Press Releases
about LGBTQ Rights
Sep 14, 2017
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Seeks Immediate Halt to Trump’s Transgender Service Member Ban
BALTIMORE — The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and the law firm Covington & Burling LLP today asked a judge to immediately halt to the Trump administration’s ban on transge...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Stone v. Trump
Sep 12, 2017
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Mourns Edie Windsor
NEW YORK — Edith Windsor, whose landmark Supreme Court case struck down the Defense of Marriage Act in 2013 and granted same-sex married couples federal recognition for the first...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Sep 07, 2017
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Comment on Justice Department Position in Masterpiece Cakeshop SCOTUS Case
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department filed a brief today with the Supreme Court arguing that businesses that are open to the public have a constitutional right to discriminate aga...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Aug 28, 2017
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Files Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s Transgender Service Member Ban
MARYLAND — The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and Covington & Burling LLP today filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging the president’s directive banni...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Stone v. Trump
Aug 11, 2017
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Files Legal Action Moving Gavin Grimm Case Forward in District Court
GLOUCESTER COUNTY, Virginia — The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ today filed papers ending Gavin Grimm’s request for an immediate halt to the Gloucester County School Board’s...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board
Jul 26, 2017
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Statement on Trump Banning Transgender Military Service Members
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced today that he is barring transgender people from serving in any capacity in the U.S. military.
Joshua Block, senior staff attorney w...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
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News & CommentaryOct 2025
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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
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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.