Press Releases
about LGBTQ Rights
Jul 21, 2017
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, Lambda Legal Challenge Fake Repeal of North Carolina's Discriminatory HB 2
RALEIGH – Today, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of North Carolina, and Lambda Legal announced they have taken steps to expand the federal lawsuit challenging North ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Jul 13, 2017
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Statement on House Amendment to Prohibit Transgender Care for Military Members and Their Families
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives will consider an amendment today to the National Defense Authorization Act, the annual defense policy bill, that prohibits transgender m...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Jun 26, 2017
Supreme Court Will Hear ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Case ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Cake Shop Refusing Service to Same-Sex Couple
Colorado Appeals Court Ruled in Favor of Same-Sex Couple
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Jun 23, 2017
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ To Serve as a Grand Marshal in New York City LGBT Pride March
NEW YORK — The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ will join the New York City LGBT Pride March on Sunday, June 25, as one of the march’s four grand marshals.
The first LGBT Pride M...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Jun 22, 2017
Federal Appeals Court Lifts Injunction Blocking Anti-LGBT Law in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. — A federal appeals court today overturned a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit, Barber v. Bryant, that had previously stopped an anti-LGBT law in Mississippi fro...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Religious Liberty
Jun 16, 2017
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Comment on New Trump Guidance on Transgender Student Discrimination
WASHINGTON — The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights issued new guidance on handling cases of transgender student discrimination.
James Esseks, director of the A...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
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News & CommentaryOct 2025
LGBTQ Rights
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Biometric Bracelets For Prisoners. Explore News & Commentary.Biometric bracelets for prisoners
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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
+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.