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Gay-bashing, Obama-trashing, trans-banning, gorilla-loving comments
“Why is the life of the child more important than that of the rare, endangered gorilla?” Just one of this week’s top comments
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Georgia ACLU director quits over group’s support for trans rights
Maya Dillard Smith says the ACLU’s support for transgender Americans comes at the expense of women’s rights.
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Opponents of NC’s anti-trans bathroom law try clever new strategy
Representative of several organizations and lawmakers held a news conference Monday.
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Hate groups are reaching out to minorities more than LGBT orgs
LGBT groups assume minority communities will climb on board and fight for our equality. That lack of outreach has become our Achilles’ heel.
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ACLU accuses Kentucky prison of illegal anti-gay mail ban
A policy at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex prohibits prisoners from receiving items that “promote homosexuality.”
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GOP lawmakers want exemptions for gay marriage opponents
The measures follow this summer’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that effectively legalized gay marriage.
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Gloucester County transgender student granted trial after hearing in Norfolk
At a hearing today, Gavin Grimm, 16, went before a Federal District judge to fight for his right to use the bathroom of the gender he identifies with.
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Kansas seeks dismissal of ACLU lawsuit on gay marriage
Kansas contended in a court filing that continued litigation “serves no legitimate purpose.”
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Public workers can’t refuse to issue marriage licenses
County officials have a duty to impartially administer the law and cannot refuse issuing licenses to same-sex couples if they have religious objections, the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday in a letter to the state attorney general.
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Wisconsin’s battle to defend same-sex marriage ban will cost taxpayers $1 million
An agreement announced Friday calls for the state to pay the American Civil Liberties Union, which represented eight couples who sued to overturn Wisconsin’s 2006 constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.