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04.28.16
Ohio LGBTQ Coalition Opposes Bill That Ignores Transgender Rights
COLUMBUS–Today Representative Bill Hayes introduced HB 537, which attempts to make discrimination in housing or employment on the basis of sexual orientation unlawful. However, the bill does nothing for the most vulnerable in the LGBTQ community, transgender Ohioans, and is silent on discrimination in public accommodations. There is a clear problem in Ohio – it Read more…
LGBT Rights
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04.25.16
Settlements Are No Substitute for Police Reforms in Cleveland, Says ACLU
CLEVELAND—The ACLU of Ohio issued the following statement regarding a settlement in the shooting death of Tamir Rice by Cleveland police. The city of Cleveland has agreed to pay the Rice family $6 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit. “Settlements are no substitute for the reforms so desperately needed in Cleveland,” said Christine Link, Read more…
Police Practices, Racial Justice
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04.07.16
ACLU Sues On Behalf of Prisoner at Lake Erie Correctional Who Was Denied Hearing Aid
CLEVELAND—The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio filed a lawsuit today against the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) on behalf of James Handwork, a hard-of-hearing man incarcerated at Lake Erie Correctional Institution who has been denied access to two functioning hearing aids. The lawsuit, filed today in the U.S. District Court for the Read more…
Disability Rights, Prisoners' Rights
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04.06.16
Voting Rights Advocates File Lawsuit to Counter Massive Purge of Ohio’s Voter Rolls
Organizations Seek to End Ohio’s Practice of Removing Infrequent Voters from the Registration Rolls
COLUMBUS—Today, Demos and the ACLU of Ohio brought suit on behalf of the Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI) and the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless (NEOCH) against Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted. The organizations are demanding that Ohio stop illegally removing voters from its voter registration rolls in violation of the National Read more…
Voting Rights
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03.30.16
Public Has Right to Protest Outside Progressive Field on Opening Day, Says ACLU
CLEVELAND—The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio sent a letter today to Cleveland city officials reminding them that the sidewalks surrounding Gateway Sports Complex, which includes Progressive Field, are a public forum. “The right to assemble on a public sidewalk is critical to a functioning democracy—even when the team or fans in the stadium near Read more…
Free Speech