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As a high school student in the ACLU National Advocacy Institute, I learned how to organize with and for my trans siblings.

Two Idaho families are challenging HB 71, a dangerous law that intrudes on the rights and lives of transgender youth

We’re challenging the attorney general’s unconstitutional opinion, which threatens to reach across state lines to limit abortion access.

Anti-abortion politicians are going after our right to speak freely and access vital information.

Three artists whose work was removed from an exhibit at Lewis-Clark State College speak out about the shame, disbelief, and prejudice that underscore attempts to silence stories about abortion and reproductive health.

The City of Boise and Jax Perez, a former Boise Public Library employee, who is transgender with a nonbinary gender identity and who uses they/them pronouns, have settled Perez’s federal employment discrimination lawsuit. Perez initially filed a charge of discrimination with the Idaho Human Rights Commission in 2020, after the City issued them a formal employment warning. The discipline warned Perez that it had been inappropriate for them to “make known” to a patron that they were a member of the LGBTQ community during Pride Month, June 2019. Perez later filed a federal lawsuit based, in part, on similar facts in June 2021.

Today’s Supreme Court decision is shameful and inhumane. We take a moment to grieve, to express anger, to build solidarity with communities most impacted across the country: communities of color, immigrants, LGBTQIA+ communities, young people and people struggling to make ends meet—who once again will face the brunt of this terrible decision.  

We need action to stop mass evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. All people — regardless of their circumstances or background — should have access to safe and stable housing.

Eric moved to Idaho from South Carolina ten years ago to reunite with his son. After having difficulty finding employment he went through a twenty-eight-day program at the VA and started his own transportation company. Eric enlisted in the Marine Corps right after high school in 1985 and stayed there for two years. He then did a lateral transfer and went to the army. He has two honorary discharges from two different branches in the U.S. Armed Forces. But he later got caught in the criminal legal system and was charged for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, manufacture, and selling within close proximity to a school zone. He received three years, suspended and was put on probation, but during that time he was so deep in addiction that he couldn’t pass his drug tests, resulting in parole violation. He has been in and out of prison throughout his life and it wasn’t until the birth of his daughter that he decided to change his life around.