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Help NCLR Stop Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” law

On March 31, NCLR filed the first – and at this time only – lawsuit against Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” bill. 

Representing Equality Florida and Family Equality along with many individuals, NCLR is fighting to overturn this law before it goes into effect on July 1.  Read all about the case and more.

This fight is beginning in Florida but other states are following suit and we are ready to sue!  

Chip in $10, 25 or $50 today to stop these insidious and hateful laws!   

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California Assembly Bill 2085

California

Children of color are significantly more likely to be reported for allegations of abuse and neglect, despite the vast majority of those allegations being unfounded or unsubstantiated. LGBTQ parents of color are even more likely to lose custody of their children through the child welfare system. Even when families are not separated by the system, unnecessary investigation and surveillance of families by the system harms children by disrupting family dynamics and stability. Mandated reporters of possible child abuse and neglect are currently required to report families impacted by poverty. NCLR supports AB 2085, which would change the requirements for California mandated reporters of possible child neglect to reduce the number of families unnecessarily swept into the child welfare system simply based on poverty or bias.

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Ireland v. Hegseth

On March 17, 2025, GLAD Law and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), with Stapleton Segal Cochran LLC and Langer Grogan & Diver P.C.,  filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey seeking immediate court action to prevent two longstanding, high-ranking Air Force service members from being discharged from the military.

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What to Know About Title IX

In April 2023, after years of sustained advocacy, the Department of Education proposed a new rule affirming that Title IX secures the right of transgender, non-binary, and intersex students to play school sports free from discriminatory rules that seek to ban them. This is the first time that the Title IX rules would address trans students’ eligibility to participate on sex-separated athletic teams.

The following is the full text of the proposed rule: If a recipient adopts or applies sex-related criteria that would limit or deny a student’s eligibility to participate on a male or female team consistent with their gender identity, such criteria must, for each sport, level of competition, and grade or education level: (i) be substantially related to the achievement of an important educational objective, and (ii) minimize harms to students whose opportunity to participate on a male or female team consistent with their gender identity would be limited or denied.

We understand that this new rule may be confusing and difficult to decipher, so NCLR has worked with partner organizations to create FAQs to answer all of your questions about what this new Title IX rule does and does not do.

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