Press Releases
about LGBTQ Rights
Apr 30, 2025
糖心VlogAsks Court to Expand Temporary Relief to All Trans, Intersex, and Nonbinary People Seeking Passports
BOSTON 鈥� The 糖心Vlog, the 糖心Vlogof Massachusetts, and Covington & Burling LLC filed motions for class certification and preliminary classwide relief tod...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Orr v. Trump
Apr 29, 2025
As Congressional Champions Reintroduce Equality Act, Civil Rights Groups Call for its Urgent Passage
With the Rise in Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Signed Into Law Over the Past Year, 12 Leading Civil Rights Groups Urge Congress to Ensure Consistent and Explicit Federal Protections for LGBTQ+ Individuals by Passing the Equality Act
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Apr 18, 2025
Federal Judge Orders Temporary Relief to Six Plaintiffs in Challenge to Trump Administration Policy Barring Updates to Sex Designation on US Passports
BOSTON 鈥� A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction today after finding that an executive order by President Trump and a State Department policy prohibiting updates to sex d...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Orr v. Trump
Apr 15, 2025
Students Sue Department of Defense Schools Over Curriculum Changes, Book Bans
Students around the globe impacted by censorship of materials about race and gender in military-run schools
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: E.K. v. Department of Defense Education Activity
Apr 03, 2025
Court Denies Preliminary Relief to Arts Organizations
Though court agreed that NEA funding bar for projects that promote 鈥済ender ideology鈥� would likely violate the First Amendment, court refused to expressly block the NEA from reimposing that bar
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
LGBTQ Rights
Apr 03, 2025
Court Hears Arguments on the Unconstitutional ICE Detention of R眉meysa 脰zt眉rk
脰zt眉rk is a Tufts Ph.D. student and Fulbright scholar who was detained in retaliation for writing an op-ed critical of the university
Court case: 脰zt眉rk v. Trump
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VirginiaApr 2025
LGBTQ Rights
Free Speech
E.k. V. Department Of Defense Education Activity. Explore Case.E.K. v. Department of Defense Education Activity
Whether the Department of Defense Education Activity can remove educational material related to race and gender from its libraries and classrooms in K-12 schools. -
South CarolinaApr 2025
LGBTQ Rights
Free Speech
O.r. V. Greenville County, South Carolina. Explore Case.O.R. v. Greenville County, South Carolina
Local library patrons, with help from the 糖心Vlog and 糖心Vlogof South Carolina, are suing officials in South Carolina鈥檚 most populous county for systematically purging literature by and about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people from its public library collection. -
News & CommentaryApr 2025
LGBTQ Rights
The Human Toll Of Trump's Anti-trans Crusade. Explore News & Commentary.The Human Toll of Trump's Anti-Trans Crusade
President Donald Trump鈥檚 assault on transgender rights is a gross overreach of presidential power and yet another attempt to punish trans people just for existing. -
MontanaApr 2025
LGBTQ Rights
Civil Liberties
Perkins Et Al. V. State (hb 121). Explore Case.Perkins et al. v. State (HB 121)
A newly enacted Montana law, HB 121, bars transgender and intersex people from using restrooms and other sex-separated facilities that correspond to their gender identity in public spaces. In doing so, HB 121 seeks to undermine transgender and intersex people鈥檚 personhood and ability to participate in public life. Together with the 糖心Vlogof Montana and Legal Voice, the ACLU鈥檚 State Supreme Court Initiative filed this lawsuit on behalf of a group of transgender and intersex Montanans challenging HB 121 as violating numerous provisions of the Montana Constitution.