Mar 05, 2024
ACLU Slams House for Latest Plan to Ban TikTok and Stifle Free Speech
WASHINGTON — The House Energy and Commerce Committee announced it would be voting on a bill this Thursday that would effectively ban TikTok in the United States. This bill, which...
Mar 01, 2024
Court Halts Latest Effort by Texas Attorney General to Persecute Texas Families with Transgender Youth
AUSTIN, Texas – Travis County District Court Judge Maria Cantú Hexsel today blocked the latest effort by the Texas Attorney General’s Office to persecute Texas families with t...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Feb 29, 2024
PFLAG National Asks Court to Block the Texas Attorney General’s Latest Targeting of Texan Families with Transgender Youth
National nonprofit and its lawyers argue the Office is abusing its power with broad and intrusive demand for organizational records
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Feb 28, 2024
Families Urge Supreme Court to Allow Block to Remain on Idaho Ban on Medical Care for Transgender Youth
WASHINGTON – Two transgender youth and their parents have asked the Supreme Court of the United States to reject an application from the state of Idaho for a partial stay against...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Poe v. Labrador
Feb 27, 2024
Seventh Circuit Allows Indiana’s Ban on Care for Transgender Youth to Take Effect
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals today issued a stay that will lift a lower court’s injunction blocking Indiana’s gender-affirming care ban. The law,...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Feb 20, 2024
Response to Death of Nex Benedict From Bridge v. Oklahoma State Board of Education Legal Team
OKLAHOMA CITY — In response to the death of 16-year-old Owasso High School student Nex Benedict following an assault in the school restroom, the American Civil Liberties Union, t...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
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