Illinois

ACLU Sues Missouri School District for Illegally Censoring LGBT Websites

Can't say we didn't warn them. Back in May, as part of our Don't Filter Me project, the ACLU sent a letter to the Camdenton School District informing them that the web filters they use on school computers were unconstitutionally blocking access to ...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by ACLU Updates - August 15, 2011 at 3:32 pm

Categories: Camdenton, censorship, Don't Filter Me, First Amendment, free speech, Illinois, LGBT rights, LGBT Youth, students' rights, viewpoint discrimination, web filtering   Tags:

Excuse Me, Ma’am, This Isn’t Your ID

Last fall, K.L., an Alaskan who transitioned to living as a woman two years ago, got her local Department of Motor Vehicles office to change the gender marker on her driver’s license from M to F.  She was thrilled to have her identity doc...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by ACLU Updates - July 26, 2011 at 1:34 pm

Categories: alaska, id cards, Illinois, transgender, transition   Tags:

Illinois Governor Signs Historic Measure Abolishing Death Penalty

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: (212) 549-2666; media@aclu.org CHICAGO – With the stroke of his pen, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn today abolished the state’s broken, dysfunctional and dangerous death penalty system – a system that had seen...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by ACLU Updates - March 9, 2011 at 12:25 pm

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