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Federal Judge Rules That Students Canât Be Barred From Expressing Support for Gay People
Principal Said Rainbows Are Sexually Suggestive
After a two-day trial in which a Florida high school principal testified that he believed clothing or stickers featuring rainbows would m…

ACLU Takes On High School Principal For Discriminating Against Male Couple
A public high school principal who posted the names of two boys on a list of students believed to be couples, revealing their relationshi…

LGBT Adults Reading and Responding to More Blogs Than Heterosexuals
According to a recent national survey conducted by Harris Interactive, gay and lesbian adults online are reading more blogs than their he…

ACLU Tells Peace Corps To Stop Barring People With HIV From Serving As Volunteers
The American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to the Peace Corps today demanding that it change its policy of barring people with HIV …

Immigration Equality hosts "Lobby Week 2008" on May 6, 7 and 8, to promote congressional support of The Uniting American Families Act
On May 6, 7 and 8, Immigration Equality will host "Lobby Week 2008," bringing binational same-sex couples to Washington, D.C. to lobby fo…

H&R Block Tells Gay Couples In Connecticut: We Donât Support Connecticut Civil Union Returns
The American Civil Liberties Union sent a demand letter to H&R Block today demanding that it change its online tax preparation system to…

Five States and the District of Columbia Now Allow Domestic Partners to File Joint Returns
Same-sex couples in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont have been allowed to file joint returns in previous years, but this spring see…

OutGreetings Announces Non-Profit Partnership Program
OutGreetings (outgreetings.com), a new e-card and event planning service that caters to the gay and lesbian community, seeks non-profit o…

WA Gov Signs Into LAw Expansion of Domestic Partner Rights
Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire signed a bill Wednesday that will expand the state's domestic partner law to provide more than 160 new rig…

Ric Weiland leaves $65 million to support Gay rights and HIV/AIDS organizations
Pride Foundation of Seattle announces the establishment of a sizable new fund from the estate of Ric Weiland. Mr. Weiland's gift of $65 m…

2008: The Year of the Lesbian
Community Marketing researchers are often asked, "Whatâs new in lesbian and gay market trends?" This year, the most important insights co…

ACLU Urges House Committee to Fix Flawed Workplace Religious Freedom Act
The American Civil Liberties Union today called on the Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions subcommittee of the House Education & Labo…

Appeals Court Says State Must Recognize Canadian Marriage of New York Lesbian Couple
In a unanimous decision, a New York appellate court today ruled that marriages of same-sex couples entered into outside of New York must …

Human Rights Campaign Urges Participation in Diversity Initiative
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the nationâs largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, highlighted …

Federal Appeals Court Says It's OK for School to Teach Children's Book Encouraging Tolerance for Gay People
A Massachusetts federal appeals court on January 31 ruled that an elementary school can continue to use children's books that encourage t…

DNC Elects Record Number of LGBT Members to 2008 Convention Committees
The Executive Committee of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) unanimously elected DNC Chairman Howard Dean's nominations for the Cha…

New Leaders Elected to NALGBTCC's National Board
The National Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Centers today announced the appointment of Robbin Burr, Div…

Human Rights Campaign Highlights Best Places to Work for 2008
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the nationâs largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, today releas…

Point Foundation Opens 2008 LGBT Scholarship Application Season
Point Foundation (Point), the nationâs largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) studen…

Truth WinsOut.org Alarmed By Mike Huckabee's Anti-Gay Appearance On Meet The Press and Ties To Known Extremists
TruthWinsOut.org today called Mike Huckabee's statements on Meet the Press about gay people backwards and also raised serious questions a…

New Survey of LGBT Community Finds Clinton is Favorite fro 2008
In the first public, political survey ever conducted by a university-based team of scholars with a nationally representative sample of le…

American Bar Association Creates Commission on Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
A newly created American Bar Association Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity will work to eliminate bias and discriminat…

New Study Shows Massive Increase in Same-Sex Couples
The Williams Institute for Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at the UCLA School of Law released a report today documenting a gay d…

ENDA Passes House of Representatives
On November 7, the United States House of Representatives took a historic step forward in equal rights for LGBT people by passing the Emp…

Federal Court Agrees with ACLU: Schools Can Protect Both Gay Students and Religious Speech
A federal appeals court on October 26 agreed with the American Civil Liberties Union, ruling that a school policy designed to protect les…

Is Romney REALLY Bragging About Bob Jones Endorsements?
Apparently, smooth talking Mitt Romney is so desperate to win over the extreme right wing of the Republican Party that he is willing to t…

ACLU and Equality Maryland Denounce 4 to 3 Decision by Maryland High Court
The American Civil Liberties Union and Equality Maryland on September 18 denounced the divided Maryland Court of Appeals decision upholdi…

The Matthew Shepard Foundation applauds today's passage of the historic Matthew Shepard Act
"Today's Senate vote sends a bold and unmistakable message that violent crimes committed in the name of hate must end,Š said Judy an…

New Report Shows Major Increase in Basic Workplace Protections for Gay, Transgender Employees
The number of Fortune 500 companies that ban workplace discrimination for transgender Americans has risen 60 percent since Jan. 2006 and …

ACLU Tells Federal Court It Can Protect Both Gay Students and Free Speech
The American Civil Liberties Union on July 25 told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that a school policy designed to prote…

Civil Rights Groups Call for Fairness in U.S. Immigration Policy for Gay Couples
Though the defeat of the Presidentâs immigration bill HR 2316 /S. 1547, received national news coverage, another important immigrati…

What A Difference A Year Makes
Rick Stafford, chair of the Democratic National Committeeâs LGBT Caucus, today marked PRIDE Month by applauding the strong leadershi…











 

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