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Over the years, the ACLU has fought LGBT discrimination on several fronts—from challenging “sodomy” laws to advocating for civil rights that protect LGBT people.	> Lawsuit Challenging Government Funding Of Religious Youth Home To Go Forward > Bill Introduced In Senate Today To Ban Workplace Discrimination Based On Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation

House Hears Testimony On Landmark Employment Non-Discrimination Act (09/23/2009)
WASHINGTON – The House Education and Labor Committee heard testimony today on H.R. 3017, a bill that would finally end workplace discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. There is also a version of that bill, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), pending in the Senate. Currently, it remains legal to fire or refuse to hire someone for being lesbian, gay or bisexual in 29 states, while transgender workers can be denied or refused jobs in 38 states. If passed, ENDA would become the first-ever federal ban on employment discrimination of LBGT people in most workplaces.

Legislation Introduced To Repeal Discriminatory Defense Of Marriage Act (09/15/2009)
WASHINGTON - A bill was introduced in the House of Representatives today that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and respect state marriages by providing federal protections for married same-sex couples. DOMA, passed in 1996, authorized discrimination against lawfully married same-sex couples. Today's bill, the Respect for Marriage Act, was introduced by Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Congressman John Conyers (D-MI), Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, and several others.

Lawsuit Challenging Government Funding Of Religious Youth Home To Go Forward (08/31/2009)
Louisville, KY — A federal appeals court ruled today that a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and Americans United for Separation of Church and State challenging government funding of a religious group youth home in Kentucky can go forward.

Bill Introduced In Senate Today To Ban Workplace Discrimination Based On Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation (08/05/2009)
WASHINGTON – A bill was introduced in the Senate today that would make workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity illegal. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), introduced by Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), would become the first-ever federal ban on employment discrimination of LBGT people in most workplaces.

ACLU of Texas Demands Inquiry on Reported Anti-Gay Discrimination in El Paso Restaurant (07/10/2009)
AUSTIN – The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Thursday called for an official investigation of the El Paso Police Department response to a June 29 incident when a group of men were reportedly ejected from Chico’s Tacos, an El Paso restaurant, apparently because two of the men kissed each other.

Working in the Shadows: Ending Employment Discrimination for LGBT Americans (09/17/2007)
This ACLU-issued report urges Congress to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), and uses the stories of workers from across the country who have experienced workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity to make the case for passage of the bill.

Fresno Hospital Discrimination - Demand Letter (06/15/2009)

Schroer v. Library of Congress - Damages Order (04/28/2009)
Order awarding damages to plaintiff in landmark transgender employment discrimination case Schroer v. Library of Congress.

Pedreira, et al. v. Kentucky Baptist Homes for Children, et al. - Proof Brief for Appellants Alicia Pedreira, et al. (07/17/2008)

United States of America v. Steven Roberts and Daniel Mangini - Decision (07/31/2007)

Letter to Chicago Department of Human Services Regarding Non-Discrimination Policies in Homeless Shelters (06/13/2007)

ACLU Letter to House Education and Labor Committee on ENDA and Sovereign Immunity (09/23/2009)

ACLU Letter to House Education and Labor Committee on ENDA and Sovereign Immunity (Enclosure Part 2) (09/23/2009)

ACLU Letter to House Education and Labor Committee on ENDA and Sovereign Immunity (Enclosure Part 3) (09/23/2009)

Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Coalition Letter in Support of the Employee Non-Discrimination Act (09/22/2009)

Coalition Letter to the House Urging Co-sponsorship of the Respect for Marriage Act (09/11/2009)

ACLU Seeks Stories of Anti-LGBT Discrimination in West Virginia (03/02/2009)

Complaint to Louisville, Ky., Human Rights Commisssion on Behalf of Ryan Marlatt and Ted Eggers (09/16/2008)

Why We Need Non-Discrimination Laws, What You Can Do To Help (02/26/2007)
Matt Coles, director of the ACLU's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Project, talks about setting a standard for acceptable behavior and ending discrimination.

Exodus - Positions Against "Reparative Therapy" and the Ex-Gay Movement (03/22/2006)

Limon v. Kansas - Case Background (09/08/2005)

Cops in the Bedroom: How the Texas Sodomy Case Began (06/26/2003)

Getting Rid of Sodomy Laws: History and Strategy that Led to the Lawrence Decision (06/26/2003)

Why Sodomy Laws Matter (06/26/2003)

History of Sodomy Laws and the Strategy that Led Up to Today's Decision (06/16/2003)

Fresno Hospital Discrimination - Case Profile (06/15/2009)

Advocacy on Behalf of Gay Men Verbally Abused by McDonald's Staff (09/16/2008)
The ACLU is representing two gay men in an official complaint to the Louisville Human Relations Commission after an employee at a McDonald’s restaurant in downtown Louisville called them and three friends a series of anti-gay slurs.

Employment Non-Discrimination Act (04/24/2007)

Exodus Parody (03/22/2006)
After Justin Watt posted this parody of an Exodus International billboard for “reparative therapy” on his Web site, he received a cease-and-desist letter from an anti-gay legal organization.

Exodus Parody (03/22/2006)
After Justin Watt posted this parody of an Exodus International billboard for “reparative therapy” on his Web site, he received a cease-and-desist letter from an anti-gay legal organization.