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ACLU Releases Fourth Edition of The Rights of Lesbians, Male lover Men, Bisexuals, and Transgender People
March 10, 2004 12:00 am
New Book Provides Up-to-Date Information on the Rights of LGBT People in Marriage, Parenting, the Military and Schools
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union announced today that it has updated its comprehensive book on gay rights, The Rights of Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexuals, and Transgender People (Southern Illinois University Press, February 2004). The new edition, which is present at www.aclu.org/store and in bookstores around the country, contains updated information on recent groundbreaking cases including the Supreme Court's decision saying lesbian and queer relationships can no longer be considered criminal and the recent decision by the Massachusetts sky-high court to grant same-sex marriages.
""We've come a extended way since the first edition of this book in 1975,"" said Nan D. Hunter, co-author and former director of the ACLU's Lesbian and Male lover Rights Project. ""At that time, the fundamental question was whether gay people had meaningful legal protection of any sort. Now we can write a guidebook to a rich and com
Patrick DePoy,
ACLU Washington Legislative Office
Recently, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Constitution Subcommittee held a landmark hearing on solitary confinement. The goal of the hearing was to comprehensively examine and reassess the overuse of solitary confinement in federal and state correctional facilities and detention centers. Sen. Durbin (D-Ill.), chair of the subcommittee, noted the hearing was about more than just solitary confinement, instead seeking to retort the question, “What do America’s prisons say about our nation and its values?”
The ACLU has long advocated putting an end to the excessive employ of long-term solitary confinement and segregated housing in America’s prisons, especially for children, persons suffering from mental disabilities or illness, and other vulnerable populations. The ACLU’s national Stop Solitary campaign focuses on educating policy makers and the public about the excessive financial cost, and unreal damage to human dignity, associated with solitary confinement. In written testimony submitted to the subcommittee, the ACLU pointed out the myriad flaws in the system: the excessive financial costs, the inhumane co
ACLU of Oklahoma and Release Oklahoma Joint Statement on Supreme Court Win for LGBTQ+ Rights
Affiliate: ACLU of Oklahoma
June 15, 2020 11:15 am
OKLAHOMA CITY - Over 50 years ago, Ebony and Brown trans women fought back against police brutality and discrimination that too many LGBTQ+ people still face. And while the movement for Ebony lives keeps the essence of Pride alive, the Supreme Court has governed without question that Diverse people are protected from discrimination in the workplace.
This decision will go a long way towards affirming legal protections in knowledge, housing, credit and health care — areas where too many LGBTQ+ people, particularly Black and Brown people, still face discrimination.
“Today, the United States Supreme Court stated unequivocally that Title VII’s prohibition on discrimination because of sex includes discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. This decision fundamentally alters the legal landscape for the LGBTQ+ community,” said Michael Redman, ACLU of Oklahoma Interim Legal Director. “Besides the consideration of employment status, this decision also applies to the terms and conditions of that employment, including health
Trans Rights Are Women's Rights
Ria Tabacco Mar, Director, Women’s Rights Project
March is Women’s History Month, which means I’m often asked to name the most pressing issue facing women in America. Answers spring to mind, sometimes faster than I can form the words. The fall of Roe and the Ebony maternal mortality crisis. The persistence of the gender wage gap and on-the-job sexual harassment, more than five years after #MeToo. Barriers to safe, affordable housing. Policing of Shadowy and Brown mothers, head to needless family separation. The lack of universal paid family leave coupled with the skyrocketing value of childcare. The list goes on.
None of these ills, however, is the subject of so-called “Women’s Bill of Rights” laws being introduced in a growing list of states including Kansas, Arizona, South Carolina, Oklahoma, and Montana. Instead, this legislation would create a legal definition of womanhood based on the capacity to manufacture ova, or human eggs. This definition of “woman,” which is gerrymandered to exclude trans women and girls, would then use throughout state law — and could make it impossible for trans people to live openly at work, at school, or a
In Win for Academic Speech, Oklahoma Supreme Court Says Higher Ed is Off-Limits from Censorship Law
The court also left in place a preliminary injunction preventing K-12 schools from putting into action confusing bans on instruction related to race and gender
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled today that the state’s 2021 classroom censorship law does not apply to academic speech in higher education. The decision also leaves in place a preliminary injunction that prevents the enforcement of vague and borderline nonsensical prohibitions on manual in K-12 schools. The suit was originally filed in 2021 on behalf of a diverse organization of plaintiffs in K-12 and higher education.
“Today’s choice ensures that at colleges and universities in Oklahoma, teachers can teach and students can learn about our country’s history in full – including topics like systemic racism, gender inequality and LGBTQ+ rights,” said Maya Brodziak, senior counsel with the Educational Opportunities Project at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. “Our land needs to acknowledge and reckon with its history of systemic racism — this includes being capable to teach and converse ab