Trans Military Ban Reversed
As Promised, President Joe Biden Delivers For The LGBTQ+ Community; Reverses Trans Military Ban Today, President Biden issued an executive order lifting the ban on…
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Impeachment: Remove Trump, NCLR Says
After the coup in the nation’s capital last Wednesday, incited by Trump, various organizations call for to remove him from office and for the immediate…
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Orgs. Mourn Her Passing
NCLR Mourns Loss of LGBTQ Equality Champion Justice Bader Ginsburg, Commit to Continue to Fight to Honor Her Legacy SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—The National Center for…
NCLR Responds To Inclusion Of Hyde Amendment In House Of Representatives
WASHINGTON—Recently, the U.S. House of Representatives introduced the Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriations bill that includes the Hyde Amendment, which bars programs from Federal…
Canada’s Nationwide Conversion Therapy Ban: Part of Growing Global Movement
Coast to Coast, Canada works on placing conversion therapy ban everywhere in the nation OTTAWA, CA—Today, Canadian Minister of Justice David Lametti and Minister of…
AG Healey Leads Multi State Court Brief Opposing Ban on Trans Service Members
BOSTON—Attorney General Maura Healey today led a coalition of 15 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief strongly opposing the Trump Administration’s plan to ban open military service…
GLAD and NCLR File Case Challenging Trump’s Directive to Reinstate Transgender Military Ban
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, lawyers from GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S….
GLAD & NCLR Applaud U.S. Dept. of Education Mandate on Equal Treatment of Transgender Students
SAN FRANCISCO—GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) today applaud a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals…
NCLR Aniversary Celebration to Honor Black Lives Matter, Lesbian Mom & Transgender Boy
SAN FRANCISCO—The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) is proud to announce it will honor the co-founders of Black Lives Matter for their commitment to…
NCLR: Kudos to Governor Cuomo for Bold Executive Action to End Conversion Therapy in NY
The Gov. Efforts to End Conversion Therapy makes NY the 6th Jurisdiction to Pass Such Legislation NEW YORK—Yesterday, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced…
Hillary Clinton’s Landmark LGBT Policy Brief
Yesterday, Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton unveiled a landmark policy paper addressing issues that affect the LGBT community. Clinton’s policy proposal is the first and…
Fla. Same-Sex Couples Ask Federal Court to Order State Officials to Treat Them Equally
Ask to have Both Parents Listed on their Children’s Birth Certificates TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Yesterday, the married same-sex couples suing the State of Florida asked a federal…
Mother Asks Supreme Court to Review Alabama’s Anti-Gay Parent Measure
Review Unprecedented Alabama Refusal to Recognize a Same-Sex Parent Adoption from Another State and Asks the Court to Stay Alabama Decision So She Can Have Visitation with…
FL Same-Sex Couples Ask Federal Court to Order State Officials to Treat Them Equally
Ask to have Both Parents Listed on their Children’s Birth Certificates TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Yesterday, the married same-sex couples suing the State of Florida asked a federal…
Obama Administration Supports Virginia Trans Teen
The Obama Administration, on October 28th, filed a brief with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Gavin Grimm, a transgender male student at Gloucester…
Two Landmark Transgender Rights Bills Pass California Assembly
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—Today, the California State Assembly passed two bills—authored by Senator Mark Leno and co-sponsored by the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), Equality…
U.S. Department of Justice Affirms Title IX Protection for Transgender Students
Today, the Department of Justice affirmed that Title IX protects the right of transgender students to use the restroom that matches their gender identity. Earlier…
Illinois Bill Protecting LGBT Youth from Conversion Therapy Moves to Governor
SPRINGFIELD, Illi.—Today, the Illinois State Senate voted 34-19 to pass House Bill 217, the Illinois Youth Mental Health Protection Act that will protect lesbian, gay,…
NCLR Applauds Introduction of Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act by Congressman Lieu
WASHINGTON, DC—The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) applauds U.S. Congressman Ted W. Lieu’s introduction of the Therapeutic Fraud Act, the first nationwide bill that…
NCLR & ACLU of Alabama Applaud President Obama’s Support For Marriage Equality in Alabama
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, in an interview with BuzzFeed, President Obama stated that he would welcome a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that same-sex couples have…
NCLR & HRC to the Court: Discrimination against Trans Employees Violates Federal Civil Rights Protections
Two of the nation’s top LGBT civil rights organizations file joint brief in transgender employee’s federal discrimination case against Saks Fifth Avenue HOUSTON, Texas—Yesterday, the…
All Florida Clerks Must Issue Marriage Licenses to Gay Couples
FLORIDA—Today, federal district court Judge Robert L. Hinkle confirmed his marriage ruling in a new order stating that clerks of ALL Florida counties must issue marriage…
Illinois State Appeals Court Ends Discrimination Against Unmarried Couples
CHICAGO, Ili.—Today, in a landmark decision, the Illinois Court of Appeals for the First District ruled that courts may not discriminate against unmarried couples by…