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"These students are compelled to attend a school in a school system that refuses to protect them, and each weekday morning, our plaintiffs say goodbye to their kids while fearing for their safety. No parent should be forced into that position."

This piece by Holly Prestidge was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

So, during Pride month, I hope you will join me in celebrating all we have accomplished and remembering the activists who got us here. We must also recognize that we are still fighting for the most basic of human rights for LGBTQ+ people.

These laws codify meaningful state civil rights protections for the first time for Virginians and make Virginia the first state in the south to extend state nondiscrimination laws to all members of the LGBTQ community.

Today, 44 U.S. senators sent Attorney General Jeff Sessions a letter expressing strong opposition to his reversal of the Department of Justice's position that made clear that discrimination against transgender people was a violation of federal laws prohibiting sex discrimination, such as Title VII.

On April 6, 2017, our client Gavin Grimm attended the "Civil Rights Under the Trump Administration-The First 100 Days" forum held by members of the House of Representatives to speak about his case and the fight for transgender rights, which is gaining momentum across the nation.

Please re-watch our Facebook Live review of the 2017 General Assembly session regarding civil rights and civil liberties in Virginia. In this video, we discussed major bills that we'd like Gov. Terry McAuliffe to veto and explained why those bills, which concern free speech, immigrants' rights, LGBT rights, and voting rights, are harmful to civil liberties in Virginia.

Want to get a better idea of how the American Civil Liberties Union has made America better? Take two minutes and watch our highlights reel.