supporting Transgender Students to Stand
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today declined to hear Doe v. Boyertown Area School District, allowing school districts to continue to support transgender students by allowing the...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Doe v. Boyertown Area School District
May 22, 2018
Federal Court Sides with Gavin Grimm, Affirming that Federal Law Protects Transgender Students
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A federal court today denied the Gloucester County School Board’s motion to dismiss a case brought by former student Gavin Grimm, holding that Title IX and ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board
Feb 22, 2017
ACLU Statement on Revoking of Title IX Guidance for Transgender Students & Impact on Gavin Grimm Supreme Court Case
NEW YORK — The Trump administration today informed the Supreme Court that they are revoking guidance from the Departments of Education and Justice that clarified that transgender...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board
Oct 21, 2015
Transgender Student Asks Appeals Court to Stop Virginia School’s Discriminatory Restroom Policy
ACLU Seeks Reversal of Lower Court Decision That Forces Trans Students to Continue Using Separate Facilities
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board
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