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Cops in the Club: SFPD’s Racism and Bigotry Don’t Mix with SF Pride

June 24, 2016

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, LGBT Equality, Racial Justice

The decision by SF Pride and the City of San Francisco to dramatically increase police presence at this year’s Pride festivities creates a dangerous situation for LGBT people of color, the exact communities the organizers are recognizing with their... Read more »

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ACLU of Northern California Statement on the Orlando Shooting

June 16, 2016

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LGBT Equality, Racial Justice

San Francisco – Following the mass shooting and murder at Latin Night at Pulse, an LGBTQ club in Orlando, Florida, Abdi Soltani, Executive Director of the ACLU of Northern California, issued the following statement: We hold in our hearts those who... Read more

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ACLU Challenges Major Health System’s Denial of Insurance for Transgender Employee

June 3, 2016

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LGBT Equality

The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a federal lawsuit against the fifth largest health care system in the U.S., Dignity Health, because it denies transgender employees health insurance coverage for medically necessary treatments for... Read more

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Victory: School Says Same-Sex Couple Can be Prom King and Queen

May 3, 2016

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Education Equity, Free Speech, LGBT Equality

A prom controversy reached a happy conclusion today when the Shasta Union High School District agreed to let a 16-year-old student and her girlfriend be voted prom king and queen at the upcoming festivities this weekend. Read more »

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Transform California: Stop the Hate Now

April 19, 2016

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LGBT Equality

From North Carolina to California and everywhere in between, transgender individuals face threats from lawmakers, bigots, pundits and others who choose to marginalize their fellow residents. Read more »

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Clovis students and parents and Abre' Conner at a school board meeting about the dress code

Clovis Learns the Hard Way: Hiding Discrimination in a Dress Code Won’t Fly

April 8, 2016

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Education Equity, LGBT Equality, Racial Justice

The Clovis Unified School District has a problem. School administrators in this small town in California’s Central Valley can’t seem to stop punishing students for being themselves. But this week, the school board took a brave leap into the 21st... Read more »

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ACLU and Leading LGBTQ Organization Call on Clovis School Board to Revise Dress Code

April 5, 2016

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Education Equity, LGBT Equality, Racial Justice

Media Contact for GSA Network: Brittaney Carter, Communications Manager, (415) 612‐2402, bcarter@gsanetwork.org (Clovis, CA, April 5, 2016) On Wednesday, April 6, the Clovis Unified School District Governing Board will convene to vote on removing... Read more

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T.V. v. Beukelman (Student Censorship)

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Education Equity, Free Speech, LGBT Equality

ACLU Foundation of Northern California has settled a lawsuit with the Manteca Unified School District after two high school officials chastised and censored a student for wearing a shirt to school identifying herself as a proud member of the LGBT... Read more

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ACLU client Taylor Victor wearing t-shirt at school that reads "Nobody Knows I'm a Lesbian"

California School District Changes Dress Code after ACLU Sues for Censorship

February 17, 2016

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Education Equity, Free Speech, LGBT Equality

Last night, the Manteca Unified School District voted to update the dress code as part of a settlement with the ACLU of Northern California, which sued two Sierra High School officials on behalf of a lesbian student in October 2015. Eleventh-grader... Read more

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ACLU client Taylor Victor wearing t-shirt that reads "Nobody Knows I'm a Lesbian"

I Sued My School for Censorship and Won — Because Being a Lesbian Shouldn’t Violate the Dress Code

February 17, 2016

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Education Equity, Free Speech, LGBT Equality

It all started with a t-shirt. I was at the mall, and I saw a shirt I knew I had to buy. It said “NOBODY KNOWS I’M A LESBIAN.” It made me laugh because pretty much everybody knows I’m a lesbian. My school tried to stop me from wearing it. Read more »