Each weekday, Get Busy, Get Equal brings you a sampling of national and regional LGBT news, the latest on what's new in LGBT relationships, and new developments in ACLU work. We're making progress, but since every step forward is met with resistance, we've got to fight smart to win. Get informed.

ACLU NEWS

Wesson, MS School Dress Code Discrimination

Ceara Sturgis, an openly lesbian student at Wesson Attendance Center, wore a tux in her senior class photo, and her school is refusing to print the photo in the yearbook. The ACLU of Mississippi is assisting Ceara.

• The New York Times: Can a Boy Wear a Skirt to School?

RELATIONSHIPS NEWS

California

• Los Angeles Times: By a Small Margin, California Voters Support Same-Sex Marriage

Maine

• Associated Press: Schools emerge as new tactic in gay marriage votes
• The Daily Show - Comedy Central: VIDEO - Can't Get Queer from Here
• Pam's House Blend: Breaking Down The Votes in Maine
• Good As You: VIDEO - She's just so mean-spirited. There's really no nice way to say it.
  Maggie Gallagher gloats
• Towleroad: VIDEO - Maggie Gallagher: Energized About Dead Gay Teenagers
  Parody of the above Maggie Gallagher video
• Towleroad: VIDEO - Mainers Protest Catholic Church Over Anti-Gay Marriage Vote

Michigan

• Kalamazoo Gazette: Michigan House Bill Would Overturn State Gay-Marriage Ban

New Hampshire

• Daily Kos: The Future of Marriage Equality in New Hampshire

New Jersey

• Asbury Park Press: EDITORIAL: Gay Marriage: Don't Rush It
• The Star-Ledger: Battle Over Same-Sex Marriage Escalates

New York

• The New York Times: Fate of Same-Sex Marriage Bill in Albany Unclear
• Daily Politics blog - New York Daily News: VIDEO - Espada Muddies Marriage, Senate Dems Float Their Own DRP
• Towleroad: VIDEO - Exclusive: Governor David Paterson Discusses Marriage Equality Bill, Maine Ballot Measure, Accomplishments and Campaign
• Towleroad: 700 Clergy and Lay Leaders Call on NY Senate to Pass Marriage Bill
• Towleroad: VIDEO - Bigots Applaud as NY Senator George Maziarz Tells Lesbian He Won't Vote for Her Marriage Rights

Washington

• The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: U.S. Supreme Court Could Be Next Stop for R-71
• The Seattle Times: COLUMN: Referendum 71 Shows Washington's Strategy for Marriage Equality is Working
• Everett Herald: Gay marriage issue can wait, say Referendum 71 partisans
• Pam's House Blend: "R-71: Effective 12-3-09"
• Pam's House Blend: Reactions to the Approval of R-71 in Washington State

Federal

• The New York Times: Labels and Gay Benefits in Health Bill

And elsewhere in relationships news...

• The Washington Post: A Quiet Voice for Gay Marriage
• The New York Times: EDITORIAL: Equality’s Ragged March
• Associated Press: Schools emerge as new tactic in gay marriage votes
• Daily Kos: The Kids Are Alright: Some Thoughts About Same-Sex Marriage
• The Bilerico Project: Take a tip from the Lions: or why I don't like the marriage fight

PARENTING NEWS

• The New York Times Magazine: What’s Good for the Kids

DISCRIMINATION NEWS

Michigan

• Box Turtle Bulletin: Wal-Mart bans gay couple for NOT shoplifting
• South Bend Tribune: Niles couple banned from Wal-Mart after dispute over BIC lighters
• Kalamazoo Gazette: Kalamazoo Works on Process for Filing Grievances as New Anti-Discrimination Law Takes Effect
• Kalamazoo Gazette: EDITORIAL: Being Progressive Requires Healthy Debate

Federal: ENDA

• Main Justice: Perez Says Bill Would ‘Level Playing Field’ For Gay Workers
• The Bilerico Project: VIDEO - Weekly ENDA Update: What Did The Senate Hearing Accomplish?

Federal: Hate Crimes

• Pam's House Blend: Kate Bornstein: Thoughts About Hate Crime Legislation

Federal: Housing

• New York Times: HUD Combats Discrimination

TRANSGENDER NEWS

• Pam's House Blend: Kate Bornstein: Thoughts About Hate Crime Legislation

HIV NEWS

• New York Daily News: HIV infection axed as bar to entry for immigrants by President Obama