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The Brief

The Brief is NCLR’s monthly newsletter featuring important case updates, information on what our team has been up to, and reminders for upcoming events.

Latest Issues

September 2026

Letter From Imani

Finding Home: NCLR’s Immigration Program Needs You

Legal Director Shannon Minter Joins Law and Disorder Podcast

NCLR President Imani Rupert-Gordon Joins Tom Lenoble on the Opening Pathways Podcast

NCLR Welcomes New Board Member Milan Pham

Explore Ways to Give

NCLR Out Loud

August 2026

Why State Protections for Transgender People Matter Now More Than Ever

NCLR Hogar {Home} Client Antonia Receives Asylum

NCLR President Imani Rupert-Gordon Receives the Exemplary Service Luminary Award from the LGBTQ+ Division of the National Bar Association

Newsflash! August is Make-A-Will Month

NCLR Out Loud

July 2026

In Memoriam: Linda Gebroe

What It Means to Play

Talbott V. Usa: Our Motion for Class Certification Has Been Granted

By the Power Vested in Me: A Marriage Commissioner for All

NCLR Welcomes New Board Members

Out & About: LGBTQ Events Happening Near You

NCLR Out Loud

Say It Loud, Wear It Proud

June 2026

From the Desk of Imani

Litigation Updates

Fight Hate

Champions for Justice Recap

Shannon Minter Discusses Talbott v. USA on the Bloomberg Law Podcast

Shannon Minter Testifies Before the US Senate

Take Pride. Fight Hate. Fund Justice!

Visit the NCLR Store

Out & About: LGBTQ Events Happening Near You

NCLR Out Loud

May 2026

NCLR FILES CLASS ACTION TO STOP TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FROM FORCING HOSPITALS TO TURN OVER FAMILIES’ CONFIDENTIAL MEDICAL RECORDS

NCLR SUES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR IGNORING FEDERAL PROTECTIONS AGAINST SEXUAL ABUSE IN PRISON

CHAMPIONS FOR JUSTICE

AN INTERVIEW WITH KERBY LYNCH, INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BAY AREA LESBIAN ARCHIVES

JOIN NCLR PRESIDENT IMANI RUPERT-GORDON IN THE SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE PARADE

NCLR OUT LOUD

April 2026

NCLR’S SHANNON MINTER NAMED ONE OF THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD

HAPPY LESBIAN VISIBILITY WEEK! APRIL 20-26

THE CURRENT STATE OF LGBTQ FAMILY LAW VIRTUAL PANEL

NCLR LAUNCHES NEW STATE-LEVEL STRATEGY TO PROTECT CONVERSION THERAPY SURVIVORS AFTER SUPREME COURT RULING

AN EMMY NOMINATION FOR FIGHTING TO SERVE, A FILM CREATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NCLR AND FEATURING THE STORY OF TRANSGENDER MILITARY BAN PLAINTIFF MAJOR ERICA VANDAL

NCLR PRESIDENT IMANI-RUPERT GORDON WILL TRAVEL TO BRAZIL FOR A LEADERS EXCHANGE PROGRAM

SHANNON MINTER HONORED AT DALLAS RESOURCE CENTER

WATCH THE RECORDING: VIRTUAL DISCUSSION ON NCLR’S URVASHI VAID LGBTQ WOMEN’S COMMUNITY SURVEY

NCLR OUT LOUD

March 2026

NCLR BRIEFING TO HIGHLIGHT WOMEN LEADERS AND CRITICAL DATA ON QUEER WOMEN’S HEALTH IN HONOR OF WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH

BEYOND THE COURT: ENDING CONVERSION THERAPY THROUGH LEGISLATION AND PUBLIC EDUCATION

UNPRECEDENTED AND EXTREME KANSAS LAW WOULD SUPPRESS TRANSGENDER VOTERS

NCLR FIGHTS FEDERAL HEALTH CARE RESTRICTIONS FOR TRANSGENDER YOUTH

HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL INVITES NCLR PRESIDENT IMANI RUPERT-GORDON AS FEATURED SPEAKER

NCLR PRESIDENT IMANI RUPERT-GORDON TO SERVE AS SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE COMMUNITY GRAND MARSHALL

BE A CHAMPION FOR JUSTICE MAY 16, 2026! 

NCLR OUT LOUD

February 2026

Black History Month Holds the Answers to Today’s Questions

From the Desk of Senior Staff Attorney Amy Whelan

NCLR To Host LGBTQ Rights Conference For Legal Aid Advocates

The L-Fund Honors NCLR President Imani Rupert-Gordon

Champions for Justice 2026

Ways to Give

NCLR in the News

January 2026

MLK Day Message from President Imani Rupert-Gordon

Litigation/Case Updates

SAVE THE DATE! CHAMPIONS FOR JUSTICE GALA COMING MAY 2026

Say It Loud, Wear It Proud! NCLR merch for all!

NCLR in the News

Our Address has Changed

December 2025

From NCLR’s Vice President of Advancement Jennifer Bing

2025 Year in Review

Staff Highlights

In Defense of Democracy

Say It Loud, Wear It Proud! NCLR merch for all!

Supporter Shout Out

NCLR in the News

Out & About: LGBTQ Events Happening Near You!

November 2025

Courage and consistency amidst chaos
Honor our Siblings Lost
Native American Heritage Month
Litigation/Case Updates
Courage to Serve

October 2025

From the Desk of Imani
In Memorium: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
Chiles v. Salazar Argument Recap
What’s Killing Us? New Report on the State of LGBTQ+ Women’s Health
Seven Years of Rural Pride in North Dakota
Staff Highlights
Ways to Give
NCLR In the News
Out & About: LGBTQ Events Happening Near You!
Applications Open for The Advocate’s New Future of Queer Media Fellowship

September 2025

Chiles v. Salazar: What You Need to Know
Tricare Case: Preliminary Injunction Filed
Nic Talbot Op-Ed
Staff Highlights
Ways to Give
NCLR in the News
National Suicide Prevention Month
Latinx Heritage Month
Out & About: LGBTQ Events Happening Near You
NCLR Condemns SCOTUS Decision Allowing Discriminatory Enforcement Tactics

August 2025

August is Trans History Month
Transgender service members: A Double Betrayal
Marriage Equality Update
From Legal
Congrats Shauna Madison!
Congrats Helen Caroll!
Leave Your Legacy
NCLR in the News
Community Events

July 2025

SCOTUS Debrief
Remembering Andrea Gibson
A Decade of Marriage – 10 Years Since the Obergefell Decision
NCLR Joins Call for Universal Clemency
The Time is Now for an LGBTQ+ Inclusive Economic Justice Movement
NCLR’s Cross Country Pride
Imani at Ballhalla!
NCLR in the News

June 2025

New Name. New Look. Always NCLR
Our Pride – and Joy – is Revolutionary
Obergefell V. Hodges: Celebrating 10 Years of Marriage Equality Nationwide!
Pride in the Park
Transgender Servicemembers Targeted and Purged from the Military
OUTWORDS’ Initiative Shares the Stories of LGBTQ Elders from California
June 19th is Juneteenth!
Dine at Holbrook House on June 21st to Benefit NCLR!
Threads of Pride: A New Path for Queer Resistance and Empowerment

May 2025

Updates on Transgender Military Ban Cases
Kick off Pride 2025 with NCLR at Pride in the Park!
The First 100 Days: Trump’s impact on the LGBTQ community
Lesbian Week of Visibility Instagram Live
Solidarity with Workers: International Workers’ Day
20th Annual LGBTQ Families Day
LGBTQ Family Rights Talk with NCLR Staff

April 2025

NCLR Continues to Fight Against Administration’s Anti-LGBTQ Executive Orders
National Center for LGBTQ Rights LGBTQ Sports Consultant Helen Carroll Inducted into LGBTQ Sports Hall of Fame
Transgender Day of Visibility
Lesbian Week of Visibility Instagram Live
Virtual Briefing: The First 100 Days of the Trump Administration
Get Your Tickets for Pride in the Park!

March 2025

Women’s History Month
We Continue to Fight Against Administration’s Anti-LGBTQ Executive Orders
Supreme Court to Hear Colorado Conversion Therapy Case
The Importance of Medicare and Medicaid
No State Can Invalidate Your Marriage
Kick off Pride 2025 at Pride in the Park!
NCLR Leaders Panel Recording Available Now

February 2025

NCLR Leaders Panel 
A Word from Imani 
Transgender Military Ban Preliminary Injunction Hearing 
Black History Month
Annual Report 2024
Pride in the Park 2025

January 2025

A heartfelt thank you to our supporters!
Save the Date: NCLR Leaders Panel
Challenging the Florida ban on transgender healthcare
NCLR Staff Speaking Engagements

December 2024

Shannon Minter on U.S. v. Skrmetti;
Florida Rural Pride Success;
LGBTQ Family + Marriage Webinar and Resource Guide;
2024 NCLR Virtual Briefing + Year in Review;
An Evening with Transgender Rights Trailblazers;
A Gift for 100% of Us

November 2024

Building Coalition: our work post-election;
Advancing Our Freedom Beyond the 2024 Elections;
Transgender Day of Remembrance;
Imani Rupert-Gordon to Join Panel of LGBTQ Leaders;
Giving Tuesday;
Supreme Court—U.S. v. Skrmetti;
Florida Rural Pride;
End-of-Year Virtual Briefing

October 2024

Florida Families File Brief Against Ban on Healthcare for Transgender Youth;
National LGBTQ Women’s Community Survey;
NCLR President spoke at University of Chicago;
Florida Rural Pride

September 2024

Victory for Transgender Kids in Arizona;
Conversion Therapy Remains Banned in Colorado;
Shannon Minter Featured in Twelve Soldiers Project;
Florida Rural Pride;
SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Healthcare Ban Case

August 2024

NCLR Continues to Fight in Oklahoma Parental Rights Case;
Massachusetts Passes Parentage Act;
SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Healthcare Ban Case;
Victory for Transgender Youth and Adults in Florida

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