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LGBTQ Equality

Despite hard-fought gains in legal protections for LGBTQ people, there’s still a long way to go to ensure LGBTQ people are treated equally in all contexts under the law.

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NWLC Applauds the Confirmation of Vanita Gupta as Associate Attorney General

Open Letter Supporting Trans Women & Girls

Trans Women and Girls Belong: Why the Mississippi Fairness Act Fails All of Us

New National Campaign Advocates for Urgent Passage of the Equality Act

National Women’s Law Center Testimony in Support of the Passage of the Equality Act

Statement of Women’s Rights and Gender Justice Organizations in Support of the Equality Act

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NWLC and 24 Women’s Rights and Gender Justice Organizations Urge South Dakota Governor to Veto Harmful Anti-Transgender Athletics Bill

NWLC Submits Testimony Opposing South Dakota’s Anti-Transgender Athletics Bill (2021)

12 Things New Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona Can Do to Promote Gender Equity

NWLC Calls on Senate to Pass The Equality Act

‘me too.’ International, the National Women’s Law Center, and TIME’S UP Foundation Launch “We, As Ourselves” in Support of Black Survivors

Stop Using Girl Athletes to Justify Your Transphobia

LGBTQ+ Student and Educator Rights Resources

New Report Outlines Why the Equality Act Is the Civil Rights Update Needed Now for Women, People of Color, and People of Faith, in Addition to LGBTQ People

Workers’ Advocates Sue Over 11th-Hour Trump Admin Rule Giving Federal Contractors Expanded Ability to Discriminate

The Equality Act of 2021: Expanding Antidiscrimination Protections for LGBTQ People and Women

NWLC Files Lawsuit on OFCCP Religious Exemption Rule

NWLC Files Amicus Brief in 10th Circuit Case on the Ministerial Exception

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National Women’s Law Center Litigation Highlights

Dangerous Moves by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Justice Seek to Undermine Civil Rights Protections

NWLC Urges 7th Circuit to Limit Exceptions to Critical Workplace Civil Rights Protections

NWLC Comment on EEOC Religious Discrimination Guidance

NWLC Leads Amicus Brief Against Idaho Law That Targets Trans Women and Girls and Harms All Female Students

Hecox v. Little – Fighting Discrimination Against Trans Women and Girls in Sports