Press Releases - ACLU of Massachusetts

Nov 06, 2025

Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration To Enforce Discriminatory Passport Policy

Stay takes effect while ACLU lawsuit proceeds in federal court

Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights

Oct 06, 2025

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

Jun 18, 2025

ACLU of Massachusetts comment on Supreme Court ruling in U.S. v. Skrmetti

The U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in U.S. v. Skrmetti, a challenge brought by three transgender adolescents, their families, and medical provider against a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming hormone therapies for transgender people under 18.

Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights

Jun 17, 2025

Transgender US Passport Holders Granted Temporary Relief in Challenge to Trump Gender Marker Policy

This decision acknowledges the immediate and profound negative impact that this passport policy has on the ability of people across the country to travel for work, school, and family.

Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights

Jun 16, 2025

Federal District Court Strikes Down NIH’s Unlawful Directives That Led to the Elimination of Critical Research

In a major victory for public health, the court ruled that NIH’s actions targeting certain research were unlawful, arbitrary and capricious, and therefore void.

Issue Areas: Racial Justice, LGBTQ Rights

May 23, 2025

Censored Patient Safety Research Must Return to Government Website, Judge Rules

Republishing these articles is a victory for free speech and public health. The government can’t censor medical research solely because it disfavors certain viewpoints.

Issue Areas: Free Speech and Expression, LGBTQ Rights

Apr 30, 2025

ACLU Asks Court to Expand Temporary Relief to All Trans, Intersex, and Nonbinary People Seeking Passports

It is important that every person has the ability to live and travel safely, and we will continue to fight to rescind this unlawful policy to make sure that this relief extends to everyone.

Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights

Apr 18, 2025

Federal Judge Orders Temporary Relief to Six Plaintiffs in Challenge to Trump Administration Passport Policy

This ruling affirms the inherent dignity of our clients, acknowledging the negative impact that the administration's passport policy would have on their ability to travel for work, school, and family.

Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights

Apr 02, 2025

Researchers Challenge NIH’s Politically Driven Grant Cancellations

Cancelling grants solely due to political ideology has severe public health consequences and violates the law.

Issue Areas: Racial Justice, LGBTQ Rights

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