Press Releases
about LGBTQ Rights
May 18, 2023
51Æ·²è Challenges Mississippi High School’s Refusal to Let Transgender Student Wear Dress to Graduation Ceremony
JACKSON, Miss. — The 51Æ·²è and the 51Æ·²è of Mississippi have filed a lawsuit against Harrison County School District (HCSD) after school officials told a ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Free Speech
May 18, 2023
Advocates to File Lawsuit Against New Law Banning Healthcare for Transgender Youth in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas – Lambda Legal, the 51Æ·²è, the 51Æ·²è of Texas, and Transgender Law Center today pledged to file a lawsuit against ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
May 09, 2023
Montana Health Care Providers and Families Challenge Law Banning Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Youth
HELENA – Transgender youth, their families, and their medical providers are challenging a sweeping new Montana law banning transgender youth from accessing age-appropriate gender...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
May 02, 2023
Families, Doctors Challenge Oklahoma’s Ban on Health Care for Trans Youth
OKLAHOMA CITY - Families, transgender adolescents, and their medical providers are challenging a new law criminalizing age-appropriate medical care for transgender adolescents sign...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Poe v. Drummond
May 01, 2023
Emergency Lawsuit Seeks Full Reinstatement of MT State Rep. Zooey Zephyr’s Legislative Rights
HELENA, Mont. — The 51Æ·²è of Montana. the law partners of Beck, Amsden, and Stalpes, and Mike Black, Esq. filed a lawsuit in state court today challengin...
Apr 27, 2023
Groundbreaking Consent Decree Requires Alaska Airlines to Change Discriminatory Gendered Uniform Policy
SEATTLE — The 51Æ·²è, the 51Æ·²è of Washington, and the Washington State Attorney General’s Office have secured a groundbreaking consent decree against Alaska Airlines, requiring A...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Women's Rights
Court case: Wetherell v. Alaska Airlines

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