No matter what the governor says, trans youth belong here.
On May 21, 2024, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed House Bill 4624, which bans medically necessary healthcare for transgender youth.
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S.C. Senate votes for dangerous and discriminatory ban on essential care for transgender youth
The South Carolina Senate discarded the testimony of the leading medical experts, transgender South Carolinians, and the families of trans youth today, voting to pass a ban on gender-affirming healthcare for transgender youth (House Bill 4624).
ACLU-SC calls on college and university presidents to protect free speech and academic freedom
The ACLU of South Carolina urges the state’s institutions of higher education to uphold the free speech rights of students, faculty, and staff members during protest actions.
Title IX protects our most vulnerable students. Our leaders are attacking them.
Last week we celebrated two important developments for Title IX, the landmark civil rights law protecting students against sex-based discrimination in federally funded schools.
ACLU-SC urges Supreme Court to uphold rights of people experiencing homelessness
The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU affiliates in 18 states including South Carolina have submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Grants Pass v.
District Court Allows South Carolina's Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Map to Remain in Place for 2024 Election Cycle
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A three-judge district court issued an order allowing South Carolina's racially gerrymandered congressional map to remain in place for 2024 elections.