To illustrate why Congress must pass the Employment Non Discrimination Act (ENDA), a federal law that would ban discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in the workplace, we will be posting the firsthand accounts of people from across the nation who have been fired, refused a job, or harassed in the workplace because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. This summer the ACLU put out a call for stories, and these are just a fraction of stories we received.

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act is coming, but we need your help to make sure that state and local government employees are covered...

"I am not certain if I can adequately characterize how depressing, demoralizing and temporarily debilitating it is to lose hope..."

A federal district court judge sentences a woman to remain prison because she is HIV-positive and pregnant. And he calls it "a little backwards." Ya think?

McDonald's making up for its employees' anti-gay slurs by training its managers on the meaning of respect? I'm lovin' it!

Many people really think LGBT relationships are not discriminated against. Again and again, organizers have found that the most effective way to change the minds of moderates who aren't enthusiastic about domestic partnership policies is to show them that discrimination is a real problem.