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In 1938, what was then called the Iowa Civil Liberties Union helped defend the right to strike for Maytag workers.

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?"

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.

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.

Cities that ban people from asking for help or money in public spaces are violating free speech and criminalizing poverty.

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. 

Just like Ag Gag 1.0, Ag Gag 2.0 has been found to violate the First Amendment. It criminalized undercover investigations at factory farms, slaughterhouses, and puppy mills.

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

Eight schools involved in a lawsuit must restore mask mandates immediately because they are in violation of a court ruling.