Blog : Press Clips
GET INFORMED: LGBT News for November 14
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
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.
- San Francisco Chronicle: State High Court Interested in Prop. 8 Suits
- The Huffington Post: Why Prop 8 Can -- and Must -- Be Overruled
- Gay City News: Battling Over 'Revision'
- The Christian Science Monitor: California's Same-Sex Marriage Case Affects All of Us
- Washington Blade: ‘Never give up’: Protesters hit the streets as Prop 8 challenged in court
RELATIONSHIPS NEWS
California Prop. 8
- USA Today: After Passage of Calif.'s Prop 8, Gay-Marriage Support Grows
"'This narrow loss has awakened Godzilla,' says Fred Karger of Los Angeles, who runs the website Californians Against Hate. 'I think this loss in California ... is the greatest thing that could have happened' because it spurred activism..." -- protests in over 300 cities are planned in a national day of action tomorrow! GO! - Associated Press: Calif. Clerks: When Does Gay-Marriage Ban Begin?
- Los Angeles Times: COLUMN: No Gays for a Day Day
- Associated Press: Mormon Aid on Gay Marriage Ban Generates Complaint
- San Francisco Chronicle: Some Areas of S.F. Voted to Ban Same-Sex Marriage
- Los Angeles Times: Proposition 8 Protesters Target Businesses
- Washington Blade: Gay couples married in Calif. speak out on Prop 8
- Bangor Daily News: Clergy Back Same-Sex Marriage
- Gay City News: State Senate Control Iffy: Rebel Democrats Hold Up Resolution, One Citing Gay Marriage Opposition
- Washington Blade: Catania may push marriage bill in Jan.: Some fear time isn’t right after Prop 8’s success
YOUTH AND SCHOOLS NEWS
DISCRIMINATION NEWS
TRANSGENDER NEWS
- Memphis Commercial Appeal: EDITORIAL: Shooting Raises Questions
- ABC News: Pregnant Man, Other Transgender Parents Face Legal Questions
Video also available at the above link
Thomas Beatie’s interview with Barbara Walters airs tonight at 10 p.m. ET - Gay City News: Obama Yay: No Discrimination in Hiring