Articles about ACLU

23 May 2013
Florida: Lesbian teen expelled from school and charged over same-sex relationship 20 Campaigners have condemned the arrest and expulsion of a lesbian high school pupil for having a same-sex relationship with a younger student.
16 May 2013
US: ACLU pushes ‘Modern Family’ TV show creators to allow gay characters to get married 5 The American Civil Liberties Union has begun pushing the producers of US television show Modern Family, to write an episode in which the gay couple featured on it, get married.
14 May 2013
US: After allowing gay-straight alliance, school board may once again move to ban it 8 The School Board at a middle school in Florida which temporarily allowed a gay-straight alliance club after it was threatened with legal action, may be attempting to make moves to ban the club once more.
10 May 2013
US: California Assembly passes two bills on transgender rights 4 The California State Assembly has approved two transgender rights bills despite opposition from Republican members.
2 May 2013
US: Human rights group to take on case of bisexual girl barred from starting gay-straight alliance 3 The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has said it will take on the case of a 14-year-old student in the US, who was banned from starting a Gay-Straight Alliance club at her middle school.
30 April 2013
US: ACLU demands apology for trans student after ‘prom queen’ controversy 2 The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has set Friday 3 May as the deadline for a Pennsylvania school to apologise for having listed a trans student on a 'prom queen' ballot, when he had campaigned to be 'prom king'.
27 April 2013
US: Bill introduced in Washington would allow businesses to discriminate against gay people 53 A bill introduced by Washington state legislators on Thursday is seeking to allow businesses to be exempt from anti-discrimination laws in cases that contradict with the owner's "sincerely held religious beliefs, philosophical beliefs, or matters of conscience."
20 April 2013
US: Second lawsuit filed against florist which refused to serve same-sex wedding couple 34 A second lawsuit has been filed against a florist in the US state of Washington which refused to provide its services to a same-sex wedding, citing religious objections.
28 March 2013
US: Kentucky overrules veto on bill protecting actions motivated by religious belief 13 The Senate and House of Kentucky have voted to override the Governor's veto on a religious freedom law, which opponents worry may protect those who discriminate against LGBT people.
18 March 2013
US: Human rights group alleges Californian school district harbours anti-gay discrimination 1 The American Clivil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California wrote to a school district demanding that it end discrimination against gay students by administrators and teachers in its high schools.
13 March 2013
US: Human rights group threatens legal action over school which banned gay-straight alliance 4 US human rights group the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has threatened to sue a Pennsylvania school board which banned students from forming a gay-straight alliance.
16 July 2012
ACLU asks Supreme Court to hear lesbian widow’s DOMA case 8 The Supreme Court has been asked to hear the case of a lesbian widow forced to pay more than $350,000 in federal estate tax after her wife died.
17 August 2011
Gay rights group sues Missouri school district over website blocks 7 A school district in Missouri, US, is being sued by a gay rights group for restricting access to informative gay websites.
20 July 2011
Vermont wedding venue bars lesbian couple 16 A lesbian couple from New York City are suing a Vermont inn for refusing to host their wedding party.
20 May 2011
California firm agrees to drop gay websites ban in schools 5 A California web filter provider has become the first major company to drop a feature which allows schools to ban gay websites.
4 April 2011
US lesbian teenager allowed to wear tux to prom 7 A lesbian teenager from Illinois has been given the right to wear a tuxedo to her prom.
3 March 2011
Texas school bans all clubs to prevent gay-straight alliance being formed 29 A school in Texas has banned all extra-curricular clubs in a move to deny a student's request to form a Gay-Straight Alliance that would bring together lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and straight students.
10 February 2010
US science professor ‘told students homosexuality is a mental illness’ 28 A health science professor at an American college allegedly used the Bible to teach his students 'facts' about homosexuality.
6 January 2010
Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon to fight gay adoption ban 5 Lesbian actress Cynthia Nixon will be kicking off a campaign to repeal Florida's ban on gays and lesbians adopting.

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