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Feb 18, 2025

ACLU UT's Nick Arteaga Testified Against HB 250

Read testimony from Nick Arteaga, Transgender Rights Strategist & Organizer, opposing HB 250 (Public Employee Gender-specific Language Requirements)

By Nick Arteaga

Read testimony from Nick Arteaga, Transgender Rights Strategist & Organizer, opposing HB 250 (Public Employee Gender-specific Language Requirements)

By Nick Arteaga

Feb 18, 2025

ACLU UT'S ELLIE MENLOVE TESTIFIED AGAINST HB77

Read testimony from Ellie Menlove, Legislative and Policy Counsel, opposing HB77 (Flag Display Amendments)

By Ellie Menlove

Read testimony from Ellie Menlove, Legislative and Policy Counsel, opposing HB77 (Flag Display Amendments)

By Ellie Menlove

Feb 4, 2025

What is an Executive Order and How Does it Work?

What executive orders can – and cannot – do, and why we have them in the first place

President Donald Trump holds up a recently signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House.

Jan 27, 2025

HB269, the invasive anti-trans dorm bill, explained!

Learn what HB269 means, why it’s dangerous, and how it fits into a broader pattern of harmful legislation. Learn how you can take action to protect the rights and dignity of all Utahns.

By Ellie Menlove

Learn what HB269 means, why it’s dangerous, and how it fits into a broader pattern of harmful legislation. Learn how you can take action to protect the rights and dignity of all Utahns.

By Ellie Menlove

Jan 24, 2025

Trump’s Executive Orders Rolling Back DEI and Accessibility Efforts, Explained

These orders represent a deliberate attempt to undo progress on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility and create new barriers to opportunity.

Several hands raising, one of which belongs to a Black person.

Jan 24, 2025

ACLU UT's Nick Arteaga 'Rally for trans Lives' Speech

Read Nick Arteaga, ACLU UT's Transgender Rights Strategist, speech at the Rally for trans lives on January 22, 2024!