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Awardees to Be Honored at NCLR’s 2019 Anniversary Celebration
The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) each year presents Courage and Vanguard awards to recipients during the organization’s Anniversary celebrations. At this year’s event, which will take place on…
NCLR in the Courts
The following represents NCLR’s most recent cases. In addition to those mentioned, NCLR pioneered second-parent adoptions and other parenting protections. NCLR was also lead counsel on winning marriage at the…
I Survived Eight Years of Conversion Therapy, But I Fought Back
By Kate McCobb– My name is Kate McCobb and I survived eight years of conversion therapy. This is my story. In 2006, when I was 25, I began seeing a…
We Belong at the Table
By Tyrone Hanley– When I went to law school, there was that initial reaction of: Oh! There are already too many lawyers in Washington! But guess what? There weren’t—and still…
NCLR Grew Out of a Passion for Justice
By Roberta Achtenberg and The Honorable Donna Hitchens– Forty-two years ago, with the support of Equal Rights Advocates, we founded the Lesbian Rights Project to secure the parenting rights of…
Rainbow World Fund Delegation Travels to Cuba Despite Sudden Cancellation of Nation’s Pride Celebrations
Rainbow World Fund (RWF), under the direction of Founder and President Jeff Cotter, has organized visits to Cuba since 2012. Each Jornada, or journey, has largely been educational, focusing on…
In the News: 5.02.19
Supreme Court to Rule on LGBT Rights The U.S. Supreme Court on April 22 announced that it would review appeals in three different LGBT-related cases: Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda,…
Ann Rostow: Once More into the Breach with SCOTUS
By Ann Rostow– Once More into the Breach with SCOTUS By now you know that the Supreme Court has agreed to settle two major, and related, questions: Does Title VII’s…
Act Now to Reduce Your 2019 Tax Bill
By Brandon Miller, CFP– Cartoonists often depict unpleasant shock by drawing characters with their eyes comically popping out of their face. That image keeps coming to mind when I hear…
Comparing Similar Yet Different Compacts
By Philip Ruth– Much has been made of the march from sedans to crossovers and SUVs. But the humble four-door has improved by leaps and bounds, and it still remains…
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