LGBTQ+ Rights

The ACLU of Delaware works to ensure that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people can live openly without discrimination and enjoy equal rights, personal autonomy, and freedom of expression and association.

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Despite major victories like marriage equality and anti-disrcimination protections, lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender individuals face discrimination and bullying every day.

The ACLU of Delaware fights for nothing short of full equality for members of the LGBT community. Whether it’s ensuring fair treatment by government, combating discrimination in jobs, schools, housing, and public accommodations, or defending the parental rights of same-sex couples — we’re working to build a state and country where LGBT people can live openly without discrimination and enjoy equal rights, personal autonomy, and freedom of expression and association.

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Activate Delaware: ACLU-DE Weeks of Action

Know Your Rights
Know Your Rights: LGBTQ+ Rights in Employment, Housing, & Public Accommodations

LGBTQ+ Rights in Employment, Housing, & Public Accommodations

News & Commentary
Trans people belong

In the Attack on Sarah McBride, The Cruelty is the Point

The media uproar about Rep-elect McBride’s use of Capitol bathrooms is an illustration of the routine dehumanization that transgender people face every day. And it’s not just about the bathrooms.
News & Commentary
Vote for LGBTQ RIghts

This Election Season, I’m Voting for LGBTQ+ Rights, Voting Rights, and Racial Justice

Under the Trump administration, I was still growing into my identity as an openly LGBTQ+ Hispanic person. It was during this time that I began to experience just how personal what many brush off as “just politics” could be and understand the gravity and long-term implications of voting.
Court Case
Aug 10, 2016

ACLU-DE Attorneys represent transgender prisoner on civil rights violations

Court Case
May 04, 2015

Case Docket: A Roundup of Our Recent Legal Work

Voting Rights, Police Misconduct, Transgender Rights, Freedom of Religion, Preventing Economic Discrimination, Student Access to School Library Materials, and Racial Discrimination in Municipal Employment. We've been busy.
Court Case
Oct 28, 2014

ACLU-DE Fights for Name Change for Transgendered Inmate

The ACLU of Delaware is arguing a case on behalf of a transgendered inmate who has been banned from changing his legal name because he does not have a sincerely-held religious belief necessitating the change.
Court Case
Apr 10, 2013

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