Gay Politics, Legal Issues, & Rights
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ACLU Lesbian and Gay Rights Page
Extensive and reliable information on discrimination, hate violence, criminal law, Congress, other issues.
Age of Consent laws
Guide to US state age of consent laws, plus international guidance.
The Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights
News, events, and legal clinic for lesbians and gay men in Pennsylvania.
Chicago Lesbian/Gay Bar Association
Contact information, application, and member list for the nonprofit professional organization of judges, attorneys, law students, and affiliated law workers.
Florida LEGAL, Inc. (Law Enforcement Gays and Lesbians)
Promoting diversity, acceptance, and non-discrimination of all classes of persons in our communities and within the criminal justice profession through education, solidarity, and professionalism
GayLawNet
Australia-based site with a wide range of topics, many of interest to US users.
International Association of Lesbian and Gay Judges
Networking, resources, information for gays and lesbians on the bench.
Justice for All? OCFS vs. LGBT
Youth advocacy site addressing the bigotry of the government agency, Office of Children and Family Services towards lesbian, gay, bi, and transgendered youth.
Kaylan Thornhill, Attorney at Law
Northern California lawyer provides estate planning and probate services to gay, lesbian, and alternative lifestyles as well as traditional families. Site contains informative resource page for self-help and research.
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
The nation's oldest and largest legal organization working for the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, and people with HIV/AIDS.
Law Offices of Afshin Andrew Ashe
California law firm providing an overview of the estate planning issues facing same-sex couples.
LEGAL International
Law Enforcement Gays and Lesbians
Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
A comprehensive, readable, authoritative monthly update on court rulings, legislation, and other lesbian/gay and AIDS legal developments
Locked Out
Organization dedicated to supporting transgendered, bisexual, lesbian, and gay prisoners.
Minnesota Gay Homicide Study
Research project highlighting homicides of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender victims in Minnesota and its border cities.
National Center for Lesbian Rights
A legal center with a primary commitment to advancing the rights and safety of lesbians and their families.
The National Journal of Sexual Orientation Law
Disseminating information and ideas about law and sexual orientation.
National Lesbian and Gay Law Association - A national association of lawyers, judges and other legal professionals, law students and affiliated lesbian and gay legal organizations.
QueerLaw
Mailing list with news, analysis, discussion of issues in sexual orientation and the law
Queerlaw archive
All postings to the moderated digest version of the mailing list, back to Feb. 1996
Rainbow Mediators
Mediation services for same-sex domestic partners. (Licensed to practice law in Florida and New York.)
Second Class Citizens
A site for homosexuals and other disenfranchized people to write their state and federal representatives for reduced taxes to reflect their second class standing for benefits.
Sodomy Laws
Current status and recent news about state laws against sodomy.
Sodomy Laws in the US
Reliable and up-to-date status report on sodomy laws state-by-state, from the ACLU
Urban Justice Center
Individual Rights and Social Change: a non-profit agency with a program dedicated to provide legal and advocacy services to LGBT youth.
Youth Leading The Way
Hetrick Martin Institute provides services which includes counseling and legal assistance to LGBT adolescents.
