10 LGBTQ Moments that Defined 2019

The ACLU is committed to ensuring that love will always win and everyone can live authentically with dignity, respect, and justice.

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Three Ways the “Fairness for All Act” Doesn’t Protect LGBTQ People from Discrimination

On Friday, Congressman Chris Stewart (R-Utah) and several of his Republican colleagues in the House of Representatives introduced the so-called “Fairness for All Act.” The bill is being described by its supporters as a compromise that protects both LGBTQ people and religious liberty.

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Reducing HIV Transmission Requires Decriminalizing Sex Work

This World AIDS Day we are fighting to end the criminalization of trans bodies and those living with HIV.

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Trump Wants to Allow Discrimination with Billions of Dollars of Federal Funding

Proposal from Health and Human Services would allow discrimination based on faith — including people who are Jewish, Muslim, Catholic — as well as LGBTQ people.

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Patients’ Needs, Not Personal Beliefs, Come First in Health Care

We’re challenging the Trump administration’s refusals rule in court, because religion isn’t license to discriminate.

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What You Need to Know About Today’s LGBTQ Rights Arguments Before SCOTUS

In three cases at the Supreme Court, the Trump administration is arguing it’s legal to fire workers for being LGBTQ.

A crowd celebrates outside of the Supreme Court in Washington after the court declared that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the U.S.

A New York Jail Forced a Trans Woman Into a Men’s Facility

Trans women routinely face harassment and discrimination in jails and prisons.

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Taxpayers Have Been Ordered to Pay Over $2 Million For Discriminating Against LGBTQ People

Government officials should know that discrimination comes with a cost to taxpayers.

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Over 132,400 Opposed Trump’s Anti-Trans Health Care Plan

A proposed rule would undermine protections for transgender people and others facing discriminatory denials of health care and insurance coverage.

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