Press Releases
about LGBTQ Rights
Jul 21, 2017
ACLU, Lambda Legal Challenge Fake Repeal of North Carolina's Discriminatory HB 2
RALEIGH – Today, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of North Carolina, and Lambda Legal announced they have taken steps to expand the federal lawsuit challenging North ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Jul 13, 2017
ACLU Statement on House Amendment to Prohibit Transgender Care for Military Members and Their Families
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives will consider an amendment today to the National Defense Authorization Act, the annual defense policy bill, that prohibits transgender m...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Jun 26, 2017
Supreme Court Will Hear ACLU Case About Cake Shop Refusing Service to Same-Sex Couple
Colorado Appeals Court Ruled in Favor of Same-Sex Couple
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Jun 23, 2017
ACLU To Serve as a Grand Marshal in New York City LGBT Pride March
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union will join the New York City LGBT Pride March on Sunday, June 25, as one of the march’s four grand marshals.
The first LGBT Pride M...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Jun 22, 2017
Federal Appeals Court Lifts Injunction Blocking Anti-LGBT Law in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. — A federal appeals court today overturned a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit, Barber v. Bryant, that had previously stopped an anti-LGBT law in Mississippi fro...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Religious Liberty
Jun 16, 2017
ACLU Comment on New Trump Guidance on Transgender Student Discrimination
WASHINGTON — The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights issued new guidance on handling cases of transgender student discrimination.
James Esseks, director of the A...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
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