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Jul 27, 2017

If You Target Trans Texans for Discrimination, We’ll See You in Court

Just one day before President Trump announced his intention to ban transgender service members from the U.S. military—in a series of tweets the U.S. military itself was unprepared for—21 members of the Texas Senate voted to advance their own anti-transgender agenda.

By Kali Cohn

Jul 24, 2017

Staff Attorney Kali Cohn Testifies Against Anti-Trans Legislation

Jul 20, 2017

Lawmakers in Texas Are Returning to the Capitol for More Anti-Trans Discrimination

This post originally appeared on the ACLU National website.

By By Chase Strangio, Staff Attorney, ACLU

Jul 04, 2017

How Trump Is Threatening the Constitution

This post originally appeared on the Houston Chronicle website.

By Andre Segura

Jun 26, 2017

I’m Suing Texas Because the Legislature Passed a Bill that Discriminates Against My Town

This post originally appeared on the ACLU National website

By By Raul L. Reyes, Mayor of El Cenizo, Texas

Jun 26, 2017

Why the ACLU is suing Texas over SB4

This op-ed originally appeared in the The San Antonio Express-News.

By Edgar Saldivar

May 22, 2017

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Will Have Blood on His Hands if He Signs Two Anti-LGBTQ Bills Before Him

This post originally appeared on the ACLU National website

By By Chase Strangio, Staff Attorney, ACLU

May 08, 2017

This is Not the Texas I Know

Senate Bill 4 ignores our values, imperils our communities and sullies our reputation as a free and welcoming state.

By Terri Burke, Executive Director, 2008-2020

May 04, 2017

We Call B.S., Mr. Attorney General

Earlier this week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced in a press release his office’s support for a lawsuit that would allow states to deny drivers’ licenses to immigrants who hold federal work permits. In other words, if he can’t do anything about immigrants having the right to a job, at least he can try to stop them from traveling to it.