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Feb 24, 2020
A Mother Testifies To Protect Trans Youth
Katherine a mother to a trans daughter testified in opposition of the egregious anti-trans HJR 82 on Tuesday, Feb 18th to the Missouri House General Laws Committee. This bill would ban trans youth from playing on gendered sports teams.
Feb 19, 2020
Missouri Must Pass Mona Now!
The Missouri Nondiscrimination Act is a bill that has been introduced into the Missouri legislature for 21 years straight but unfortunately has never passed. It is far beyond time for our legislature to pass the bill and protect Missouri residents from discrimination.
Jan 03, 2020
ACLU of Missouri Bill Tracker 2020 Launches
The ACLU of Missouri tracks hundreds of pieces of legislation every session. This tracker includes both bills that advance civil liberties and those that pose significant threats. We hope you will follow along with us (subscribe to this list above!) and take action to protect our freedoms.
Dec 27, 2019
Conversion Therapy Harms Missourians and Must Be Stopped
Conversion therapy is a danger to LGBTQ+ Missourians, but widespread efforts to bring attention to its horrors and put a stop to it, have already begun to save many.
Dec 02, 2019
ACLU-MO and PROMO statement on Wildhaber verdict
St. Louis County’s latest legal maneuvers in the case of Keith Wildhaber, a police sergeant who was discriminated against based on his sex and sexual orientation, is a hypocritical effort to dodge responsibility for a discriminatory workplace that County officials allowed to fester.
Nov 12, 2019
Ten Days of Trans Demands Begins, November 10-November 20
At the ACLU of Missouri, we dream, we believe in, and we demand a future where our 25,000 transgender Missouri neighbors can rely on their constitutional rights.
Nov 05, 2019
Corporal Bobbie J. Harper was shot in 1994; today, Missouri State Highway Patrol now must give his daughter and widow records about the unresolved crime
Kansas City, MO - In 2016, the ACLU of Missouri filed a Sunshine Law suit against the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) and the McDonald County Prosecuting Attorney for failing to release public records related to the 1994 shooting of Corporal Bobbie J. Harper, an MSHP Trooper. Today, the family will finally receive access to previously withheld records in the possession of MSHP.
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