(WB) Donald Haines, an attorney with two D.C.-based labor unions, an official with both the ACLU’s national and local offices based in the nation’s capital, and an outspoken advocate for human rights, including LGBTQ rights, died April 24 of natural causes at his D.C. residence, according to family members. He was 69.

RALEIGH (AP) — Lawyers for several gay couples say in a legal filing that North Carolina's Republican legislative leaders shouldn't be allowed to appeal rulings that legalized gay marriage in the state.

TALLAHASSEE, FL – Today, the Florida House of Representatives passed a bill, HB 7013, which included a provision removing from state law the ban on adoptions by lesbians and gay men that has not been enforced since 2010, when a Florida appeals court declared it unconstitutional in a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Attorneys who filed a lawsuit seeking legal recognition of hundreds of same-sex marriages performed in June in Wisconsin have dismissed their lawsuit after the state said the marriages would be recognized.

(WB) After conducting a careful review of the “religious freedom” executive order that President Donald Trump signed on Thursday the ACLU says it has decided not to file an immediate lawsuit to challenge the order. In an earlier announcement, ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero said the ACLU planned to file a lawsuit on the day Trump issued the order on May 4.

NEW YORK (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union's primary work is litigation, but this month it's moonlighting as a wedding planner as part of its role in the campaign to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A civil liberties group is asking a judge to order Nebraska to recognize same-sex marriages while the group's legal challenge to the state's gay marriage ban is pending.

The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging the state of Utah over its decision to stop granting new benefits to hundreds of newly married same-sex couples.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The ACLU of Kentucky filed a motion in federal court Tuesday asking a judge to hold county clerk Kim Davis in contempt of court for failing to comply with the Supreme Court and issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Eight gay couples and the American Civil Liberties Union have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to force Florida to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.

(WB) An assistant principal at a West Virginia high school has been fired following a November 2018 incident in which he demanded a transgender student use a urinal in front of him.

Gov. Bobby Jindal's lawyer has asked a state district judge to throw out a lawsuit that challenges Jindal's executive order offering special protections to people who oppose same-sex marriage.

These are the remarks from Howard L. Simon, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida to the PFLAG Annual Luncheon in Naples, Florida on Nov. 13.

Director of the Georgia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union Maya Dillard Smith is stepping down from the organization following a disagreement over trans rights.

(WB) The American Civil Liberties Union has amended a federal lawsuit it filed on behalf of a transgender student who challenged his Virginia school district’s bathroom policy.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Two gay couples who are plaintiffs in a potentially landmark case challenging Oklahoma's ban on same-sex marriage are being honored by the American Civil Liberties Union.

An Iowa judge ruled in favor of two transgender women being able to have their gender reassignment surgery covered by Medicaid.

(WB) Laverne Cox narrates the history of the transgender civil rights movement in an illustrated video in collaboration with Time and the ACLU.

SALISBURY, N.C. (AP) _ A North Carolina lesbian couple headed for their wedding day.

Check out the latest news from around the world!