A federal court today issued a preliminary injunction blocking an Indiana law that prohibits health care professionals from providing or even referring transgender young people for medically necessary health care.

ACLU of Indiana files lawsuit claiming HEA 1608, violates teachers’ First Amendment rights and due process. The law was modeled after FL "Don't Say Gay" law and would censor conversations about the LGBTQ community.

HB 1608, a bill that would ban conversation about LGBTQ families in schools and outs transgender students, today was signed into law by Governor Holcomb.

Indiana legislators passed a bill that will have alarming consequences for students’ right to learn. Just because one person does not want their child to read a book does not give them the right to ban that book for everyone’s children.

The ACLU filed a lawsuit on behalf of four transgender youth and their families as well as a doctor, challenging an Indiana law that prohibits health care professionals from providing or even referring transgender young people for medically necessary health care.

The ACLU of Indiana today filed a lawsuit against Officer M. Taylor of the Evansville Police Department, who detained an individual without cause and conducted an invasive vehicle search and pat-down search, in violation of the Fourth Amendment.  

HB 1608, a bill that censors conversation about LGBTQ kids in schools and outs transgender students, today passed the Indiana House with little to no debate. This bill will now move to the Senate. 

HB 1608 would censor discussion about LGBTQ people in schools and force teachers and administrators to act as ‘gender police,’ outing transgender students without their consent. Our schools should protect all students—including LGBTQ students—so they can learn and thrive in a safe environment.