Campaigns & Initiatives
about LGBTQ Rights
The ACLU works to ensure that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people can live openly without discrimination and enjoy equal rights, personal autonomy, and freedom of expression and association. Learn more about LGBTQ Rights.
Campaign
Dec 2024
LGBTQ Rights
Freedom To Be: Joy, Family, & Transgender Rights
With a landmark Supreme Court case on the horizon, transgender people and their families speak out about the freedoms at stake.
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Dec 2024
LGBTQ Rights
Freedom To Be: Joy, Family, & Transgender Rights
With a landmark Supreme Court case on the horizon, transgender people and their families speak out about the freedoms at stake.
Campaign
Dec 2024
LGBTQ Rights
+7 Issues
The Trump Memos
President-Elect Trump’s second term agenda is influenced by The Heritage Foundation’s extreme Project 2025 agenda. Read our memos on how to fight back!
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Dec 2024
LGBTQ Rights
+7 Issues
The Trump Memos
President-Elect Trump’s second term agenda is influenced by The Heritage Foundation’s extreme Project 2025 agenda. Read our memos on how to fight back!
Campaign
Aug 2024
LGBTQ Rights
Free Speech
Defend Your Right to Learn: Join In The Fight Against Classroom Censorship
In 2023, more than 100 classroom censorship bills aimed at restricting students and teachers from discussing race, gender, or sexual orientation were introduced in states across the country. Thirty-two bills became law. The year prior, the country saw the highest number of attempted book bans in 20 years with more than 1,000 demands to censor library books and resources, many of which targeted titles by or about Black and LGBTQ people.
The ACLU has challenged classroom censorship laws and book bans across the country. Today, we’re expanding on that work by pushing back against attempts to restrict diversity, equity and inclusion programs. We won’t stand for the erasure of marginalized communities in our schools.
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Campaign
Aug 2024
LGBTQ Rights
Free Speech
Defend Your Right to Learn: Join In The Fight Against Classroom Censorship
In 2023, more than 100 classroom censorship bills aimed at restricting students and teachers from discussing race, gender, or sexual orientation were introduced in states across the country. Thirty-two bills became law. The year prior, the country saw the highest number of attempted book bans in 20 years with more than 1,000 demands to censor library books and resources, many of which targeted titles by or about Black and LGBTQ people.
The ACLU has challenged classroom censorship laws and book bans across the country. Today, we’re expanding on that work by pushing back against attempts to restrict diversity, equity and inclusion programs. We won’t stand for the erasure of marginalized communities in our schools.
Campaign
Aug 2024
LGBTQ Rights
+5 Issues
We Show Up: Coming Together to Fight For Civil Rights and Liberties
For over 100 years, the ACLU has been showing up in the courts, in the streets, and in the halls of power to defend the rights that the Constitution guarantees to everyone.
In the past year alone, the ACLU community fought to secure abortion rights in Michigan, defended trans youth from political attacks in Arkansas and Texas, and blocked Florida from censoring lessons about race and gender in college classrooms. With the support of our members, supporters, volunteers, and staff, we will keep showing up whenever civil rights and civil liberties are under attack.
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Campaign
Aug 2024
LGBTQ Rights
+5 Issues
We Show Up: Coming Together to Fight For Civil Rights and Liberties
For over 100 years, the ACLU has been showing up in the courts, in the streets, and in the halls of power to defend the rights that the Constitution guarantees to everyone.
In the past year alone, the ACLU community fought to secure abortion rights in Michigan, defended trans youth from political attacks in Arkansas and Texas, and blocked Florida from censoring lessons about race and gender in college classrooms. With the support of our members, supporters, volunteers, and staff, we will keep showing up whenever civil rights and civil liberties are under attack.