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Category: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

  • Kris Kobach gets more time on Kansas transgender driver’s license case

    Rating: Transneutral, The Topeka Capital-Journal, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Kris Kobach gets more time on Kansas transgender driver’s license case The Kansas attorney general’s office now has more time to prepare its arguments over gender markers on driver’s licenses after arguing that allowing transgender people to…

  • Anti-transgender laws drive families to move to Illinois

    Rating: Transsupportive, Chalkbeat Chicago, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Anti-transgender laws drive families to move to Illinois Back in the spring, Kimberly Reynolds stared at a map of the U.S. Each state was filled in with a color gradient: red for those with the strictest active anti-transgender…

  • Alaska education board to consider controversial policy change for transgender athletes

    Rating: Transphobic, Alaska’s News Source, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Alaska education board to consider controversial policy change for transgender athletes ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The Alaska education board is holding a special meeting on Thursday where the board will likely be taking action on…

  • ACLU sues Indiana over law banning gender-affirming surgery in prison

    Rating: Transneutral, IndyStar, August 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary ACLU sues Indiana over law banning gender-affirming surgery in prison The ACLU of Indiana is suing the Indiana Department of Correction for denying gender-affirming surgery to a transgender woman, challenging a new state law that prohibits the…

  • Transgender prisoner files lawsuit against Indiana DOC after being prevented access to surgery

    Rating: Transneutral, FOX 59 Indianapolis, August 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Transgender prisoner files lawsuit against Indiana DOC after being prevented access to surgery EVANSVILLE, Ind. — The Indiana office of the American Civil Liberties Union, on behalf of a transgender prisoner, has filed a lawsuit in federal…

  • Poll finds Missouri voters back bans on transgender health care

    Rating: Transphobic, Missouri Independent, August 25, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Poll finds Missouri voters back bans on transgender health care • Missouri Independent UPDATE on Friday, Aug. 25, at 3:15 p.m.: This story was updated to reflect the decision by Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer, who handed down a…

  • Green Bay parents react to transgender athlete potentially joining girls’ sports team

    Rating: Transphobic, WBAY, August 10, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Green Bay parents react to transgender athlete potentially joining girls’ sports team GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – Some parents of Green Bay Area School District student athletes don’t feel heard by the district after expressing concern about…

  • Judge Dismisses Challenge to Ohio School District’s Trans-Inclusive Restroom Policy

    Rating: Transneutral, Advocate.com, August 9, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Judge Dismisses Challenge to Ohio School District’s Trans-Inclusive Restroom Policy A federal judge in Ohio has dismissed a challenge to a school district’s transgender-inclusive restroom policy, saying there is not a legal right to “transgender-free bathrooms.” Students…

  • Bethel school transgender lawsuit: Judge dismisses families’ claims on restroom issue

    Rating: Transneutral, Dayton Daily News, August 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Bethel school transgender lawsuit: Judge dismisses families’ claims on restroom issue A federal judge Monday dismissed a civil action filed by parents in the Bethel Local Schools in Miami County challenging the district’s transgender restroom…

  • Federal judge allows Ohio school policy on transgender bathroom use

    Rating: Transsupportive, Ohio Capital Journal, August 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Federal judge allows Ohio school policy on transgender bathroom use A federal judge has ruled that an Ohio school district can go forward with a policy allowing trans students to use the bathroom that matches…