Cases & Legislation

Summary of H.R.8404 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Respect for Marriage Act

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All Info for H.R.4176 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): LGBTQI+ Data Inclusion Act

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In Tarrant County College District v. Sims, No. 05-20-00351 (March 10, 2021), the Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas held that "claim[s] of discrimination based on sexual orientation...

A case in which the Court found that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was unconstitutional under the equal protection clause of the Fifth Amendment.

A case in which the Court held that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission's conduct in evaluating a cake shop owner's reasons for declining to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple violated the Free Exercise Clause.

A case in which the Court found that a Texas statute banning consenting homosexual adults from engaging in sexual acts violated the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection.

A case in which the Court held that there was no constitutional protection for sodomy, and that states could outlaw its practice.

Summary of H.R.2775 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Protecting LGBTQ Youth Act

Summary of H.R.5 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Equality Act

A case in which the Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment requires states to license and recognize same-sex marriage.

U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects gay, lesbian, and transgender employees from discrimination based on sex. The ruling was 6-3, with Justice Neil Gorsuch, President Trump's first appointee to the court, writing the majority opinion.

The Court is set to consider whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 covers LGBTQ people

Until quite recently, sexual practices that veered from the conventional heterosexual model were largely illegal in the United States.

FRESNO, Calif. – Family Ranch, Inc., a Central Valley farm labor contractor, has settled a federal charge of sex discrimination and retaliation filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for $55,000 and other injunctive relief, the federal agency announced today.

In the last few years states have advanced a record number of bills that attack LGBTQ rights, especially transgender youth. The ACLU is tracking these attacks and working with our national network of affiliates to support LGBTQ people everywhere.