SPLC Action Fund Condemns Gov. Ivey for Signing HB 391, Which Eliminates Trans Student Athletes from School Sports

April 23, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – This evening, it was announced that Gov. Ivey signed HB 391. The bill prevents transgender kindergarten to 12th grade student athletes from participating in sports that align with their gender identity. The...

Mississippi

Now is the time to expand health care in Mississippi

April 22, 2021

Wingo Smith

SPLC Statement Observing Day of Silence

April 22, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Scott McCoy, SPLC Action Fund interim deputy legal director, LGBTQ Rights & Special Litigation, released the statement below observing Day of Silence on Friday, April 23: “The overt discrimination that gay...

Georgia

The Georgia Legislature: 2021 session in review

April 22, 2021

Isabel Otero

Federal

SPLC Action Fund Applauds Confirmation of Vanita Gupta as Associate Attorney General

April 21, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate confirmed Vanita Gupta as associate attorney general at the Justice Department, where she will help reform our criminal justice system and advance civil rights. The 51-49 confirmation vote...

Federal

SPLC Action Fund Applauds House Passage of NO BAN Act

April 21, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the NO BAN Act, sending the legislation to the Senate. The No BAN Act is designed to end the discriminatory and racist entry bans on Muslims and Africans imposed...

Action Alert

Laws making voting harder is unacceptable

April 20, 2021

Action Alert

A victory for Alabama students is possible

April 20, 2021

Georgia

SPLC Applauds Stone Mountain Park for Denying Sons of Confederate Veterans Another Opportunity to Lionize the Confederacy

April 16, 2021

ATLANTA, Ga. — Recently, the Stone Mountain Memorial Association denied the Georgia division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans a permit for their Confederate Memorial Day event, which has been celebrated at the park for almost...

Florida