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Rose Saxe

Deputy Director, LGBT & HIV Project

ACLU

Pronouns: she/her

Bio

Rose is a Deputy Project Director at the ACLU’s LGBT & HIV Project. Her work focuses on advancing equality for LGBTQ people and people living with HIV through litigation, policy advocacy and communications.

Rose was part of the ACLU’s litigation team in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the case in which a same-sex couple was refused a wedding cake because they are gay, and Windsor v. United States, which struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act in 2014. She has also worked to advance nondiscrimination legislation at the federal, state and local level, on legislative attacks on LGBTQ equality including efforts to use religion to discriminate, and on state and federal HIV policy issues.

Prior to joining the ACLU, Rose worked as a judicial law clerk to Judge Sonia Sotomayor on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and to Judge Janet Bond Arterton of the the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. Rose graduated from Yale University School of Law and Georgetown University.


Featured work

Jun 17, 2020

SCOTUS Must Now Ensure LGBTQ People Are Not Turned Away From Taxpayer-Funded Programs

SCOTUS Must Now Ensure LGBTQ People Are Not Turned Away From Taxpayer-Funded Programs

Jun 15, 2020

What Today's Supreme Court Ruling Means for the LGBTQ Community

What Today's Supreme Court Ruling Means for the LGBTQ Community

May 15, 2020

Contact Tracing and COVID-19: Lessons From HIV

Contact Tracing and COVID-19: Lessons From HIV

Feb 18, 2020

There is a Coordinated Attack Against Trans Youth in State Legislatures

There is a Coordinated Attack Against Trans Youth in State Legislatures

Apr 10, 2019

The American People Support LGBTQ Equality. Congress Should Too.

The American People Support LGBTQ Equality. Congress Should Too.

Feb 7, 2018

A California Judge Allows a Baker to Discriminate Against a Lesbian Couple Who Wanted a Wedding Cake

A California Judge Allows a Baker to Discriminate Against a Lesbian Couple Who Wanted a Wedding Cake

Dec 1, 2017

It’s Always Been About Discrimination for LGBT People

It’s Always Been About Discrimination for LGBT People

Mar 19, 2015

Why Utah Is No Utopia for LGBT Equality Despite Progress

Why Utah Is No Utopia for LGBT Equality Despite Progress

Apr 9, 2014

What North Carolina's Refusal to Recognize the Marriages of Same Sex Couples Really Means

What North Carolina's Refusal to Recognize the Marriages of Same Sex Couples Really Means

Feb 3, 2012

PBS' Perpetuating Stigma Highlights HIV Criminalization

PBS' Perpetuating Stigma Highlights HIV Criminalization