Meet Your Neighbor: Angela White
“My journey didn't define who I was. It just made me a better person to who I am today.”
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Federal court rules transgender middle schooler can play
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Meet Your Neighbor: Angel DeJesus
“I don’t want to say that I deserve a second chance, but that I earned my second chance. It’s not just the time that you served, it’s everything else that you’re doing while you are incarcerated.”
Meet Your Neighbor: Rev. Rodney Hunter
“We all make mistakes, and we all need a second chance. We've all fallen short of God's glory; needed to be forgiven, and needed a chance to make right those wrongs that we have committed.”
Latest Press Releases
We need you in the fight for Virginians’ civil rights and civil liberties in a second Trump term
“The results of yesterday’s election are clear, and so is the threat to our democracy that a second Trump presidential term represents," said ACLU of Virginia Executive Director Mary Bauer. "We’re ready to...
ACLU of Virginia, Washington-Baltimore News Guild Local 32035 formalize first collective bargaining agreement
The ACLU of Virginia and the Washington-Baltimore News Guild Local 32035 ratified their inaugural collective bargaining agreement, marking the first union contract for ACLU of Virginia employees in a major...
Virginians deserve answers, but without FOIA reform, Virginia universities won’t have to share them
As students go back to school, Virginians are still asking tough questions of their university administrations; to see the comprehensive results of what the ACLU of Virginia’s FOIA requests yielded, click...
In the courts
We are taking legal action to protect the rights of transgender people, fight back against censorship efforts, ensure students with disabilities are able to go to school like their peers, and continue to defend civil rights and civil liberties across the Commonwealth.
Doe v. Hanover County School Board
On July 3, 2024 ACLU of Virginia and WilmerHale filed a Title IX lawsuit in the Eastern District of Virginia on behalf of “Janie Doe,” a transgender student whom Hanover County Public School blocked from playing on a sports team for which she tried out and qualified.
