Civil Rights Groups Secure Victory for First Amendment Rights and Free Speech and Assembly in N.C. Federal Court’ Settlement Agreement

A settlement agreement reached today should prevent future First Amendment violations by Alamance County officials against peaceful protesters, lawyers have announced. Members of the Alamance County NAACP and eight individual plaintiffs filed suit last summer after Alamance County illegally ...

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ACLU of NC Statement on Derek Chauvin Guilty Verdict

Today’s verdict convicting Derek Chauvin of murder is a rare act of police accountability, but it cannot bring George Floyd back. Mr. Floyd’s family and community will forever feel his loss.

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Daunte Wright Should Never Have Been Stopped

On At Liberty, Paige Fernandez and Somil Trivedi respond to Daunte Wright’s death.

ACLU of NC Statement Opposing HB 358

On April 14, 2021, the N.C. House of Representatives' Judiciary 1 Committee held a discussion on HB 358, a bill that singles out trans young people for discrimination and exclusion from school sports.

400+ North Carolina Medical Providers Sign Letter Opposing Bills Targeting Transgender Youth

More than 400 medical professionals from across North Carolina released a statement expressing strong opposition to HB358, a bill that would prohibit transgender students from participating in school athletics at the middle school, high school, and collegiate levels.

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ACLU of NC Joins Equality NC and the Campaign for Southern Equality in Denouncing Legislative Attacks on LGBTQ Community’s Access to Medical Care

One bill would prohibit trans-affirming care for anyone under the age of 21, while another would grant medical providers a broad “license to discriminate.”

Doctors Agree: Gender-Affirming Care is Life-Saving Care

Arkansas has become the first state to pass a bill banning health care for transgender youth and 16 other states have introduced similar legislation.

There’s a Lot That Can Go Wrong With ‘Vaccine Passports’

Any proposal for vaccine credentials must be primarily paper-based, decentralized, and protect privacy.

ACLU of North Carolina Condemns HB 358, N.C. Legislation Targeting Transgender, Intersex, and Gender-Nonconforming Student Athletes

Legislation seeking to ban transgender youth from participating in sports is part of an extreme agenda that seeks to eliminate trans, intersex, and gender-noncomforming people from public life. The ACLU of North Carolina will work inside and outside of the halls of the general assembly to stop...