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GET INFORMED: LGBT News for September 11
Each weekday, Get Busy, Get Equal brings you a sampling of national and regional LGBT and HIV legal and legislative 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
Schroer v. Billington
Diane Schroer began taking steps to transition from male to female shortly after retiring as a Colonel after 25 years of distinguished service in the Army. She was offered and accepted a job as a terrorism research analyst at the Library of Congress, but when she told her future supervisor that she was in the process of gender transition, they rescinded the job offer. The ACLU is now representing her in a Title VII sex discrimination lawsuit against the Library of Congress. Learn more about her case here.
RELATIONSHIPS NEWS
California Prop. 8:
- California's Top Episcopal Bishops Oppose Gay Marriage Ban (Los Angeles Times)
- OP-ED: California Controversy (Ventura County Star)
- Prop. 8 a Hot Topic at Candidates Forum (The Desert Sun)
- Last Stand on Same-Sex Marriage? (Contra Costa Times)
- Republicans launch own efforts to defeat Prop 8 (Bay Area Reporter)
- California Psychological Assn. States Opposition to Proposition 8 (Pam’s House Blend)
- New next-of-kin registry lets partners be notified of accidents (Gay People’s Chronicle)
- Unions concerned about proposed domestic partner ordinance (The Capital Times)
- L.A. City Council to Support Federal Same-Sex Marriage Bill (The Desert Sun)
PARENTING NEWS
- Judge's Ruling Reopens Debate On Gay Adoption Ban (Tampa Tribune)
- Time To Revoke to the Gay Adoption Ban (Miami New Times)
- Judge slams same-sex adoption ban (United Press International)
- Florida Adoption Ban Declared Unconstitutional (The Bilerico Project)
- Florida Gay Adoption Ban Overturned (Dispatches from the Culture Wars)
YOUTH AND SCHOOLS NEWS
TRANSGENDER NEWS
- Montgomery County ballot victory more important than it looks (The Bilerico Project)
By our Project founding director, Nan Hunter
DISCRIMINATION NEWS
- Homosexual and Transgender Rights Debated in Flagstaff (NBC12 News)
- Lawsuit Involving 'Kissing Cops' Settled (American Family Association)