We’re Suing to Stop Iowa’s Book Banning, Anti-LGBTQ Law

Public school students have a First Amendment right to speak, read, and learn freely. Our state should not remove books or ban discussions from schools because a group of people find them offensive.

Richard, Puck, and Ulrike Carlson

Transgender Youth in Iowa: The Hansons, Des Moines

Holly Hanson poses this question to anti-trans politicians: "Who are you, someone who doesn’t even know us, to tell my family what is best for us, for our child?"

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Transgender Youth in Iowa: The Fuquas, Ames

Jaiden has known ever since he was a young child that he wasn't cisgender "but I didn't have a vocabulary for it." Now 18, he is transitioning physically.

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Transgender Youth in Iowa: The Christiasons, Cedar Falls

Ben, 24, was the first openly transgender student at Cedar Falls High and ran boys' cross country. He started physically transitioning at 14 and credits it with possibly saving his life.

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Iowa Supreme Court Upholds Historic Transgender Rights Verdict

The Iowa Supreme Court upheld a first-in-the-state jury verdict for our client, Jesse Vroegh, finding the State of Iowa discriminated against him at work because he is transgender. 

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Iowa Wrongly Bans Trans Girls from Girls' Team Sports

This cruel law violates the civil rights of transgender girls and women in our state.

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Iowa Medicaid Must Provide Gender-Affirming Surgery

Our Medicaid system should treat everyone, including transgender Iowans, equally and fairly.

Mika Covington, Aiden Vasquez

Historic Win for Transgender Rights in Iowa

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