Press Releases
Apr 04, 2017
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Launches Multilingual Ad Campaign in Defense of First Amendment
Billboards in Arabic, English, and Spanish Intended to Remind Public That ‘We the People’ Means Everyone
Apr 03, 2017
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Takes Legal Action to Defend Rights of Transgender Students in Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA — The ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ and the ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ of Pennsylvania filed a legal motion today to defend the Boyertown Area School District’s practice of allowing st...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Doe v. Boyertown Area School District
Mar 31, 2017
Court Grants Request That Keeps Kentucky’s Last Abortion Clinic Open
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal court today granted a request that blocks the state government from closing the only abortion clinic in Kentucky.
The ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ ...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: EMW v. Meier (formerly EMW v. Glisson)
Mar 30, 2017
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ and Lambda Legal Condemn ‘Fake’ Repeal of HB 2
RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina General Assembly today passed a bill that does not repeal the discriminatory HB 2 law. Instead, it keeps in place the most harmful parts of the...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Carcaño, et al. v. Cooper, et al
Mar 30, 2017
New Report Offers Guide for Defense Attorneys to Challenge Secretive Government Hacking
NEW YORK — A report released today sets out key legal arguments and strategies for challenging evidence seized by government-installed computer malware as a violation of the Four...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Mar 30, 2017
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Opposes H.B. 2 Proposal that Would Continue Discrimination
RALEIGH, N.C. — The ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ of North Carolina released the following statement on H.B. 142, a new legislative proposal to address House Bill 2, North Carol...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Carcaño, et al. v. Cooper, et al
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