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Ashley Diamond to Forgo Trial to Focus on Healing
Transgender Woman’s lawsuit sought to hold Georgia prison officials liable for failing to protect her from sexual assault, denying care
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Parents Challenging Alabama’s Criminal Ban on Healthcare for Transgender Adolescents to Argue before the 11th Circuit
Plaintiffs urge the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals not to reinstate a law that would criminalize doctors and parents for ensuring their transgender children can access necessary medical care to support their well-being
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Florida Families and Advocacy Groups Sue to Block the Florida Law Known as “Don’t Say Gay”
ORLANDO, Fla. – Late yesterday, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Lambda Legal, Southern Legal Counsel (SLC), and private counsel Baker McKenzie filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Florida enacted House Bill 1557, commonly referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” law. The lawsuit argues that the law, which bans discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
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Cousins et al. v. The School Board of Orange County et al.
The state of Florida in 2022 enacted House Bill 1557, commonly referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” law, which bans discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in grades K-3 and restricts such discussions for students through grade 12 based on undefined standards of appropriateness. The law, which took effect July 1, 2022, also…
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Boe, et al., v. Marshall, et al.
After Alabama legislators passed a law criminalizing healthcare for transgender children and adolescents, the Southern Poverty Law Center joined a coalition of civil rights advocates to file a federal lawsuit challenging the law on behalf of a group of families, a reverend and two health care providers affected by it. The law, known as SB…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
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Gabriela Amaya Cruz, et al. v. Miami-Dade County, et al.
After being arrested on minor charges at racial justice demonstrations in Florida, three transgender people endured abuse while in the custody of Miami-Dade County corrections staff. The Southern Poverty Law Center and its allies filed a lawsuit on behalf of the group, challenging the county over the abuse they endured for being transgender – treatment…
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‘We Stand With You’: Honoring Transgender Day of Remembrance
Transgender Day of Remembrance began over two decades ago, and the number of names to be remembered has grown each year, with the past few years seeing an epidemic of violence against transgender people, especially trans women of color. This year, with six weeks remaining, at least 46 transgender people have been murdered, making it…
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
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Ashley Diamond v. Timothy Ward, et al.
After a historic legal settlement over abusive conditions facing incarcerated transgender people in Georgia prisons, Ashley Diamond, a Black transgender woman, re-entered the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) in 2019 only to encounter similar unconstitutional conditions, sparking a lawsuit on her behalf by the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Center for Constitutional Rights. The…
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LGBTQ equality: the work is not over
The fight for LGBTQ human rights and equality is far from over.
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Y’all Means All
It is difficult, if not impossible, to feel pride as we witness the systemic devaluation of Black lives. The most recent string of murders of unarmed Black people lays bare a system of oppression and anti-Black hate that touches the lives of so many members of the LGBTQ community. We see you. We acknowledge your pain…
