News & Commentary about LGBTQ Rights

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Sep 19, 2012

At DADT Repeal’s One-Year Anniversary, Refusing to Turn Back the Clock

Sep 14, 2012

Bird, Bees and Bias: How New York Schools are Failing our Young People

Aug 23, 2012

Settlement In “No Gay Reception” Case Shows that Public Businesses Do Not Have a License to Discriminate

Aug 16, 2012

Greenville County’s Perversion of Public Decency Laws

Aug 13, 2012

Working Towards an LGBT-Inclusive Platform

Aug 8, 2012

Let's Be Clear: Transgender Discrimination IS Sex Discrimination

Aug 1, 2012

Obama Promised to Stop Government-Funded Discrimination. Has He?

Aug 1, 2012

Historic Support for the Student Non-Discrimination Act

Jul 27, 2012

ACLU Urges Critical LGBT and HIV/AIDS Updates to 2012 Democratic National Platform

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Jul 27, 2012

Happy Anniversary, New York! A Look Back on an Important Year for the Freedom to Marry