News & Commentary

For Transgender Day of Visibility, we asked Hoosiers to write messages of hope and affirmation to trans youth in Indiana to let them know they are loved and supported. Here are some of the messages you sent.

By Joel Wieneke: Senior Staff Attorney, Indiana Public Defender Council

An ACLU breakdown of the 2024 Indiana legislative session, including how lawmakers voted on key bills affecting Hoosiers’ rights.

The clear message from Indiana elected officials to LGBTQ Hoosiers recently has been: go away. But we’re not leaving.

Indiana legislators are pushing through a bill authorizing public schools to hire or recruiting volunteer “school chaplains.”

SB 17, a bill aimed at limiting minors’ access to content online, would ultimately violate the constitutional rights of adult Hoosiers.

We are committed to supporting constitutional ways to address antisemitism, but a bill moving through the Indiana Statehouse threatens free speech on our public university campuses.

2023 saw both new and ongoing challenges to civil rights and liberties, but the ACLU of Indiana and our supporters showed up every time to fight back.

By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy and Technology Project; and Daniel Kahn Gillmor, Senior Staff Technologist, ACLU Speech, Privacy and Technology Project