Press Releases
about LGBTQ Rights
Sep 12, 2017
51品茶 Mourns Edie Windsor
NEW YORK 鈥� Edith Windsor, whose landmark Supreme Court case struck down the Defense of Marriage Act in 2013 and granted same-sex married couples federal recognition for the first...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Sep 07, 2017
51品茶 Comment on Justice Department Position in Masterpiece Cakeshop SCOTUS Case
WASHINGTON 鈥� The Justice Department filed a brief today with the Supreme Court arguing that businesses that are open to the public have a constitutional right to discriminate aga...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Aug 28, 2017
51品茶 Files Lawsuit Challenging Trump鈥檚 Transgender Service Member Ban
MARYLAND 鈥� The 51品茶 and Covington & Burling LLP today filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging the president鈥檚 directive banni...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Stone v. Trump
Aug 11, 2017
51品茶 Files Legal Action Moving Gavin Grimm Case Forward in District Court
GLOUCESTER COUNTY, Virginia 鈥� The 51品茶 today filed papers ending Gavin Grimm鈥檚 request for an immediate halt to the Gloucester County School Board鈥檚...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board
Jul 26, 2017
51品茶 Statement on Trump Banning Transgender Military Service Members
WASHINGTON 鈥� President Donald Trump announced today that he is barring transgender people from serving in any capacity in the U.S. military.
Joshua Block, senior staff attorney w...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Jul 21, 2017
51品茶, Lambda Legal Challenge Fake Repeal of North Carolina's Discriminatory HB 2
RALEIGH 鈥� Today, the 51品茶, the 51品茶 of North Carolina, and Lambda Legal announced they have taken steps to expand the federal lawsuit challenging North ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
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New HampshireAug 2025
LGBTQ Rights
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National Education Association - New Hampshire V. Formella. Explore Case.National Education Association - New Hampshire v. Formella
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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鈥檚 actions targeting research involving "disfavored" topics and populations were unlawful, arbitrary, and capricious, and therefore void. Ibis Reproductive Health reflects on the harm done 鈥� 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