Press Releases
about LGBTQ Rights
Jan 20, 2021
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Applauds Biden Administration Order on LGBTQ Workplace Protections
Administration Must Now go Beyond Repealing Trump Admin Attacks and Provide Transgender and Non-Binary People with Accurate Federal IDs
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Jan 15, 2021
Federal Court Finds Alabama’s Driver’s License Policy Violates Rights of Transgender People
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal court ruled today that Alabama’s policy of explicitly requiring surgery — or a court order that typically requires proof of surgery — before is...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Corbitt v. Taylor
Dec 21, 2020
Women’s and Civil Rights Groups, Athletes, Coaches, Corporations, and Legal and Medical Experts Tell Federal Appeals Court to Strike Down Idaho Anti-Trans Law
BOISE, Idaho — Hundreds of athletes, coaches, and businesses, as well as civil rights, legal, and medical experts submitted friend-of-the-court briefs with the Ninth Circuit Cour...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Little v. Hecox
Dec 17, 2020
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Washington Sues Swedish Health for Breach of Settlement for Failing to Improve Transgender Health Services
SEATTLE — The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Washington on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Swedish Health Services for refusing to meet the terms of a settlement agreement designed to end the hospital...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Dec 07, 2020
Supreme Court Again Rejects Challenge to Trans-Affirming School Policies
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today declined to hear Parents for Privacy v. William P. Barr et al, allowing school districts to continue to affirm transgender students by allowi...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Dec 02, 2020
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Comment on Settlement of Aimee Stephens’ Historic Discrimination Case
DETROIT — Chase Strangio, deputy director for the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ LGBT & HIV Project, issued the following statement related to the settlement in Aimee Stephen...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
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News & CommentaryOct 2025
LGBTQ Rights
+2 Issues
Biometric Bracelets For Prisoners. Explore News & Commentary.Biometric bracelets for prisoners
Invading privacy as well as "barking up the wrong tree" -
News & CommentarySep 2025
LGBTQ Rights
What’s At Stake As The Supreme Court Takes Up Transgender Sports Bans. Explore News & Commentary.What’s at Stake as the Supreme Court Takes Up Transgender Sports Bans
How one West Virginia teenager could shape the future of Title IX and civil rights protections for transgender youth. -
New HampshireAug 2025
LGBTQ Rights
+2 Issues
National Education Association - New Hampshire V. Formella. Explore Case.National Education Association - New Hampshire v. Formella
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News & CommentaryJul 2025
LGBTQ Rights
Court Strikes Down Nih's Unlawful Termination Of Research Grants On Topics Including Dei And Gender Identity. Explore News & Commentary.Court Strikes Down NIH's Unlawful Termination of Research Grants on Topics Including DEI and Gender Identity
In a sweeping rebuke, a court ruled that NIH’s actions targeting research involving "disfavored" topics and populations were unlawful, arbitrary, and capricious, and therefore void. Ibis Reproductive Health reflects on the harm done — and why this research matters.