Court Cases

The ACLU of Colorado joined civil rights groups and religious organizations to file an Amicus Brief arguing that there is no Free Exercise Clause violation when a governmental body conditions a public benefit on a religion-neutral and generally applicable requirement.

We argue that the First Amendment does not allow Masterpiece Cakeshop to refuse selling a cake to a transgender woman who is celebrating her identity.

We are suing the Children's Hospital of Colorado for a policy that discontinues medically necessary, gender-affirming care to patients over 18 while continuing to provide the same care to cisgender patients.

The American Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado filed a discrimination charge against InnoSource Inc. on behalf of Dashir Moore, a 32-year-old transgender man who was denied health care coverage for treatment of gender dysphoria and subsequent transition-related care.

On May 30, 2014, the Colorado Civil Rights Commission determined that Masterpiece Cakeshop unlawfully discriminated against David Mullins and Charlie Craig by refusing to sell them a wedding cake

Thanks to a letter from the ACLU, a Greeley high school student will be permitted to start a Gay-Straight Alliance at his school, despite officials’ initial reluctance.

In a letter to school administrators sent yesterday, the ACLU demanded that Falcon High School rescind its prohibition against a student wearing a t-shirt that reads: “marriage is so gay.”