Press Releases

ACLU of Tennessee Asks Court to Block Tennessee’s Anti-Transgender Driver’s License Rule

ACLU-TN and Holland & Associates PC filed a petition in Davidson County Chancery Court today challenging the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s (TDSHS) refusal to issue accurate driver’s licenses and state identification documents to transgender Tennesseans.

Families Respond to United States’ Position Change in U.S. v. Skrmetti

The Department of Justice notified the Supreme Court that the United States has changed its position in U.S. v. Skrmetti.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ+ Equality

Supreme Court Adjourns Oral Arguments in Historic Transgender Rights Hearing

Families, advocates, faith leaders, members of Congress, and more rally outside the court in support of transgender people’s freedom to be ourselves.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ+ Equality

Supreme Court Oral Arguments in Landmark Transgender Rights Case Scheduled for December 4

The Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in U.S. v. Skrmetti, a challenge brought by transgender youth and their families to a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming medical care, for December 4, 2024.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ+ Equality

U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge from United States, Families, and Doctors Against Transgender Health Care Ban

The Supreme Court of the United States has granted certiorari in a legal challenge brought by the United States and Tennessee families and a medical provider against a 2023 state law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ+ Equality

ACLU-TN Files Lawsuit to Strike Down Driver’s License Rule Mandating Discrimination Against Trans People

We filed a lawsuit against the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security (TDSHS) on behalf of a transgender woman to challenge TDSHS’ enforcement of a new rule that bans all transgender people from changing the gender marker on their driver licenses.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ+ Equality

Advocates Win Settlement Ending Anti-LGBTQ+ Ordinance in Murfreesboro

Advocates have settled a lawsuit filed against the City of Murfreesboro over its anti-LGBTQ+ ordinance and local policy denying all special event permit requests from the Tennessee Equality Project.

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 ordinance into compliance with the Constitutional guarantees of Free Speech and Equal Protection.