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Today, a federal court ruled that 11-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson must be allowed to try out for the girls’ cross-country and track teams at her school, blocking West Virginia from enforcing a law that bans transgender girls and women from participating in school sports. The ruling came in the lawsuit challenging the ban filed by Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of West Virginia, and Cooley LLP.

The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia is urging the City of Parkersburg to reconsider a proposed ordinance “Imposing A Moratorium Upon New Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Group Residential Facilities.”

Today, the Network for Public Health Law, Mountain State Justice, Inc., March of Dimes, Cabin Creek Health Systems, and several pre-eminent West Virginia health experts — including Dr. Cathy Slemp, the former acting state health officer — filed a friend-of-the-court (or “amici”) brief in support of our clients’ lawsuit requesting a federal court in Huntington to issue a preliminary injunction enjoining the enforcement of Senate Bill 334.

A judge has granted our request for a temporary restraining order against enforcement of SB 334, a bill that bans many lifesaving harm reduction programs in West Virginia. ACLU-WV Legal Director Loree Stark issued the following statement on the judge's decision:"We’re encouraged by this decision from the court. This harmful, constitutionally flawed bill should never be allowed to take effect. Harm reduction saves lives."

The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia (ACLU-WV) filed suit today in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia to stop a new law that could significantly worsen the nation’s worst HIV outbreak.

For 35 years, combatting the spread of HIV/AIDS has been at the core of ACLU’s mission. That’s why we’re partnering with more than 25 other organizations to send out an “HIV SOS” this Saturday, June 26. We hope you’ll join us.

The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a transgender teenager’s case against the Harrison County Board of Education.  

Get to know ACLU-WV administrative assistant Zaki Michaels. We recently sat down with Zaki to learn more about his background and why he decided to join our team. 

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia (ACLU-WV) and Huntington attorney Hoyt Glazer filed a lawsuit today against the West Virginia House of Delegates and the House Government Organization Committee for knowingly violating the Open Governmental Proceedings Act during the 2021 Legislative Session.