News & Commentary about Transgender Rights
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The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
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Mar 31, 2020
The Transgender Community Needs More than Visibility
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Feb 27, 2020
A Hospital Refused to Provide Medically Necessary Surgery Because I Am Transgender
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Feb 27, 2020
Defending Immigrants’ Rights and Reproductive Freedom in the U.S. Supreme Court
![Tyler Warner and his mom, Mandy, outside of a courthouse after a hearing in his case.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2020/02/WEB20-Tyler-Warner-WordPress-1110x740-400x266.jpg)
Feb 19, 2020
Federal Appeals Courts Agree: Trans People Belong in Schools
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Feb 18, 2020
There is a Coordinated Attack Against Trans Youth in State Legislatures
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Jan 16, 2020
Lawmakers Playing Politics with Trans Kids’ Lives at the Start of the Decade
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Dec 17, 2019
Menstruation-Related Discrimination is Sex Discrimination — We Don’t Need to Erase Trans or Non-Binary People to Make That Point
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Dec 1, 2019
Reducing HIV Transmission Requires Decriminalizing Sex Work