Tagged ACLU

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Sept. 20

1. The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit against the state of Michigan this week in response to an anti-LGBT adoption law. 2. Also in Michigan, equality advocates are fighting for state lawmakers to ...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Aug. 11

1. The transgender military ban — supposedly on hold due to the threat of nuclear war from North Korea — would be a "great favor" to the military, according to President Donald Trump. Trump addressed the ban du...

LGBT groups react to Trump’s ‘religious freedom’ executive order, Atlanta rally cancelled

President Donald Trump commemorated the 2017 National Day of Prayer in the White House Rose Garden Thursday by signing a “religious freedom” executive order that, to the relief of LGBT and equality organization...

Jameka Evans and Greg Nevins

ACLU files brief in support of Georgia lesbian fired for being gay

The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia joined the national ACLU this week in filing a friend-of-the-court brief that argued Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits workplace discrimination on the bas...

LGBT leaders, civil rights attorneys make case for LGBT-inclusive civil rights bill

A panel of LGBT leaders and civil rights attorneys met on a rainy Tuesday night in Midtown to discuss the need for comprehensive civil rights legislation in Georgia. The timing of the previously scheduled...