NCLR Files Amicus Brief in Support of Gavin Grimm
December 3, 2019 By Asaf Orr, Esq.,, NCLR Staff Attorney On November 25, 2019, the National Center for Lesbian Rights filed an amicus brief in the Court of Appeals for …
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Reducing HIV Transmission Requires Decriminalizing Sex Work
Transgender people are criminalized for our bodies. We are profiled, stereotyped, and presumed guilty based on the way we look or for failing to meet gender expectations, and it must …
Read More We’re Grateful for the Constitution
Saying thanks for recent wins from ACLU lawyers Thanksgiving is here: that time of year when we pause to take stock of all we’re grateful for. At the ACLU, we’re …
Read More We Said We Would See Him in Court and We Did
Several months into the Trump administration, my wife was doing The New York Times crossword puzzle and came across this clue: “Group that told President Trump, ‘We’ll see you in …
Read More Trump Wants to Allow Discrimination with Billions of Dollars of Federal Funding
Last Friday, the Trump administration announced an alarming new proposal that would strip away critical protections against discrimination in grants funded by the Department of Health and Human Services. Initially, …
Read More The FBI is Tracking Our Faces in Secret. We’re Suing.
Many of us wear masks on Halloween for fun. But what about a world in which we have to wear a mask every single day to protect our privacy from …
Read More Trump Cabinet Officials Double Down on Religious Favoritism
Last Friday was a banner day for religious favoritism in the Trump administration. In Nashville, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a “speech” that was — for all intents and …
Read More Will the Supreme Court Sanction the Use of a Religious Litmus Test For Foster Parents?
There are currently 440,000 children in foster care across the country. And the Supreme Court has been asked to hear Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a case that could profoundly …
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Apple in LGBTQ Home But Not Queer Media
See this story at GayCityNews.com. BY SCOTT STIFFLER Community News Group We buy Apple’s phones, wear their watches, and use their products to drive our businesses — but finding their …
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LGBTQ Training Required for Homeless Youth Providers
See this story at GayCityNews.com. BY MATT TRACY Community News Group Governor Andrew Cuomo commemorated National Coming Out Day on October 11 by signing a bill passed by the State …
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