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12 Court Cases
Court Case
Jul 31, 2026
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  • LGBTQ+ Rights & Bodily Autonomy

Accurate Birth Certificates for Trans and Intersex Wisconsinites

The ACLU of Wisconsin, along with pro bono counsel from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, filed a lawsuit against Governor Tony Evers and the Department of Health Services, on behalf of Trans Law Help Wisconsin and a transgender Wisconsin woman, seeking to overturn a provision in state law that denies transgender people the right to change the sex markers on their birth certificates unless they first undergo a “surgical sex procedure.”
Court Case
Jul 20, 2026
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  • Criminal Legal Reform|
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Department of Corrections Must Keep Families Together

The Wisconsin DOC legally must provide programming to incarcerated parents that allows them physical custody of their children for the first year of life.
Court Case
Jul 20, 2026
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  • LGBTQ+ Rights & Bodily Autonomy|
  • +1 Issue

Defending Transgender Students in New Richmond School District

The ACLU of Wisconsin filed a brief at the Western District of Wisconsin concerning a case in which a parent-led organization, New Richmond Parents for Strong Schools, are trying to push the New Richmond School District (NRSD) to adopt a policy that would force transgender students to use bathrooms that are not consistent with their gender identities.
Court Case
Jan 7, 2025
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  • LGBTQ+ Rights & Bodily Autonomy

Planned Parenthood v. Urmanski: Wisconsin Abortion Ban Unconstitutional

Court Case
Apr 13, 2022
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  • LGBTQ+ Rights & Bodily Autonomy|
  • +1 Issue

Doe v. Madison Metropolitan School District: Protecting Transgender Students

Court Case
Dec 2, 2021
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  • Education Equity|
  • +2 Issues

Confronting Book Bans and Restricted Speech in Wisconsin Schools

Court Case
Oct 11, 2018
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  • LGBTQ+ Rights & Bodily Autonomy

Boyden v. State of Wisconsin: Winning Transgender Health Care Access

Court Case
Jul 8, 2013
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  • LGBTQ+ Rights & Bodily Autonomy

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin v. Schimel

Court Case
Feb 3, 2013
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  • LGBTQ+ Rights & Bodily Autonomy

Walker v. Wolf: Freedom to Marry in Wisconsin

Wisconsin's historic marriage equality win.