DEFENDING OUR RIGHTS TO EQUALITY, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE

Why Access to Voting is Key to Systemic Equality

Here’s how systemic barriers and discrimination continue to impact access to voting today, and why we’re fighting to ensure all people have equal access to voting.

Why School Discipline Reform Still Matters

Race discrimination is more than a number. Federal guidance makes it clear that Black students are still disproportionately disciplined, and offers a path forward.

Why Access to Education is Key to Systemic Equality

Here’s how discrimination continues to impact access to safe, quality education today, and why we’re fighting to ensure all people have equal access.

Murfreesboro Officials Amend Anti-LGBTQ+ Ordinance in Response to Advocates’ Lawsuit

Murfreesboro officials quietly amended the city’s anti-LGBTQ+ city ordinance, in response to a lawsuit we filed on Oct. 6. This is a small but necessary step towards bringing Murfreesboro’s harmful...

November 1, 2023

Tennessee Families and Doctors Urge Supreme Court to Block Ban on Essential Health Care for Transgender Youth

Transgender youth, their families, and their medical providers asked the Supreme Court of the United States to block a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming medical care for trans people under 18.

October 24, 2023

Plaintiffs file federal suit to overturn Tennessee’s Aggravated Prostitution statute

Tennessee’s Aggravated Prostitution statute and related sex offender registration requirements are unconstitutional and violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), according to our federal lawsuit...

In the Courts

Our legal advocacy spans from the historic Scopes “Monkey Trial” and representation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the sanitation workers’ march in Memphis, to ensuring access to private prison records, protecting families’ religious freedom rights, defending voters’ right to have their ballots counted, and much more.

L.E. v. Lee

Luc Esquivel is a 14-year-old freshman at Farragut High School in Knoxville, TN who has been looking forward to trying out for the boys’ golf team, but his plans were derailed when Gov. Bill Lee signed SB 228 into law. This law banned students from participating in school sports.

L.E. v. Lee

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