Why ENDA Matters: True Stories of Anti-LGBT Employment Discrimination

Editors' Note: To illustrate why Congress must pass the Employment Non Discrimination Act (ENDA), a federal law that would ban discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in the workplace, we will be posting the firsthand accounts of people from across the nation who have been fired, refused a job, or harassed in the workplace because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Murder of Gay Puerto Rican Teen Generates Talk of Equality

PinkNews.co.uk Murder of Gay Puerto Rican Teen Generates Talk of EqualityNew America MediaEditor's Note: Last weekend Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, a 19-year-old gay teen was found decapitated, partially burned, and mutilated and left by the side .
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Gay-Friendly GOP San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders To Testify For Olson/Boies

Republican San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders, who in 2007 changed his mind on same-sex marriage in a tear-filled press conference with his lesbian daughter, will testify in the federal suit to repeal Prop 8 being brought by superstar lawyers Ted Olson and David Boies.
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The Coming 9/11 Show Trials

It is quite possible that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed may go free after masterminding the 9/11 attacks.  Why?  Because AG Holder’s decision to move KSM and the other al-Qaeda suspects out of the military courts and into the civilian courts may throw a lot of evidence out the window.
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ACLU defends lesbian student on prom issue

PinkNews.co.uk ACLU defends lesbian student on prom issueTips-Q GLBT News (blog)The American Civil Liberties Union is threatening an Alabama school district over prohibiting a lesbian from taking her girlfriend to the prom.
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OpenLeft says women have been abandoned by DNC/OFA

It's sad. And infuriating. And depressing. In recent days I've heard women's advocates, economics experts, civil libertarians, gay rights advocates, and immigration rights advocates all tell the same story of being let down by the Obama administration.
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Attempt to miscast the ACLU FAIL

Speaking about the ongoing situation involving an Alabama lesbian who wishes to take her girlfriend to the prom, the Liberty Counsel's Mat Staver says the following about his opponents at the ACLU: "anything that is anti-moral, anti-religious liberty, and anti-freedom,.
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ACLU defends lesbian student on prom issue

Autostraddle (blog) ACLU defends lesbian student on prom issueOneNewsNowThe American Civil Liberties Union is threatening an Alabama school district over prohibiting a lesbian from taking her girlfriend to the prom.
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High school prom back on, lesbians invited, thank the ACLU

High school prom back on, lesbians invited, thank the ACLU
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The sanctity of rented tuxes and booze-filled afterparties

Have you been following the case of the Alabama high school that cancelled their prom rather than allow an out lesbian to attend? Well if not, here's the gist, per the ACLU: Cynthia Stewart, a junior at Tharptown High School.
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ACLU: Guantánamo Must Be Shut Down Quickly And Properly

Anthony Romero, the head of the ACLU, who I'm going to meet at dinner with tonight, just penned a piece for the Huffington Post about Gitmo.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down DP Challenge

Just in from ACLU of Wisconsin:

Wisconsin Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge To Domestic Partnership Registry

Committed Couples Can Continue To Enjoy Limited Protections Offered By Registry

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 4, 2009 CONTACT: Chris Hampton, ACLU LGBT Project, 212-549-2673 Larry Dupuis, ACLU of Wisconsin, 414-272-4032, ext.
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VOTE!

King County residents have received mail ballots by now.Time to vote! Don't wait until November to mail back your ballot.
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Watch why we're Voting to Approve Ref. 71

Remember the other day when Keori shared her story of transformative conversation with her co-worker?  Imagine the power of transferring personal stories to video.
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Wesson teen opens up about being a lesbian

WJTV Wesson teen opens up about being a lesbianWLBT-TVShe talks about what it is like to be a teenage lesbian.
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Why ENDA Matters: True Stories of Anti-LGBT Employment Discrimination from the ACLU

Editors' Note: To illustrate why Congress must pass the Employment Non Discrimination Act (ENDA), a federal law that would ban discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in the workplace, we will be posting the firsthand accounts of people from across the nation who have been fired, refused a job, or harassed in the workplace because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Rain no impediment to pro-equality canvassers and ralliers

Saturday was a heady day of canvassing, phone banking and rallying in Washington state to Approve Referendum 71!

Vancouver Doorbelling - Organizer Rory Bowman reports: Coming off of the high of pro-71 editorials in both The Columbian and The Oregonian this week, ten folks showed up, put on ACLU t-shirts and stayed out through absolutely drenching rains to deliver about 1500 door hangers in west Vancouver, in the densest and most liberal part of the city.
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ACLU Takes on Gay Teen Yearbook Case

From WBLT3.com: The American Civil Liberties Union is taking on the case of a gay high school student whose senior portrait is being denied placement in the yearbook.
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Gay Student Fights to Wear Tuxedo in Yearbook Photo

New York Daily News Gay Student Fights to Wear Tuxedo in Yearbook PhotoNew York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV(WPIX) - An openly gay high school student in Mississippi is fighting with school officials for the right to wear a tuxedo in her upcoming yearbook portrait .
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Gay teen's photo snub challenged

New York Daily News Gay teen's photo snub challengedJackson Clarion LedgerShe also is gay and feels more comfortable in boy's clothes.
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