Jennifer Bing, JBing@nclrights.org, 415-845-9406 Amanda Johnston, ajohnston@glad.org, 617-417-7769 For Immediate Release: April 19, 2024 Today, the U.S. Department of Education issued a final rule interpreting and enforcing Title IX, restoring and reinforcing vital civil rights protections for LGBTQ+ students. The National Center for Lesbian...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, April 8, 2024 CONTACT: Jennifer Bing, JBing@nclrights.org WASHINGTON – On Sunday, April 7, the University of South Carolina’s women’s basketball team won the NCAA National Championship. Ahead of the championship game, South Carolina’s head coach Dawn Staley made comments in support of transgender athlete inclusion in sports when she was pressed by a media member on the topic. Her remarks...
The settlement will safeguard LGBTQ+ students from bullying, end censorship of LGBTQ+ communities, and reinstate Gay-Straight Alliances in public schools Interviews available upon request, including with plaintiffs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 11, 2024 CONTACT: Shannon Minter, sminter@nclrights.org, 415-365-1310 Jennifer Bing, jbing@nclrights.org,...
“There’s a world where…we don’t center money and we don’t center greed and wealth accumulation.” —Jarvis Benson Watch with captions “Shifting from a scarcity mindset to a mindset of abundance allows us to imagine and to savor what is actually possible.” —Ana Lopez Being queer and trans is inherently revolutionary, and that includes destroying an economic system that effectively puts people into poverty. And not only that, but thrives off poverty itself.” —TyrONE Hanley...
“The alarming decision by the Alabama Supreme Court holding that frozen embryos are persons under the state’s wrongful-death law is shocking and yet predictable. It comes amidst a widespread assault on individuals and families and their ability to make the most personal of decisions regarding their health and futures. From bans on abortion and transgender health care to censorship aimed at erasing LGBTQ people from view, far-right activists and government officials are seeking to impose their...
51 years ago, on January 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade recognized the individual right to decide whether or not to have an abortion. Since this right was overturned in the Dobbs decision in June 2022, we’ve seen cruel abortion bans passed and even attempts to outlaw medication abortion. We know bans and restrictions on this important healthcare impact poor and working class people, rural residents, people of color, and queer folks the most. From advocating for...
For Immediate Release January 11, 2024 CONTACTS: Amanda Johnston, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, ajohnston@glad.orgJennifer Bing, National Center for Lesbian Rights, jbing@nclrights.orgAneesha Pappy, Human Rights Campaign, apappy@hrc.org Today the Eleventh...
December 29, 2023 – Today Ohio Governor Mike DeWine vetoed HB 68 – a bill that would have banned medical care for transgender adolescents, stating: “It is the parents who know their child best.” Across the country, federal district courts have enjoined similar bans enacted by other states, finding that they violate parents’ fundamental right to make medical decisions for their children and also unlawfully discriminate against transgender people. Recently, however, both the Eleventh...
Multiple days of powerful testimony highlight the danger and lack of justification for the first law in the country that would seek to deprive transgender adults of healthcare in addition to banning care for adolescents Contact:Amanda Johnston, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders | 617-417-7769 | ajohnston@glad.org Aryn Fields, Human Rights Campaign Foundation |...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, November 13, 2023 CONTACTJennifer Bing, NCLR, 415.845.9406, jbing@nclrights.org SAN FRANCISCO, CA – To kick off Transgender Awareness Week 2023, the National Center for Lesbian Rights announced today the launch of the Healthcare is Caring campaign to show that transgender healthcare, just like any other form of essential care, can save lives and enable people to thrive. ...
