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By aclutn
Jan 22, 2025
Trump's Executive Orders Promoting Sex Discrimination, Explained
A new executive order lays out a plan to erase transgender people’s existence under the law
Jan 15, 2025
Banning TikTok is Unconstitutional. The Supreme Court Must Step In.
Our First Amendment right to express ourselves must be protected.
Nov 21, 2024
Meet the Tennessee family behind the US Supreme Court's major transgender health care case
L Williams watched Tennessee Republicans last year ban treatments for transgender youth. Now, she'll watch the issue go before the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that could have far-reaching impacts.
Nov 06, 2024
How the ACLU Will Fight Four More Years of Trump
During the first Donald Trump administration, the ACLU fought his unlawful policies more than 400 times. We’re even more prepared now.
Sep 19, 2024
Anti-trans laws may complicate access to the ballot for trans voters
Advocacy groups are mobilizing to safeguard access to the ballot as states implement laws that could deter trans people from voting in November. This article was published by Them and The 19th News.
Sep 16, 2024
ACLU-TN urges Rutherford county schools to not ban books from school libraries
We know that the right to free expression includes the freedom to read free from viewpoint-based censorship, and we will continue to push for a state where all students have the freedom to learn without bias.
By Stella Yarbrough
Sep 05, 2024
The Supreme Court Case on Trans Health Care, Explained.
The court will soon hear a landmark legal challenge brought by the ACLU against a ban on hormone therapies for transgender youth.
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