National Center for Lesbian Rights

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  Congrats to the brides! Salt Lake City’s out mayor marries her partner

  Wednesday, August 17, 2016

  "We have always been bonded by love, but now we are joined by law," Jackie Biskupski posted on Facebook.

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  Plaintiffs in Fla. gay marriage suit ask court to rule ban is unconstitutional

  Thursday, May 1, 2014

  MIAMI -- Plaintiffs challenging Florida’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage asked a state court on Thursday to rule that the ban is unconstitutional.

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  N.M. same-sex marriage ruling comes following couple’s three-decade wait

  Friday, December 20, 2013

  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Miriam Rand and Ono Porter were having lunch when the couple got a call that they'd been waiting for, for three decades: New Mexico's Supreme Court had just issued a ruling on same-sex…

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  MN’s largest daily newspaper calls Anoka-Hennepin policy on LGBT issues ‘gutless’

  Saturday, August 6, 2011

  In a sharply worded editorial, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune this week criticized the Anoka-Hennepin School District, calling the state's largest schools district "gutless" for it's neutrality policy on LGBT issues.

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  Minnesota students sue school district over neutrality policy on sexual orientation

  Thursday, July 21, 2011

  The Anoka-Hennepin school district in Minneapolis -- Minnesota's largest school district -- is being sued in federal court by five gay and lesbian students over its policy regarding the teaching and discussion of sexual orientation in…

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  Judge rules gay softball league can limit the number of straight players

  Saturday, June 4, 2011

  A federal judge in Seattle this week refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by three men who claim they were disqualified from the 2008 Gay Softball World Series for not being "gay enough," but did rule…

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  School district will allow lesbian teens to participate in pep rally together

  Sunday, January 30, 2011

  Less than 24 hours after filing a lawsuit against their high school for preventing them from participating as a same-sex couple at an upcoming school assembly, two lesbian teens have been granted permission to walk together…

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  Lesbian teens sue after blocked from entering pep rally as same-sex couple

  Saturday, January 29, 2011

  MINNEAPOLIS -- Two lesbian teens are suing Champlin Park High School and the state's largest school district for preventing them from participating as a same-sex couple at an upcoming school assembly.

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