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ACLU Supporter – all Pride month, we have been updating you in our fight for LGBTQ rights, particularly as trans people nationwide remain targeted. More than anything, we want to make clear that an attack on any community's rights and freedoms is an attack on all our rights and freedoms. That's why we at the ACLU are here.
Given this Pride week also marks the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision, that intersectional fight for civil liberties is more evident than ever. Because the very same lawmakers who are banning abortion are also banning lifesaving care for trans people. It's a coordinated attack on our bodily autonomy. But we won't let that happen without a fight. You are the rightful owner of your life story ACLU Supporter, and together, we will make that clear through Pride and beyond.
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PRIDE IS JOY
Community Stories
In the midst of attacks on trans people's safety and dignity, we're celebrating stories from trans people's own experiences. Because when forces larger than us try to break our spirit, we can respond as forcefully and effectively with joy as we can with anger, defiance, and protest. And one area that we know uplifting the voices of trans people is so needed in the movement is in the fight for reproductive freedom. As Cazembe Jackson put it in an interview with ACLU and our partners at We Testify, "As a Black trans man, my abortion experience was not easy, but it saved my life... If I'd heard any other Black trans voices when I got an abortion, I believe it would have been a lot easier." Read his full story.
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PRIDE IS RESISTANCE
Updates On Our Work
The ACLU has been fighting for LGBTQ freedom for decades. And as an organization at the intersection of every civil liberty issue in this country, we know full well that nothing exists in isolation: That's why we defend trans people's right to access gender-affirming health care and all people's right to access abortion care. Full stop. Here are just a few of our most recent updates on this work:
- Just yesterday a federal district court judge struck down an Arkansas law that aimed to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth. The win by the ACLU of Arkansas and our partners makes it clear: science, medicine, and law are clear: gender-affirming care is necessary to ensure these young Arkansans can thrive and be healthy.
- We recently filed a lawsuit in Nebraska over their law that bans abortion after 12 weeks and restricts access to gender-affirming care for young people.
- Last Friday, a federal judge blocked a ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth in Indiana from going into effect. This win came out of the ACLU and ACLU of Indiana's challenge against the state and is a testament to the trans youth of Indiana, their families, and their allies, who never gave up the fight.
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ACLU Supporter, this month and every month – we won't stop fighting for our communities. Thank you for reading this Pride month's update, and remember to watch your inbox all June for more updates as we fight to protect LGBTQ rights and all people's civil liberties.
Happy Pride,
The ACLU Team
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