Press Releases
about LGBTQ Rights
Aug 29, 2024
Trans People & Families File Lawsuit Against South Carolina’s Gender-Affirming Care Ban
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Transgender South Carolinians and their families are suing the state of South Carolina to block enforcement of a ban on gender-affirming healthcare. They are r...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Aug 27, 2024
Tennessee Families and Medical Provider Urge Supreme Court to Block Ban on Hormone Therapies for Transgender Youth
WASHINGTON – In a landmark upcoming Supreme Court case, transgender adolescents, their families, and a medical provider from Tennessee have urged the Supreme Court of the United ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: L.W. v. Skrmetti
Aug 13, 2024
ACLU Announces Roadmap for Protecting and Expanding LGBTQ Freedom Under a Harris Administration
The roadmap continues the ACLU’s 2024 election policy memo series exploring likely policies from a potential Trump or Harris administration.
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Religious Liberty
Aug 06, 2024
Ohio Judge Rules Against Families and Doctors, Allowing Ban on Gender-Affirming Care to Take Immediate Effect
COLUMBUS– Today, the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas rejected our challenge to House Bill 68, Ohio’s law banning gender-affirming medical care for trans youth and prohibi...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Moe v. Yost
Jul 26, 2024
Nebraska Supreme Court Upholds State’s 12-Week Abortion Ban and Transgender Care Restrictions
LINCOLN, Neb. – A new decision from the Nebraska Supreme Court means that the state’s 12-week abortion ban and restrictions on young transgender Nebraskans’ medical care will...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Planned Parenthood of the Heartland v. Hilgers
Jul 25, 2024
ACLU Announces Chase Strangio As Co-Director of LGBTQ & HIV Project
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union today announced the promotion of attorney Chase Strangio to the role of Co-Director for the LGBTQ & HIV Project. Formerly the De...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Religious Liberty
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