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Everyone in America deserves equal treatment under the law regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression including the right to marry the partner of your choice. The ACLU works for equal rights and legal protections against discrimination and harassment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

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FAQ: Washington and the 303 Creative v. Elenis Case

Preliminary guidance on how this decision will impact Washington.

ACLU-WA comment on signing of abortion and gender-affirming care bills into law

Gov. Inslee signed a package of bills that take meaningful steps toward defending health care access

Consent decree ends gendered uniform policy for Alaska Airlines

Flight Attendant Justin Wetherell celebrates an advance for inclusivity in the airline industry

Resources

Does v. Washington Department of Corrections

Disability Rights Washington; the ACLU-WA; Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP; and MacDonald, Hoague & Bayless sued the Washington Department of Corrections on behalf of a group of people who are currently and formerly incarcerated to protect private data.

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Privacy

Transgender Rights

L.B., In re Parentage of

The ACLU filed a brief in support of a woman’s effort to gain parental rights over a child she helped raise with her partner, the child’s biological mother.

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Dickerson v. Aberdeen

In December 2010, ACLU-WA directly represented the family of a teenager who suffered years of harassment in his school district.

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Doe v. Ladies Pro Bowler

In the early 1990s, ACLU-WA represented a male-to-female transsexual who was discriminated against by a professional bowling company.

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Transgender Rights

In re the Marriage of Black

The state Supreme Court affirmed there’s no place for LGBT bigotry in court-approved parenting plans.

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Castle v. State

The ACLU filed a lawsuit in 2004 against the state of Washington, challenging the denial of marriage rights to same-sex couples.

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Marriage

Ballot Title Challenge to Initiative 963

A Thurston County Superior Court judge ruled in favor of a challenge to misleading terms in the proposed ballot title for an initiative that would roll back state protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation.

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Ingersoll v. Arlene's Flowers

The ACLU filed a lawsuit on behalf of a gay couple in Kennewick against a florist that refused to sell them flowers because of their sexual orientation

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