Lgbt Rights
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LGBT rights in the developing world
The mission of the ACLU LGBT Project is the creation of a society in which lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people enjoy the constitutional rights ofequality, privacy and personal autonomy, and freedom of expression and association.
The ACLU has a long history defending the LGBT community. We brought our first LGBT rights case in 1936 andfounded the LGBT Project in 1986. The ACLU’s LGBT rights strategy is based on the belief that fighting for the society we want means not just persuading judges and government officials, but ultimatelychanging the way society thinks about LGBT people. To end discrimination, the ACLU seeks both to change the law and to convince Americans that sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination iswrong. The ACLU carries out this work in five priority areas: Basic Rights and Liberties, Parenting, Relationships and Marriage, Youth and Schools, and Transgender Discrimination.
Today the ACLUbrings more LGBT cases and advocacy initiatives than any other national organization. With our reach into the courts and legislatures of every state, there is no other organization that can match ourrecord of making progress both in the courts of law and in the court of public opinion.
Basic Rights and Liberties
The ACLU works to ensure that LGBT people have equal opportunity to participatefully in civil society. No LGBT person should experience discrimination in employment, housing, or in businesses and public places, or the suppression of their free expression or privacy rights. The ACLUseeks new laws against discrimination in states and at the federal level, and resists all attempts to weaken the impact of existing nondiscrimination laws. With the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,”our current federal priority is passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
Parenting
Fighting restrictions on parenting by LGBT people is critical because this discrimination causes...
The mission of the ACLU LGBT Project is the creation of a society in which lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people enjoy the constitutional rights ofequality, privacy and personal autonomy, and freedom of expression and association.
The ACLU has a long history defending the LGBT community. We brought our first LGBT rights case in 1936 andfounded the LGBT Project in 1986. The ACLU’s LGBT rights strategy is based on the belief that fighting for the society we want means not just persuading judges and government officials, but ultimatelychanging the way society thinks about LGBT people. To end discrimination, the ACLU seeks both to change the law and to convince Americans that sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination iswrong. The ACLU carries out this work in five priority areas: Basic Rights and Liberties, Parenting, Relationships and Marriage, Youth and Schools, and Transgender Discrimination.
Today the ACLUbrings more LGBT cases and advocacy initiatives than any other national organization. With our reach into the courts and legislatures of every state, there is no other organization that can match ourrecord of making progress both in the courts of law and in the court of public opinion.
Basic Rights and Liberties
The ACLU works to ensure that LGBT people have equal opportunity to participatefully in civil society. No LGBT person should experience discrimination in employment, housing, or in businesses and public places, or the suppression of their free expression or privacy rights. The ACLUseeks new laws against discrimination in states and at the federal level, and resists all attempts to weaken the impact of existing nondiscrimination laws. With the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,”our current federal priority is passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
Parenting
Fighting restrictions on parenting by LGBT people is critical because this discrimination causes...
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