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Everyone in America deserves equal treatment under the law regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression including the right to marry the partner of your choice. The ACLU works for equal rights and legal protections against discrimination and harassment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

Parent sues employer for denying coverage to transgender son

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Appeals Court Allows Lesbian Mother To Seek Parental Rights

News Release, Published:

Monday, May 3, 2004

The American Civil Liberties Union today praised the Washington Court of Appeals for allowing a nonbiological mother the right to seek parental rights and visitation with her daughter after the mother's relationship with the biological mother ended.

Witt v. U.S. Air Force

Challenging the dismissal of an Air Force flight nurse under Don't Ask Don't Tell

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Woods v. Union Gospel Mission

Religious entities are not above the law and should not be allowed to discriminate.

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Enstad v. PeaceHealth

A suit asserting that PeaceHealth’s policy of refusing to cover medical care required by transgender people is discrimination and violates federal and state law.

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Healthcare Access

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Transgender Rights

Does v. Washington Department of Corrections

Disability Rights Washington; the ACLU-WA; Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP; and MacDonald, Hoague & Bayless sued the Washington Department of Corrections on behalf of a group of people who are currently and formerly incarcerated to protect private data.

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Privacy

Transgender Rights

L.B., In re Parentage of

The ACLU filed a brief in support of a woman’s effort to gain parental rights over a child she helped raise with her partner, the child’s biological mother.

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