News & Commentary about Transgender People and Discrimination
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The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
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Jun 18, 2020
A Landmark Supreme Court Decision Affirms LGBTQ Rights
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Mar 31, 2020
The Transgender Community Needs More than Visibility
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Feb 27, 2020
A Hospital Refused to Provide Medically Necessary Surgery Because I Am Transgender
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Jan 16, 2020
Lawmakers Playing Politics with Trans Kids’ Lives at the Start of the Decade
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Dec 17, 2019
Menstruation-Related Discrimination is Sex Discrimination — We Don’t Need to Erase Trans or Non-Binary People to Make That Point
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Oct 9, 2019
I Am One of Aimee Stephens’s Lawyers, and I Heard Yesterday’s Argument Firsthand
Sep 19, 2019
Gavin Grimm, From Teen Activist to Trans Icon