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By Dennis McMillan UniteForMarriage Holds Rally at San Francisco City Hall As the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on four cases that may determine the future of marriage equality in…
NCLR’s Work in 2015 and Beyond
By Christopher Stoll, Esq. As we edge closer to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could bring the freedom to marry to same-sex couples from coast to coast, we at…
NCLR to Honor Idaho Navy Veteran and Couples/Legal Team in Historic Supreme Court Marriage Case
The National Center for Lesbian Rights will honor a retired Navy veteran and NCLR client who is fighting to bring LGBT equality to Idaho, and NCLR will also honor the…
Ensuring Equality in Healthcare Access
For those who think “separate but equal” laws are a thing of the past, consider the newness of marriage equality (for some), or the ongoing plight of our immigrant communities…
Faith and Love
In recent weeks, several states and national Republican leaders have been pushing for laws and policies to allow businesses to discriminate against LGBT people—and to discriminate against other historically marginalized…
SF Pride Generates Mega $ for City and Announces This Year’s Grand Marshals, Honorees
There is plenty of Pride news, with the 45th annual San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration and Parade being less than three months away. The Office of Economic Analysis in San…
Rainbow Honor Walk James Baldwin: Passionate Advocate for Human Rights By Dr. Bill Lipsky
In 1953, when he was only 29 years old, James Baldwin published Go Tell It on the Mountain, his first novel. The semi-autobiographical story of growing up in a deeply…
From San Francisco City Hall to the U.S. Supreme Court
The atmosphere was electric and the excitement and anticipation palpable, as over a thousand LGBT people from all across the country gathered in Washington, DC, on Tuesday for the historic…
LGBT Seniors Are Particularly Vulnerable to Both Mental and Physical Abuse
I’ve worked in the field of elder abuse prevention for the past 25 years and, sadly, I’ve heard many stories about elder abuse in our community. Our reluctance to face…
Breaking Down Barriers to Sports and Business
At a Civil Rights Summit in Austin last April 2014, basketball great Bill Russell related the current struggles of gay athletes fighting for equal playing opportunities with the decades-long discrimination…
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