Spotlight
Banned Books Week 2025
Banned Books Week 2025Find an event or learn more about your First Amendment freedoms.
Learn More
The Supreme Court Takes Up Transgender Sports Bans
The Supreme Court Takes Up Transgender Sports BansOne West Virginia teenager could shape the future of Title IX and civil rights protections for transgender youth.
What’s at Stake
Protecting Free Speech From Government Censorship
Protecting Free Speech From Government CensorshipThe government has threatened to punish anyone who expresses opinions it doesn't agree with. This violates the First Amendment.
Read More
Congress: Protect Our Free Press
Congress: Protect Our Free PressThe Broadcast Freedom and Independence Act will rein in free press attacks. Tell your representative to support this critical legislation.
Send Your Message
The ACLU dares to create a more perfect union — beyond one person, party, or side. Our mission is to realize this promise of the United States Constitution for all and expand the reach of its guarantees.
Issues
Learn about what's happening across the most pressing civil liberties issues of our time, and what you can do.
Freedom To Be
Over the past several years, politicians across the country have banned health care access for transgender youth and their families put themselves between trans people, their families, and their health care providers on how they can live their authentic lives.
Consistent with our 105-year history of defending the right of self-expression and self-determination, the ACLU is committed to the freedom of transgender people and their families. We have fought laws that censor LGBTQ people, ban gender-affirming medical care, make schools less safe for trans students, and force trans people to carry documents outing them as trans.
Our Freedom to Be campaign and programming also serves to celebrate trans individuals around the country who are building solidarity within their communities and finding joy and happiness among their families and friends. Through their powerful and poignant storytelling, as well as our landmark Freedom to Be Monument, which showcases artwork and messaging by over 1,000 trans people and allies across the United States, we are uplifting the dynamic and diverse trans voices around our nation.
News and Commentary
Hard-Fought Grace: Bearing Witness to Richard Tabler’s Execution
Hard-Fought Grace: Bearing Witness to Richard Tabler’s ExecutionA capital defense attorney reflects on the final hours of her client’s life and the enduring fight for dignity amid state-sanctioned death.
Your Questions Answered: How to Push Back on Abuses of Power
Your Questions Answered: How to Push Back on Abuses of PowerFrom congressional calls to protests, ACLU experts explain what actions actually work to hold the Trump administration accountable and protect democracy.
Pete Hegseth Wants Women Out of the Military—and He's Not Hiding It
Pete Hegseth Wants Women Out of the Military—and He's Not Hiding ItFrom disbanding a gender advisory board to misrepresenting women’s ability to meet combat standards, the defense secretary’s record shows a clear mission: push women out of service.
