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ACLU Urges Tennessee Appeals Court To Protect Rights Of Lesbian Mom (12/23/2008)
NASHVILLE – In a brief filed today, the American Civil Liberties Union is urging a Tennessee appeals court to remove a ban preventing a divorced mom from having her partner of nine years and her own children stay at her home at the same time. The trial court unconstitutionally imposed the so-called "paramour restriction" on the lesbian couple even though the psychologist who performed the custodial evaluation in the case found the partner to be a positive influence in the children's lives.

ACLU Joins New Orleans Gay Pride Festivities (06/26/2008)
New Orleans - This weekend, the American Civil Liberties Union will participate in New Orleans's Gay Pride festival to support the LGBT community and to call attention to the discrimination lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people face throughout Louisiana.

ACLU Hosts Weeklong Online Symposium On LGBT Pride (06/16/2008)
NEW YORK – In celebration of LGBT Pride, several of the nation's top lesbian gay bisexual transgender writers, leaders and supporters will participate in an online symposium beginning today on the ACLU Blog of Rights (http://blog.aclu.org) and on the Get Busy, Get Equal blog (www.aclu.org/getequal) featured on the ACLU's LGBT activist toolkit. Participants will be discussing a wide range of issues affecting the LGBT community ranging from the first marriages of lesbian and gay couples in California to the need for a federal law barring workplace discrimination based gender identity and sexual orientation to censorship of LGBT students in the nation's schools.

ACLU Urges LGBT People To "Get Busy, Get Equal" (05/13/2008)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union launched a new version of its Get Busy, Get Equal online activist toolkit, www.aclu.org/getequal . Get Busy, Get Equal now incorporates new technology to make it easier for LGBT people to work for change in their communities. The website offers tools for ending gay and transgender discrimination, making schools safe, and winning recognition for LGBT relationships.

ACLU Cheers Free-Speech Friendly Hate Crimes Legislation (09/27/2007)
Washington, DC – The American Civil Liberties Union today applauded the passage of the Matthew Shepard Amendment to the Defense Department authorization bill that for the first time punishes hate crimes without infringing on free speech. The amendment, offered by Senators Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Gordon Smith (R-OR), will broaden the definition of hate crimes and give more resources to local districts unable to investigate them single-handedly.

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)

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)

Coalition Letter Urging Congress Only to Move on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act if Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity are Addressed in One Bill (10/01/2007)

ACLU Letter in Support of Kennedy-Smith Hate Crimes Amendment to the Defense Bill (09/27/2007)

ALCU Letter Urging Senate to Support Equal Immigration Protections for Same-Sex Couples (06/13/2007)

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)

ACLU and the History of LGBT Rights & HIV/AIDS (03/16/2006)