Statements & Filings

LGBT Tech proudly endorses the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Civil Rights Act (S.5152), introduced this week by Senator Ed Markey and Congresswoman Yvette Clarke.

As Congress continues work to strengthen digital governance and consumer protections, we are concerned about potential unintended consequences that the App Store Freedom Act (ASFA) may present for marginalized users already facing elevated digital risks.

Encryption is crucial to the global digital economy. If online services cannot use strong technical protection mechanisms like encryption, users of those services would not be able to trust that their sensitive data, including financial and health information, is safe from bad actors. Unfortunately, policymakers around the world continue to seek to undermine encryption through requirements to introduce backdoors into encrypted services despite ample evidence, like the Salt Typhoon attacks in late 2024, that backdoors always compromise security.

That is why ACT has taken the lead in developing the Global Statement on the Role of Encryption in Securing Trust and Enabling the Digital Economy. Co-signed by 61 organizations representing businesses, users, privacy advocates, and others from around the world, the statement calls on all parts of the digital ecosystem to stand together to ensure that strong encryption can continue to facilitate the digital economy.

LGBT Tech joined an amicus brief to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, challenging Florida House Bill 3, a bill that would prohibit most minors from accessing social media and effectively impose age verification requirements on everyone, not just minors.

On July 25, 2025, LGBT Tech, with McDermott Will & Emery serving as legal counsel, filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) requesting that the Court vacate the Fifth Circuit’s decision in NetChoice v. Fitch (2025).

The undersigned organizations write today in strong support of AB 322, the California Location
Privacy Act of 2025, which places reasonable restrictions on the unnecessary collection, use,
and disclosure of location information.

HTTP and the undersigned organizations urge you to support and defend the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program’s non-deployment components, which are critical to the Administration’s successful broadband infrastructure build-out. We also encourage you to support the restoration of the $2.75 billion Digital Equity Act Grant Program that complements the BEAD infrastructure investments.

The undersigned organizations write in respectful opposition to SB 690, which gives Big Tech unchecked power to spy, record, and profit from people’s most private moments—with zero accountability. SB 690 is bad for everyone, with disproportionate harms to immigrants, LGBTQ people, abortion seekers, and people protesting injustice, which is why we oppose this Dream Killer bill.

LGBT Tech has submitted a letter to the California Public Utilities Commission, expressing concern with the Proposed Decision (PD) in Rulemaking R 22-03-016.

The Supreme Court's decision to uphold a ban on health care for transgender youth is a profound and unacceptable betrayal of the most marginalized among us.

The Utah Minor Protection in Social Media Act (“the Act”) violates the First Amendment by significantly limiting both the reach of minors’ protected speech and their access to the speech of others. The Act’s method of restricting minors’ speech extends its First Amendment violations to all Utah internet users—adults and minors—by requiring invasive age verification checks that burden their rights to access lawful speech, compromise their anonymity, and jeopardize their privacy and security.

On 26 May 2025, 89 civil society organizations, companies, and cybersecurity experts, including Global Encryption Coalition members, published a joint letter to the European Commission, calling on them to address concerns around the impact that the European Internal Security Strategy (Protect EU) would have on end-to-end encryption.

The recently introduced App Store Accountability Act’s age verification and parental consent requirements risk doing more harm than good, particularly for LGBTQ+ youth who may lose access to affirming and essential digital resources.

Recent reports of the Trump administration’s proposal to eliminate the 988 LGBTQ+ Subnetwork are deeply alarming, infuriating, and unacceptable.

237 civil society organizations, companies, and cybersecurity experts, including Global Encryption Coalition members, published a joint letter to members of the Swedish Riksdag calling on them to reject legislation that would force companies to undermine the encryption of their services. In doing so, the Swedish Riksdag would leave its citizens and institutions less safe and secure.

The Joint Letter acknowledges the profound harm caused by the distribution of nonconsensual intimate imagery and recommends the TAKE IT DOWN Act be amended to add encrypted services to the list of services that are already excluded from obligations under the Act to protect users’ cybersecurity and free speech.

This week, LGBT Tech, with McDermott Will & Emery serving as legal counsel, filed an amicus brief with the California Supreme Court requesting review of the Court of Appeal's decision in the case of Snap, Inc. v. The Superior Court of San Diego County (2024).

On 13 February 2025, 109 civil society organizations, companies, and cybersecurity experts, including Global Encryption Coalition members, published a joint letter to the British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper calling on the UK Home Office to rescind its demand that Apple create a backdoor into its end-to-end encrypted services.

As New Mexico legislators consider S.B. 69, we urge them to prioritize strong consumer protection standards within the framework of this bill.

As Washington legislators consider H.B.1483, which broadens access to third-party repair services under the "right to repair" framework, we underscore the need to embed strong consumer protection standards within this legislation.

LGBT Tech stands firm in our mission to empower and uplift LGBTQ+ individuals, ensuring our community has the tools, resources, and access they need to thrive—especially in times of adversity and uncertainty. Read our full statement

LGBT Tech expresses our deepest gratitude to outgoing FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel for her leadership and unwavering commitment to ensuring equitable access to all.

LGBT Tech supports the just-introduced Extend the TikTok Deadline Act, which delays the TikTok ban deadline by 270 days to allow Congress a full and meaningful discussion about the impact of the ban. This legislation reflects a more thoughtful approach to addressing concerns around security and privacy without cutting off the millions of LGBTQ+ users, viewers, and creators who have found community and connection on TikTok.

We urge Congress and the Biden administration to support this extension, and we commend Senators Markey, Wyden, Booker, and Representative Khanna for listening to the voices of marginalized groups and for their leadership in this effort.

LGBT Tech has joined an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to strike down the impending TikTok ban, which threatens free speech and LGBTQ+ access to vital digital spaces. Meaningful regulation must address the entire digital ecosystem—not unfairly target one platform while jeopardizing marginalized communities. Read our full statement.

As Congress works to tackle the complicated issue of protecting youth online, LGBT Tech continues to urge lawmakers to avoid the risks and harms currently present in the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA).

We shared these concerns in this letter to top Congressional offices this week, signed by 28 LGBTQ+ organizations and advocacy groups from across the United States.