Press Releases

Oklahoma Legislature Overrides Governor’s Veto of SB429

In response to the Oklahoma Legislature moving to override Governor Stitt’s veto of SB 429, which allows public, charter, technology center, and higher education school students to wear tribal regalia during graduation ceremonies, the ACLU of Oklahoma issued the following statement.
Issue Areas: Free Speech

Oklahoma Attorney General Signs Non-Enforcement Agreement on Health Care Ban for Trans Youth

The ACLU of Oklahoma, the American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal, and the law firm Jenner & Block LLP announced today the filing of a binding agreement with the Oklahoma Attorney General's office not to enforce SB 613.
Issue Areas: 2SLGBT+ Rights

Families, Doctors Challenge Oklahoma’s Ban on Health Care for Trans Youth

Families, transgender adolescents, and their medical providers are challenging a new law criminalizing age-appropriate medical care for transgender adolescents signed by Governor Kevin Stitt this week.
Issue Areas: 2SLGBT+ Rights

Stop Playing Politics with Trans Lives

Freedom Oklahoma and ACLU of Oklahoma Demand the Legislature, Governor stop using the lives of trans kids for political fodder.
Issue Areas: 2SLGBT+ Rights

Oklahoma Must Protect Gender-Affirming Care

Freedom Oklahoma, ACLU of Oklahoma, and Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes Calls On Politicians To End Attack on Best Practice Medical Care for Transgender Oklahomans.
Issue Areas: 2SLGBT+ Rights

Oklahoma One Step Closer to Banning Gender-Affirming Health Care for Transgender Youth

Today, the Oklahoma House Public Health Committee advanced SB 613, a copy-cat bill pushed around the country by national interest groups to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
Issue Areas: 2SLGBT+ Rights

Oklahoma House Passes Ban on Gender-Affirming Care, Effectively Ending Care for Trans Youth and Adults

Freedom Oklahoma, ACLU of Oklahoma, and Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes Call On Legislature To End Attack on Best Practice Medical Care for Transgender Oklahomans.
Issue Areas: 2SLGBT+ Rights