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Jun 30, 2026

ACLU of Massachusetts Condemns Supreme Court Ruling Allowing States to Ban Transgender Women and Girls from School Sports Teams Matching Their Gender Identity

Massachusetts retains strong protections for transgender students, including the right to join teams consistent with their gender identity
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Feb 18, 2026

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”
Issue Areas: Free Speech and Expression, LGBTQ Rights
Court Cases: Schiff v. Office of Personnel Management
Jan 6, 2026

Federal Appeals Court Hears Case Challenging NIH Grant Terminations

Researchers urged the First Circuit to uphold the district court’s judgment that NIH relied on unlawful directives.
Issue Areas: Racial Justice, LGBTQ Rights
Court Cases: APHA v. NIH
Dec 29, 2025

NIH Agrees to Evaluate and Complete Review on Stalled Scientific Grant Applications

Parties resolve claims on behalf of applicants harmed by unlawful directives
Issue Areas: Racial Justice, LGBTQ Rights
Court Cases: APHA v. NIH
Nov 6, 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
Court Cases: Orr v. Trump
Nov 3, 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
Court Cases: Orr v. Trump
Aug 22, 2025

Supreme Court Issues Partial Stay in NIH Research Grants Case 

In a significant setback for public health, the U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts likely lacked jurisdiction to review the termination of research grants by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) targeting research on disfavored topics.
Issue Areas: Racial Justice, LGBTQ Rights
Court Cases: APHA v. NIH
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
Court Cases: Orr v. Trump