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HRC hires state leaders to promote LGBT equality in Mississippi, Alabama
WASHINGTON — The Human Rights Campaign has announced the hiring of two more state leaders as part of its Project One America campaign to promote LGBT equality in three deeply conservative southern states. Rob Hill, a former clergyman, will lead the HRC’s efforts in Mississippi, and Ashley Jackson, co-founder of the Mississippi Safe Schools …
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HRC hires Ark. director to promote LGBT equality in three southern states
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A Little Rock native who has worked for several nonprofits will be the first Arkansas director for the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights group. The Washington-based Human Rights Campaign announced Monday it had hired Kendra Johnson as its state director as part of its $8.5 million Project One America campaign to promote LGBT equality…
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Ala. couple asks judge to skip trial, rule on same-sex marriage ban
MOBILE, Ala. — Two women challenging Alabama’s ban on recognizing same-sex marriages are asking a judge to decide the case without holding a trial. Attorneys for Cari Searcy and Kimberly McKeand of Mobile filed the request in federal court in Mobile. They have one of three federal lawsuits challenging Alabama’s ban.
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Alabama appeals court rules state’s sodomy law unconstitutional
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama appeals court on Friday ruled that the state’s ban on consensual oral and anal sex, aimed at criminalizing homosexual conduct, is unconstitutional. The appeals courts said that a portion of Alabama’s sexual misconduct statute — which reads in part, “consent is no defense to a prosecution” — was unconstitutional.
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Third federal lawsuit filed challenging Alabama same-sex marriage ban
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Alabama on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit challenging Alabama’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a same-sex couple from Birmingham who married in Massachusetts but their marriage is not recognized in their home state.
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HRC kicks-off campaign for LGBT equality laws in three southern states
JACKSON, Miss. — The national LGBT advocacy group, the Human Rights Campaign, plans to seek anti-discrimination state laws to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people in Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas.
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Ala. group plans protest at SPLC office in defense of same-sex marriage ban
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A Southern heritage group is defending Alabama’s ban on same-sex marriage. The Alabama-based League of the South is planning a protest for Friday morning in Montgomery outside the Southern Poverty Law Center, which is trying to overturn the ban.
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Ala. couple files federal lawsuit seeking marriage recognition
MOBILE, Ala. — Two Alabama women filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to force the state to recognize their out-of-state marriage so they can both be legal parents to their 8-year-old son.
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Alabama photography exhibit explores dynamics of youths’ sexual identity
For many, it’s difficult to understand Foster Noone’s sexual identity. The 17-year-old uses the labels of bisexual, trans and gender neutral all at once. A photography exhibition that opened at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute on Wednesday night seeks to put a face on such young people while exploring the difficult dynamics of family acceptance of their identities in the Deep South.
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HRC plans three-year LGBT rights campaign in three Deep South states
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The nation’s largest LGBT advocacy organization is launching a three-year, $8.5 million campaign to promote LGBT equality and push for new legal protections in three Southern states dominated by conservative politics and religion and known for resistance to change: Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi.