LGBTQ Rights

The ACLU’s work for LGBTQ rights is about one simple principle: Everyone should be treated fairly and equally.

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The ACLU of Massachusetts has a long history of defending the LGBTQ community. We played a key role in establishing marriage equality in Massachusetts, making it the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage.

We’ve also successfully lobbied for legislation preventing discrimination against trans people and worked at both the state and community level to fight book bans, defend the right to free expression, and train LGBTQ residents on their rights.

The Latest

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Medical researchers win permanent restoration of research on federal website

Research about endometriosis, suicide risk had been removed from a government website due to an executive order prohibiting “gender ideology”
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Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration To Enforce Discriminatory Passport Policy

Stay takes effect while ACLU lawsuit proceeds in federal court
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
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Transgender People Ask Supreme Court to Reject Trump Administration Effort to Enforce Discriminatory Passport Policy

Attorneys representing transgender, nonbinary, and intersex Americans asked the Supreme Court today to reject a request from the Trump administration to stay a preliminary injunction in Orr v. Trump.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
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Feb 2026

Data Privacy Now!

Today, technology has far outpaced privacy law. Data brokers and Big Tech are free to do almost anything they want with our personal information, including selling our cellphone location data on the open market. These practices endanger all of us, but especially vulnerable communities like immigrants, protesters, and people seeking and providing reproductive and gender-affirming healthcare. Lawmakers must pass the Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act (H.4746) to give all Massachusetts residents robust privacy rights in the digital age.