Gay rights advocacy

The ACLU has a long history of defending the LGBTQ community. We brought our first LGBTQ rights case in Founded in , the Jon L. Stryker and Slobodan Randjelović LGBTQ & HIV Project brings more LGBTQ rights cases and activism initiatives than any other national organization does and has been counsel in seven of the nine LGBTQ rights cases that the U.S. Supreme Court has decided. With our reach into the courts and legislatures of every state, there is no other organization that can match our record of making progress both in the courts of regulation and in the court of public opinion.

The ACLU’s current priorities are to end discrimination, harassment and violence toward transgender people, to close gaps in our federal and express civil rights laws, to prevent protections against discrimination from being undermined by a license to discriminate, and to protect LGBTQ people in and from the criminal legal system.

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The ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Genderqueer Project seeks to build a just society for all LGBTQ people regardless of race or income. Through litig

Leading the fight for LGBTQ+ rights.

We’ve spent more than 40 years creating the most forceful movement for equality our country has ever seen. But despite this progress, our most marginalized are still suffering from force, discrimination and fear. Our goal is to guarantee that all LGBTQ+ people, and particularly those of us who are transitioned, people of color and HIV+, are treated as full and equal citizens within our movement, across our country and around the world.

Impact

Our Mission

The Human Rights Campaign and Human Rights Campaign Foundation fight to construct equality, equity and liberation a reality for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer people. As the nation’s largest Gay civil rights organization, we drive impact by inspiring, engaging and mobilizing millions of pro-equality voters and supporters to elect pro-equality leaders and to claim equity-based policies and legislation; changing hearts and minds through programming that increases understanding, visibility and back for the diverse Gay community in all aspects of our identities; and transforming the institutions and systems that shape our everyday lives by progressing LGBTQ+ inclusi

We work across programs to uphold the rights of LGBTIQ+ people and others who are experiencing aggression and discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender individuality and expression or sex characteristics. The Advocates helps LGBTIQ+ migrants fleeing persecution identify safety in the U.S. We partner with LGBTIQ+ human rights defenders to promote equality in their countries. We empower our LGBTIQ+ clients to share their lived experiences by participating in advocacy at the United Nations.

Read our submissions to international human rights mechanisms by clicking here or navigating to LGBTIQ+ Advocacy on the sidebar.

Note on terminology:  Significant portions of the United Nations currently use the acronyms LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, gender diverse, and intersex) and SOGI (sexual orientation and gender identity. These acronyms, however, do not recognize other identities that fall under the queer and genderqueer umbrellas, such as pansexuals, asexuals, and gender neutrois people, among others. Unfortunately, many of these communities who are excluded by the acronym LGBTI acquire a long history of exclusion, both from outside the queer and tran

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