Press Releases

Jan 09, 2023

ACLU Moves to Defend Ohio Trans Student’s Right to Use Restroom That Corresponds with Her Gender Identity

CONTACTGillian Branstetter, ACLU, gbranstetter@aclu.orgCelina Coming, ACLU of Ohio, ccoming@acluohio.org COLUMBUS, Ohio — Today the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Oh...

Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights

Jan 06, 2023

ACLU Comment On Harvard's Refusal to Approve Fellowship For Kenneth Roth, Former HRW Head

WASHINGTON – In response to the news that the Harvard Kennedy School refused to approve a fellowship offered to long-time Human Rights Watch head, Kenneth Roth, after HRW critici...

Issue Areas: Free Speech

Jan 06, 2023

Federal Court Rules in Favor of Transgender Man Denied Medical Care by UMMS Hospital

CONTACTGillian Branstetter, ACLU, gbranstetter@aclu.org BALTIMORE — A federal court ruled today that the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center violated the Affordable ...

Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights

Court case: Hammons v. UMMS

Jan 06, 2023

Federal Court Rules South Carolina’s Congressional Map is Gerrymandered

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal court today ordered South Carolina to redraw its 2021 enacted congressional map, ruling that a district anchored in Charleston County is a racial gerry...

Jan 05, 2023

ACLU Comment on Biden Border Remarks Today

WASHINGTON — President Biden today announced new border policies, which include an expansion of immediate expulsions to Mexico under Title 42 for people seeking asylum at the bor...

Jan 05, 2023

ACLU Urges ICE to Restart Release of Medically Vulnerable People From Custody, Provide Antiviral Medications for COVID-19

WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas today urging Immigration and Customs Enforcemen...

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