Press Releases
about LGBTQ Rights
Jan 16, 2018
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Responds to Department of Education Dismissal of Complaints from Transgender Students
WASHINGTON — The Department of Education Office for Civil Rights has reportedly determined it does not have jurisdiction over responding to discrimination on the basis of gender ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Jan 02, 2018
Trump Administration Will Not Ask Supreme Court to Halt Trans Military Recruits
NEW YORK – In response to media reports that the Department of Justice will not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene and prevent transgender people from entering the military ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Stone v. Trump
Dec 21, 2017
Appeals Court Blocks Trump Administration’s Attempt to Delay Enlistment of Transgender Service Members
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court has denied the Trump administration’s request to further delay enlistment of new transgender service members in the armed forces. The rulin...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Stone v. Trump
Dec 18, 2017
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Responds to Trump Administration Attempts to Delay Enlistment of Transgender Service Members
RICHMOND, Va. — The ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ today responded to the Trump administration’s ongoing attempts to halt a court order that prohibits the Pentagon from impleme...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Stone v. Trump
Dec 12, 2017
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Statement on Trump Administration Attempt to Delay Enlistment of Transgender Service Members
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration filed a motion today to stay part of the district court’s injunction in the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥â€™s case, Stone v. Trump, which...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Dec 05, 2017
Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Case That Will Decide the Future of Anti-Discrimination Law
WASHINGTON — The ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ appeared before the Supreme Court today in oral arguments for Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, a case tha...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
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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. -
News & CommentaryJun 2025
LGBTQ Rights
The Supreme Court Dealt A Blow To Trans Rights. Here's How To Take Action. Explore News & Commentary.The Supreme Court Dealt A Blow to Trans Rights. Here's How to Take Action
The decision in Skrmetti v. U.S. is not the end of the road. We can, and must, show up for trans youth in the courts and in our communities. -
PodcastJun 2025
LGBTQ Rights
Who We Fight For: The Journey To Trans Liberation. Explore Podcast.Who We Fight For: The Journey to Trans Liberation
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News & CommentaryJul 2025
LGBTQ Rights
Live Coverage: Scotus Decision Day. Explore News & Commentary.Live Coverage: SCOTUS Decision Day
Join us as we wait for decisions in several Supreme Court cases in which the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ has served as counsel or filed amicus briefs.