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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 30/09/2026

In February, the Kansas state legislature passed a law that required all driver’s licenses to reflect sex at birth. Roughly 1,700 intersex and transgender Kansans received a letter saying to get new licenses, including Dakota West. Now, she’s suing. wapo.st/3VaB9yX

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ACLU @aclu.org · 28/09/2026

BREAKING: The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow essential health care to be withheld from transgender people in federal prisons. Denying medically-necessary care to any incarcerated person is cruel and unusual punishment — period.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 18/09/2026

Because of our lawsuit, no patient records from NYU or Mt. Sinai have been disclosed to the DOJ as part of these settlements — and that block remains in full effect. It’s beyond shameful that the Trump administration has strong-armed these hospitals into a deal that betrays New York families.

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NYU Langone strikes deal with Trump DOJ to end gender-affirming care for minors

The hospital system will pay $8.5 million, similar to the “monetary penalty” paid by Mount Sinai earlier this month.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

After banning them from the military, Pete Hegseth's Defense Department is withholding tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars in severance from transgender veterans, some of whom are now homeless or relying on food banks to feed themselves and their families because of it

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Core question in this case is whether the administration acted with animus towards trans people when they implemented a Trump order claiming trans people are inherently lacking "integrity," not helped every time Hegseth calls us "trannies" to make himself giggle

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ACLU @aclu.org · 14/08/2026

Kansas' new law preventing transgender people from having accurate identification or using the right bathroom is an alarming intrusion on our rights and safety. Kansas, we'll see you in court.

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Opinion | What’s Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us All (Gift Article)

Is Kansas just the beginning?

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I'm so thankful to Becky and her mom for their trust, generosity, and strength in front of the Supreme Court. No matter what the Court says, Becky is a hero for standing up for herself and trans girls like her. Doing what's right, even when the odds are against you, is the definition of courage.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 02/06/2026

BREAKING: We're suing the Department of Justice for demanding a New York City hospital turn over private medical records about trans youth who've received gender affirming care. The goal of these baseless subpoenas is clear — pressuring providers into dropping patients and obeying President Trump.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 15/05/2026

BREAKING: We just temporarily blocked enforcement of a Kansas law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender people under 18. A state court found the law likely violates the Kansas state constitution.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Under Idaho state law a trans person would now face less of a penalty for peeing on the steps of the state capitol than using the "wrong" bathroom

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ACLU @aclu.org · 30/03/2026

On Wednesday, our legal team will be at the Supreme Court defending the American tradition of birthright citizenship against President Trump's attacks. We're prepared to fight for babies born in the U.S.A. and the families who love them.

washingtonpost.com

Daughter of immigrants brings history to bear in fight for birthright citizenship

Cecillia Wang was born in Oregon after her parents left Taiwan. That path has animated her work over two decades at the ACLU and will inform her case at the Supreme Court.

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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 20/03/2026

Episode 20 is live! This week, we will take a closer look at state legislation that strips away the civil rights of trans people. @kansasreflector.com @harperseldin.bsky.social @journalist-sherman.bsky.social @aclu.org www.newsfromthestates.com/episode/its-...

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‘It’s dire’: A closer look at the new anti-trans law in Kansas | News From The States

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ACLU @aclu.org · 10/03/2026

BREAKING: A judge refused to block a Kansas law that invalidates the driver’s licenses of transgender people and allows trans people to be sued for using public restrooms. This isn't the final say, and we will keep fighting in court to stop this discriminatory law.

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Kasia Szymborski Wolfkot @kasiawolfkot.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

We're at @sxswedu.com! Watch @brennancenter.org's @erings.bsky.social lead a panel about the ways state constitutions can protect and empower youth. With @aclu.org's @harperseldin.bsky.social, @lwvus.bsky.social's @thecelinafactor.bsky.social, and @youthvgov.bsky.social's Julia Olson.

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How State Constitutions Empower & Protect Youth | SXSW EDU 2026

YouTube video by SXSW EDU

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Harper to the judge: "Your driver's license doesn't list your height and weight at birth. It doesn't list where you used to live. It identifies who you are now."

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ACLU @aclu.org · 06/03/2026

We're in court today asking a judge to block a new Kansas law that invalidates the IDs of transgender people and allows anyone to sue a person they suspect of being trans for using public restrooms. This law has been wreaking havoc on trans people and we're demanding an immediate end to it.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

At 1:30 Central/2:30 Eastern, my colleague @harperseldin.bsky.social will be in state court in Kansas asking a judge to block the new law that invalidated the driver's licenses of trans people across the state. You can tune into the hearing here

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District Court | Douglas County KS

The 7th Judicial District Court of Kansas includes court divisions, Clerk of the District Court, Court Trustee, Court Services, Citizen Review Board and the Self-Help office.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

As Kagan notes in her dissent, the Court opted not to hear the due process parental rights argument against bans on gender-affirming medical care in Skrmetti, basically setting up a regime where parents can force their trans children back into the closet but cannot help them out of it

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Honestly a more impressive move would have been covering the missed income of transgender drivers now out of a job

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ACLU @aclu.org · 27/02/2026

BREAKING: We're suing Kansas for a law that invalidates transgender people's updated driver's licenses and authorizes anyone to sue anyone they suspect of being trans for using the "wrong" bathroom.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

This effectively forces every trans person in the state to out themselves while applying for a job, renting an apartment, or being stopped by police. It's part of the same law that allows anyone to sue anyone else they suspect of being trans and using the "wrong" bathroom.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 25/01/2026

We the people have the power. Join us tomorrow, January 26, for a virtual training on how to exercise your right to document ICE abuses in your community. RSVP using the link below. When using that link, Indivisible will know you came from us; their privacy policy applies.

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Eyes on ICE: Document and Record · No Kings

On Saturday, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in...

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ACLU @aclu.org · 24/01/2026

ICE and CBP agents are out of control and put everyone in danger. We're calling for ICE agents to withdraw from Minneapolis, and for Congress to rein in ICE’s abuses in our communities.

Black graphic with text "ICE out of Minneapolis NOW"

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ACLU @aclu.org · 15/01/2026

BREAKING: We filed a class action lawsuit against ICE and CBP challenging federal agents’ unconstitutional and illegal stops and arrests of people in Minnesota. We'll see the Trump administration in court.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

On my way to the Supreme Court where I'll be proud to support 15-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson, West Virginia's only transgender athlete, as she opposes the state's effort to ban her from playing as herself. Win or lose, Becky and her family are heroes for standing up for what's right

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ACLU @aclu.org · 13/01/2026

Politicians are hoping to not just ban trans kids from playing sports with their friends but also open the door to all sorts of discrimination against transgender and other LGBTQ people. We'll be at the Supreme Court tomorrow to stop them.

theguardian.com

How the US supreme court case on trans athletes could unravel LGBTQ+ rights

If bans on trans youth athletes are upheld, more girls could face ‘invasive sex testing’ and trans people could broadly lose civil rights protections

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ACLU @aclu.org · 11/01/2026

Trans youth like Becky Pepper-Jackson deserve the right to participate in school sports without facing discrimination. Tuesday, we'll be at the Supreme Court defending Becky and other trans kids' right to play.

cnn.com

This high school sophomore is aiming for a Supreme Court upset in transgender sports case | CNN Politics

This high school sophomore is aiming for a Supreme Court upset in transgender sports case

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court is going to hear West Virginia's effort to ban the state's only transgender athlete, 15-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson. Win or lose, I need your help making sure Becky knows she's a hero for standing up for what's right

But Pepper-Jackson has more than the 4 kilogram weight of the shot used in high school girls’ shot put on her shoulder as her case enters the nation’s highest legal arena.

“I feel very nervous, but I know that someone has to do it, because letting these awful laws and bills just stand is not something that should happen,” Pepper-Jackson says in the video. “I want other trans girls to know that they are not alone, and that I’m doing this for us. … I really want them to have hope.”

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ACLU @aclu.org · 09/01/2026

This weekend, we're coming together in cities and towns across the country to send a message: ICE doesn't belong in our communities.

axios.com

ICE and Border Patrol shootings spark hundreds of weekend vigils and protests

The Trump administration is defending its agents.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 09/01/2026

We'll be at the Supreme Court next week fighting West Virginia politicians' discriminatory attempt to prevent one transgender kid in their state from playing sports with her friends. This case is bigger than sports or one client — it's about protecting hard-fought civil rights protections.

aclu.org

What’s at Stake as the Supreme Court Takes Up Transgender Sports Bans | ACLU

How one West Virginia teenager could shape the future of Title IX and civil rights protections for transgender youth.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 09/01/2026

I invite all Americans to join Minnesota in a day of unity tomorrow.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 08/01/2026

We condemn ICE's killing of a Minneapolis woman today and call on federal agents to withdraw from Minnesota immediately. This tragedy is further proof that ICE is out of control, endangering our communities, and must end its lawless operations before anyone else is brutally hurt or killed.

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Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg @danua.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

👀 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I do think more people should appreciate that Sarah has to be selective about when she draws attention to her identity given the obsessive focus on it by some of her colleagues--she is in a uniquely impossible position. But it also makes it more impactful when she does.

"I was a kid once. I didn't have the courage to come out until I was 21, but it's a fact I have known about myself for my entire life," she said. "I didn't have the courage to come out until I was 21, and that means 21 years of pain, 21 years of unwavering homesickness that only went away when I was able to get the care that I needed. And my biggest regret in life is that I never had a childhood without that pain. I marvel at the courage of transgender young people today who are sharing themselves with their families and this world, despite the toxicity and the hate that too often emanates from the building behind me and from politicians within it."

She concluded, "It is already hard enough to be a kid, and government should not make it harder."

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

I know many things are awful but here is one genuinely useful and helpful thing you can do. No matter their party, your representative needs to hear that trans people and our families are not alone and this bill is an unjustifiable and extreme threat to criminalize the health care we need to live.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

The story told here--one where anecdata suggests agency and autonomy have run amok and nameless activists are to blame--certainly rhymes with the NYT's disastrous panic about trans kids. Then you realize it's literally being written by the same author.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Attorney Barbara Schwabauer explains her decision to leave the Justice Department's Office of Civil Rights rather than comply with a Trump administration order to subpoena the medical records of transgender teens

The Justice Department subpoenaed more than 20 doctors and hospitals that provide gender-related care to minors (including puberty suppressants, hormone therapy and surgeries) accusing them of having “mutilated children in the service of a warped ideology.” Trump had already issued a series of executive orders dismantling protections for trans people, banning them from military service and allowing open discrimination by federal workplaces. The subpoenas demanded patient information protected by privacy law.

Barbara Schwabauer, Civil Rights Division: It’s one thing to say we’re no longer going to stand up for trans people in this administration, we’re not going to file briefs in support of them. But to affirmatively go after them? I could not in good conscience continue to be a part of that. These are teenagers.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 11/11/2025

Anyone who applies for a new, corrected, or replacement passport, or for a passport renewal, is at risk of having their passport issued bearing the sex they were assigned at birth. President Trump's anti-trans passport policy is now in effect, but our lawsuit challenging it isn't over yet.

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Q & A: Orr v. Trump | American Civil Liberties Union

Following a January 2025 Executive Order from President Donald Trump, the State Department began barring people from obtaining passports with a sex designation on them that is not the same as their sex assigned at birth. In response, the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit challenging the State Department's policy on behalf of transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

'If the government can enforce rules based on the 'historical fact' of our sex assigned at birth without offending equal protection principles, then what does that mean for the conditions of our lives in the present?" @chasestrangio.bsky.social

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Elusive Discrimination

The Supreme Court's continued unwillingness to vindicate trans rights.

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Harper Seldin @harperseldin.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

The law, in its majestic equality.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

The story of this week is that millions of Americans were told in 2024 their lives would be improved if trans people's lives were made worse and I'm glad they're finally waking up to the fact that was never true to begin with--but trans people's lives are still getting worse

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ACLU @aclu.org · 06/11/2025

This fight isn't over. Our case challenging President Trump's executive order will still move forward. In the meantime anyone who applies for a new, corrected, or replacement passport, or for a passport renewal, is at risk of having their passport issued bearing the sex they were assigned at birth.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 06/11/2025

BREAKING: The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request to enforce its discriminatory passport policy while our lawsuit makes its way through the courts. This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.

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