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Immigration Law Denies Equal Protection For Same-Sex Life Partners (06/02/2009)
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow on a bill that modifies U.S. immigration law to provide equal protection to same-sex life partners of citizens and permanent legal residents. As part of the hearing, entitled “The United American Families Act: Addressing Inequality in Federal Immigration Law,” the American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to lawmakers urging the Committee to pass S. 424, “Uniting American Families Act.”

ACLU of Florida Applauds Victory as Gainesville Voters Reject Discriminatory Effort to Remove Gainesville’s Nondiscrimination Protections for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People (03/25/2009)
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida applauds Gainesville voters’ overwhelming rejection, 58% to 42%, of an effort by anti-gay crusaders that would have repealed protections against discrimination for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in housing, employment, public accommodation, and credit extension services.

ACLU Statement On President’s Endorsement Of UN Resolution Against Criminalization Of Physical Intimacy Between Same-Sex Couples (03/18/2009)

Attorneys Urge California Supreme Court To Invalidate Prop 8 (03/05/2009)
SAN FRANCISCO - Attorneys for same-sex couples, civil rights organizations and the state Attorney General’s office appeared before the California Supreme Court today to urge the court to strike down Proposition 8, which took away the right of same-sex couples the right to marry. At issue in the case is whether the ballot initiative process can be used to take away a fundamental right only for one group of Californians based on a trait – in this case sexual orientation – that has no relevance to the group’s ability to participate in or contribute to society. Because the case has serious implications for the constitutional rights of all Californians, it has generated unprecedented support from many national and state civil rights groups as well as California legislators, local governments, bar associations, business interests, labor unions, and religious groups. The California Supreme Court, which has struck down several other initiatives in the past, is expected to issue a decision within 90 days.

New Web Campaign, Tell-Three.org, Encourages People to Talk About What it Means to be LGBT (02/03/2009)
NEW YORK – Join the Impact has partnered with other national LGBT groups to develop a web based public education campaign, www.tell-three.org, to encourage LGBT people and their supporters to have three conversations with friends and family to help build support for LGBT equality.

Annual Update - 2007 (07/02/2007)
The Annual Update of the ACLU's Nationwide Work on LGBT Rights and HIV/AIDS

Annual Update - 2006 (08/28/2006)
The Annual Update of the ACLU's Nationwide Work on LGBT Rights and HIV/AIDS

LGBT & AIDS Project brochure (05/09/2006)

LGBT & AIDS Project brochure (05/09/2006)

Annual Update - 2005 (03/08/2006)
Who We Are 2005: The Annual Update of the ACLU's Nationwide Work on LGBT Rights and HIV/AIDS

ACLU Letter Urging Kansas Public Library Not to Censor Employee for Discussing Historic Sodomy Ruling (07/16/2003)

Complaint in PFLAG, et al. v. City of Honolulu, et al. (06/30/2003)

ACLU Brief in Lawrence, et al v. Texas (06/26/2003)

Brief in Snetsinger, et al v. Montana University System, et al (06/02/2003)

ACLU Letter to Senate on The United American Families Act (06/02/2009)
On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and its more than half a million members and activists and 53 affiliates nationwide, we urge you to cosponsor S. 424, the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA). S. 424 Modifies U.S. Immigration Policy to Apply Equal Standards to the Permanent Partners of all Americans Under the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act, citizens and permanent legal residents can sponsor their spouses for immigration purposes. However, because same-sex partners of U.S. citizens are not considered “spouses,” gay U.S. citizens and permanent residents are barred from sponsoring their partners. As a result, relationships and families are inevitably

ACLU Letter to House of Representatives on The United American Families Act (06/02/2009)
On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and its more than half a million members and activists and 53 affiliates nationwide, we urge you to cosponsor H.R. 1024, the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA). H.R. 1024 Modifies U.S. Immigration Policy to Apply Equal Standards to the Permanent Partners of all Americans Under the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act, citizens and permanent legal residents can sponsor their spouses for immigration purposes. However, because same-sex partners of U.S. citizens are not considered “spouses,” gay U.S. citizens and permanent residents are barred from sponsoring their partners. As a result, relationships and families are inevitably torn. The Uniting American Families Act helps to rectify this injustice.

ACLU Letter to House Urging Co-Sponsorship of H.R. 1913, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 (04/16/2009)
The American Civil Liberties Union strongly urges you to co-sponsor H.R. 1913, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009. The legislation provides important new civil rights protections, while also providing an unprecedented level of statutory protection for free speech and association.

Letter from the ACLU Asking the House Committee on Education and Labor to Oppose Any Discriminatory Amendment to the College Opportunity and Affordability Act that Could Force Accreditation of Universities that Engage in Discrimination (11/14/2007)

ACLU Position on Vote on Final Passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (11/07/2007)

ACLU Seeks Stories of Anti-LGBT Discrimination in West Virginia (03/02/2009)

Roe v. Wade: Its Significance to the LGBT Community (01/22/2008)

Resources (07/11/2007)

The ACLU Freedom Files - Gay & Lesbian Rights (04/06/2006)

About the ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project (03/16/2006)