ACLU NEWS

• The American Prospect: An Uneasy Alliance: The mainstream gay-rights movement's slow evolution on transgender issues.
  Quotes ACLU LGBT Project Director Matt Coles

Strauss, et al. v. Horton, et al

Our lawsuit, filed in conjunction with our friends at Lambda Legal and the National Center for Lesbian Rights, asking the California Supreme Court to invalidate Prop. 8.  Learn more about it here.

• The Washington Post: Legality of Same-Sex Marriage Ban Challenged
• San Francisco Chronicle: Anti-gay marriage group steps up for Prop. 8
• The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC)
  Video available at the above link - Rachel thinks we have a good case!  *Swoon!*
• LAist: County of LA Join Lawsuit Against Prop 8, ACLU Laywer Makes a Great Case
• Los Angeles Daily News: L.A. County to Join Prop. 8 Suits
• Associated Press: Lawmakers join call to overturn Prop. 8
• Catholic Online: Liberty Counsel Seeks to Defend California’s Marriage Amendment
• Denver Post: OPINION: When Courts Misbehave

Kerrigan and Mock, et. al. v. Commissioner of Public Health

The ACLU was co-counsel in the case that won the freedom to marry for same-sex couples in Connecticut – check out our release here.

• Hartford Courant: Same-Sex Couples In Connecticut Tie The Knot, Legally
  Video and lots of photos at the link above
• The New York Times: Gay Marriages Begin in Connecticut
• Associated Press: After California Loss, Gay Couples Get Right to Wed in Connecticut
  Video available at the link above
• The Boston Globe: Wedding Bells Toll in Conn. for Gay Couples

Arkansas Initiated Act 1

Reacting to the ACLU's unanimous victory at the Arkansas Supreme Court striking down an anti-gay foster care ban in Howard v. Child Welfare Agency Review Board, anti-gay activists placed an initiative on the ballot to ban unmarried couples who live together from serving as adoptive or foster parents in the state of Arkansas.  The ACLU opposed this needless measure that will only harm children by reducing the pool of potential homes.  Sadly, the measure passed.  Learn more about the Howard case here.

• The New York Times: OP-ED: Anti-Gay, Anti-Family

• WLBT NBC 3 Jackson: Three On Your Side Investigates: ACLU Allegations on AIDS in Mississippi
  Video available at the link above
• Fox 40 News: ACLU Says Health Department Needs to Take AIDS Prevention More Seriously
  Video available at the link above
• The Clarion Ledger: ACLU questions state's dedication to AIDS prevention
• The Clarion Ledger: Health Department fights criticism over HIV effort

• Associated Press: Gay arts group sues Milwaukee for discrimination
  The cheeky (in multiple ways) musical is being represented by our colleagues at the ACLU of Wisconsin

RELATIONSHIPS NEWS

California Prop. 8

• Reuters: Same-Sex Marriage Ban to Hit California Economy: Mayor
• Sacramento Bee: EDITORIAL: Bitterness Serves No One's Interest
• FiveThirtyEight.com: Prop 8 Myths
• Associated Press: Criticism Mounts Among Gays Over Calif. Ban
• Los Angeles Times: EDITORIAL: Prop. 8's Battle Lessons
• Bay Area Reporter: EDITORIAL: Focus Grouped to a Fault
• Countdown with Keith Olberman (MSNBC): Gay marriage is a question of love: Everyone deserves the same chance at permanence and happiness
  Video available at the link above - this is Keith Olbermann’s commentary on Prop 8 which just about everyone on the Internets has seen already. If you haven’t though, check it out. Rare to see such emotion (not hollering) from him.
• Los Angeles Times: Angrier Response to Prop. 8 Steps Up
• Reuters: U.S. Gay Marriage Fight Takes to the Internet
• The Bilerico Project: The Gays Are Pissed. Now What?
• Good As You: Everyone: Own Your Donation!
• Good As You: No, we will never tolerate unfairness. And it's our right to say so.
• The Huffington Post: Proposition 8 Is Not About Black Homophobia
• The Bilerico Project: Stop Blaming Black Voters for Prop. 8's Passage
• Citizen Crain: Prop 8 Strains Gay Race Relations
• Associated Press: Theater Official Quits Over Anti-Gay Donation
• ABC 4 Salt Lake City: Memo: Same-sex marriage strategy discussed by Hinckley in 1997
  A new internal LDS Church document has surfaced showing the Church's anti-gay marriage strategy going back more than a decade
• Associated Press: Anger Over Gay Marriage Vote Directed at Mormons
• New York Times: Gay Leaders in Utah Plan 5-Bill Attack in Legislature
  I love it – Mormon church leaders say “Oh gosh, we aren’t anti-gay – we’re totally okay with gay people having all the same rights as straight people except for marriage!” and Equality Utah calls their bluff
• Associated Press: Mormon Comments Give Gays Hope for New Utah Laws
• Pundit Blog (The Hill): Protest at Mormon Temple Not Best Messaging Method
• Pam’s House Blend: Mormons Resigning Despite Strong Heritage, Citing 'Hatred' by LDS Church

• Tucson Citizen: COLUMN: When Two Dads Are Better Than One
• Arizona Republic: Gay marriage vote polarizes Arizona

• NewsJournalOnline: Opposition so far subdued over marriage amendment passage

• The Daily Politics blog (NY Daily News): Gang Of 3 Agrees On Gay Marriage, Not Senate Leader (Updated)
• USA Today: EDITORIAL: Our View on Same-Sex Couples: Lessons on Gay Marriage Emerge from Election Day
• Time Magazine: Activists Rethink Their Gay-Marriage Tactics
• The Progressive: A Bittersweet Night
  Nice nod to the ACLU by Kate Clinton

DISCRIMINATION NEWS

• The New York Times:Justices Grapple With Question of Church Monument as Free Speech Issue
  Including this because of a gay-related remark from Scalia

TRANSGENDER NEWS

• PageOneQ: Obama transition team is transgender-inclusive
  Quotes the ACLU’s Chris Anders
• Associated Press: Group Wants Probe of Transgender Woman's Death
  Remember Duanna Johnson, the trans woman who was beaten on film while in Memphis police custody a few months ago? Did you know she was suing the city for $1.3 million? Now she’s been murdered.
• The American Prospect: Trans in the Red States