Press Releases
Apr 06, 2023
US Supreme Court Rejects West Virginia’s Effort to Deny a 12-Year-Old Trans Girl Her Right to Play
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Supreme Court has rejected an effort by West Virginia’s Attorney General to block a 12-year-old transgender girl from continuing to partici...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: West Virginia v. B.P.J.
Mar 20, 2023
Supreme Court Must Reject West Virginia’s Effort to Deny a 12-Year-Old Girl Her Right to Play
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of West Virginia, and Lambda Legal urged the United States Supreme Court to reject an effort by West Virginia’s ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: West Virginia v. B.P.J.
Jan 06, 2023
Federal Court Rules in Favor of Transgender Man Denied Medical Care by UMMS Hospital
CONTACTGillian Branstetter, ACLU, gbranstetter@aclu.org
BALTIMORE — A federal court ruled today that the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center violated the Affordable ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Hammons v. UMMS
Dec 13, 2022
Wash. Attorney General Challenges Discriminatory Gendered Dress Code at Alaska Airlines
CONTACT: Gillian Branstetter, ACLU, gbranstetter@aclu.org
SEATTLE — The Office of the Washington State Attorney General filed a complaint yesterday before the Washington State Of...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Wetherell v. Alaska Airlines
Sep 12, 2022
Alaska Airlines’s Gendered Dress Codes Are Likely Discriminatory, Says WA State Commission on Human Rights
CONTACT:Gillian Branstetter, Communications Strategist, gbranstetter@aclu.org
OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington State Commission on Human Rights today issued a reasonable cause fin...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Wetherell v. Alaska Airlines
Sep 12, 2022
ACLU Submits Comment on Proposed Title IX Rule
CONTACT:Gillian Branstetter, gbranstetter@aclu.org
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union submitted its public comment in response to the U.S. Department of Education’...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Women's Rights
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