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A Guide to Effective Statewide Laws/Policies Against Discrimination
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Information about preventing discrimination against lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and trans-sexual students in K-12 Schools
By: LAMBDA Legal Defense & Education Fund
AIDS/HIV+ Legal Resources for Gay and Lesbian Community
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List of Cases and other legal information related to HIV and AIDS
By: LAMBDA Legal Defense & Education Fund
Americans with Disabilities Act - Answers to Common Questions
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The Americans with Disabilities Act gives civil rights protections to individuals with disabilities similar to those provided to individuals on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, and religion. It guarantees equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities in public accommodations, employment, transportation, State and local government services, and telecommunications. This web page is designed to provide answers to some of the questions asked most often about the ADA.
By: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Anti-discrimination Law Map (relating to Gay and Lesbian Community)
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This page contains a map of the states which have laws that prohibit discrimination in employment based on sexual orientation.
By: LAMBDA Legal Defense & Education Fund
Civil Rights and HIV / AIDS
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Ever since the emergence of AIDS in the early 1980s, our nation has been struggling to cope with this terrible disease. But the widespread fear stirred by the AIDS crisis has made the careful development of public policy difficult. There have been unwise calls for the curtailment of individual rights and liberties, and people with AIDS have often faced irrational discrimination -- job firings, exclusions from school, and denials of access to health care.
By: American Civil Liberties Union
Civil Rights and HIV / AIDS
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Ever since the emergence of AIDS in the early 1980s, our nation has been struggling to cope with this terrible disease. But the widespread fear stirred by the AIDS crisis has made the careful development of public policy difficult. There have been unwise calls for the curtailment of individual rights and liberties, and people with AIDS have often faced irrational discrimination -- job firings, exclusions from school, and denials of access to health care.
By: American Civil Liberties Union
Civil Rights in Schools: Resources for the LGBT Community
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This web site contains civil rights information and resources for the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transsexual community.
By: LAMBDA Legal Defense & Education Fund
Equal Credit Opportunity Act
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Lawline FAQ: This act applies to banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions, finance companies, department stores, credit card issuers, car and appliance dealers and all others who regularly grant credit. The Act does not guarantee credit. You must still pass the creditor's tests of creditworthiness, but the tests must be applied impartially, and without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age, receipt of public assistance or because you exercise your rights under federal laws.
By: South Carolina Bar Association
Equal Employment Opportunity Information
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Equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws prohibit specific types of job discrimination in certain workplaces. This web site contains information about (1) federal laws relating to: Age Discrimination, Disability, Ethnic/National Origin, Color, Race, Religion, and Sex; (2) Federal Financial Assistance Programs, (3) Veterans, and (4) Immigration.
By: U.S. Department of Labor
Fighting Back: Stop Arrests, Police Abuse in the Lesbian and Gay Community
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Rest Stop Arrests and Police Abuse in the Lesbian and Gay Community
By: LAMBDA Legal Defense & Education Fund
First Amendment: Legal Resources for the LGBT Community
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This web site contains legal resources for the lesbian and gay community relating to freedom of speech, press, religion, association and other First Amendment rights.
By: LAMBDA Legal Defense & Education Fund
History of Anti-Gay Initiatives
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This web site provides background and history on anti-gay initiatives and legislation.
By: LAMBDA Legal Defense & Education Fund
Housing and Public Accommodation (LGBT Community)
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This web site contains information about rights to housing and public accommodations for the LGBT community.
By: LAMBDA Legal Defense & Education Fund
Resources for Gay Men and Lesbians in the Military
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For more than 20 years, Lambda Legal has been challenging discriminatory policies against lesbians and gay men in the military, one of the country's largest employers. Our litigation against the military seeks recognition of the constitutional right of lesbian and gay service members to be judged by the same standards as all others.
By: LAMBDA Legal Defense & Education Fund
Stopping the Anti-Gay Abuse of Students in Public Schools
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Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund provides this booklet to help the many students who are enduring the pain of anti-gay hatred and violence in public schools. It suggests steps for students, parents, family members, educators, and concerned citizens to join others who have begun to fight back against the hatred that causes young lesbians and gay men to attempt suicide at an alarming rate. Lambda has compiled this manual as an important extension to our victory in the first lawsuit to challenge anti-gay abuse in schools.
By: LAMBDA Legal Defense & Education Fund
Student Advocacy for University Anti-Bias Policies that Include Sexual Orientation
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This document contains information about college and university policies of non-discrimination, anti-harassment or misconduct policies that include sexual orientation.
By: LAMBDA Legal Defense & Education Fund
Take Action Against Employment Discrimination
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You can help make lesbian and gay workers safe from discrimination on the job. Statewide protections against workplace discrimination exist in only 14 states; in the rest of the country, employees fired simply for being gay have no legal recourse unless they work in a locality with its own anti-discrimination ordinance.
By: LAMBDA Legal Defense & Education Fund
The Rights of Lesbian and Gay Parents and Their Children
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This document reviews legal trends and law affecting the security of parent-child relationships between lesbian and gay parents and their children. It focuses on custody and visitation after divorce, adoption, other protections for parent-child relationships and intended families, and related constitutional issues. The document is available in PDF format only.
By: LAMBDA Legal Defense & Education Fund
Youth in the Margins
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A Report on the Unmet Needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Adolescents in Foster Care Including a Survey of Fourteen States and Proposals for Reform
By: LAMBDA Legal Defense & Education Fund
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