LGBT Youth

Making It Better in the NFL

And here football fans thought, at least from our perspective, that one of the most important things the new NFL collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between team owners and players did was end the lockout and remove the ominous cloud of a possible...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by ACLU Updates - September 28, 2011 at 12:44 pm

Categories: enda, It Gets Better, LGBT rights, LGBT Youth, Mike Williams, NFL, Seattle Seahawks   Tags:

Wear That Dress or Else!

That’s basically what a high school principal told Ceara Sturgis at the start of her senior year — you’ve got to wear a “drape,” or scoop-necked covering that looks like the top of a dress, in the yearbook photo. Cear...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by ACLU Updates - September 16, 2011 at 3:59 pm

Categories: Ceara Sturgis, gender discrimination, LGBT rights, LGBT Youth, Mississippi, sex discrimination   Tags:

Wear That Dress or Else!

That’s basically what a high school principal told Ceara Sturgis at the start of her senior year — you’ve got to wear a “drape,” or scoop-necked covering that looks like the top of a dress, in the yearbook photo. Cear...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by ACLU Updates - at 3:59 pm

Categories: Ceara Sturgis, gender discrimination, LGBT rights, LGBT Youth, Mississippi, sex discrimination   Tags:

Hey NFL: Where Are the "It Gets Better" Videos?

Like football fans around the country, I'm anxiously awaiting the official start of the 2011 NFL season and another exciting Super Bowl run for my favorite team — Here We Go Steelers! In addition to the start of a new football season, fall ...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by ACLU Updates - September 8, 2011 at 12:42 pm

Categories: It Gets Better, LGBT Youth, SNDA   Tags:

ACLU Sues Missouri School District for Illegally Censoring LGBT Websites

Can't say we didn't warn them. Back in May, as part of our Don't Filter Me project, the ACLU sent a letter to the Camdenton School District informing them that the web filters they use on school computers were unconstitutionally blocking access to ...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by ACLU Updates - August 15, 2011 at 3:32 pm

Categories: Camdenton, censorship, Don't Filter Me, First Amendment, free speech, Illinois, LGBT rights, LGBT Youth, students' rights, viewpoint discrimination, web filtering   Tags: