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Feb 29, 2024

A Teenager’s Fight Against Idaho’s Harmful Ban on Gender-Affirming Health Care

Transgender youth shouldn’t have to navigate court battles for their right to medical care.
Transgender youth shouldn’t have to navigate court battles for their right to medical care.
A person holding a sign with the text: Protect Trans Kids, during the pride parade.
A person holding a sign with the text: Protect Trans Kids, during the pride parade.
Sep 15, 2023

On the Frontlines of the Fight Against Classroom Censorship

A coordinated attack on the First Amendment is happening at schools and universities across the country as state legislators silence the voices of marginalized students and make teachers’ jobs impossible.
A coordinated attack on the First Amendment is happening at schools and universities across the country as state legislators silence the voices of marginalized students and make teachers’ jobs impossible.
Right To Learn illustration featuring a a teacher with a piece of chalk that has vines, a globe, animals and numbers springing from it in front of children's faces.
Right To Learn illustration featuring a a teacher with a piece of chalk that has vines, a globe, animals and numbers springing from it in front of children's faces.
Sep 13, 2023

How Idaho and Other Affiliates are Fighting for Education Equity

ACLU affiliates are challenging discriminatory discipline policies, censorship efforts, and the use of force in schools across the country.
ACLU affiliates are challenging discriminatory discipline policies, censorship efforts, and the use of force in schools across the country.
Students raising their hands in a classroom.
Students raising their hands in a classroom.
Sep 7, 2023

How I Fought for Trans Justice This Summer

As a high school student in the ACLU National Advocacy Institute, I learned how to organize with and for my trans siblings.
As a high school student in the ACLU National Advocacy Institute, I learned how to organize with and for my trans siblings.
A group of young demonstrators holding ACLU signs that say Trans People Belong.
A group of young demonstrators holding ACLU signs that say Trans People Belong.
Jun 1, 2023

Idaho Families Sue to Block Idaho's Ban on Health Care for Trans Youth

LGBTQ Justice
Two Idaho families are challenging HB 71, a dangerous law that intrudes on the rights and lives of transgender youth
Two Idaho families are challenging HB 71, a dangerous law that intrudes on the rights and lives of transgender youth
A black recrtangle holds the words "Support Trans Youth" in all caps. The word "Support" is in light blue lettering and "trans Youth" is in light pink lettering. The ACLU logo is in the bottom right corner.
A black recrtangle holds the words "Support Trans Youth" in all caps. The word "Support" is in light blue lettering and "trans Youth" is in light pink lettering. The ACLU logo is in the bottom right corner.
Apr 25, 2023

Idaho Attorney General's Abortion Opinion Shows Overturning Roe Was Only the Beginning

Reproductive Freedom
We’re challenging the attorney general’s unconstitutional opinion, which threatens to reach across state lines to limit abortion access.
We’re challenging the attorney general’s unconstitutional opinion, which threatens to reach across state lines to limit abortion access.
Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador
Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador