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| Lawrence v. Texas Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case. In the 6-3 ruling, the justices struck down the sodomy law in Texas. The court had previously addressed the same issue in 1986 in Bowers v. Hardwick, where it upheld a challenged Georgia statute, not finding a constitutional protection of sexual privacy.Lawrence explicitly overruled Bowers, holding that it had viewed the liberty interest too narrowly. Lawrence_v._Texas | |
| Same-sex marriage in the United States Same-sex marriage, also referred to as gay marriage, is a marriage between two persons of the same sex. The federal government of the United States does not recognize same-sex marriage, and is prohibited from doing so by the Defense of Marriage Act. However, statewide, three states have legalized same-sex marriage as a result of a court ruling, while three others have done so through a vote in their respective state legislatures. Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States | |
| Lambda Legal Lambda Legal (Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund) is a United States civil rights organization that focuses on gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education, and public policy work.Lambda's founder William J. Lambda_Legal | |
| Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, , was a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. The case arose out of a suit for sex discrimination by a male oil-rig worker, who claimed that he was repeatedly subjected to sexual harassment by his male coworkers with the acquiescence of his employer. The Court held that Title VII's protection against workplace discrimination "because of... sex" applied to harassment in the workplace between members of the same sex. Oncale_v._Sundowner_Offshore_Services | |
| List of LGBT rights organizations List_of_LGBT_rights_organizations | |
| Sodomy laws in the United States Sodomy laws in the United States, laws primarily intended to outlaw certain sexual acts concerning sodomy, were historically pervasive, but have been invalidated by the 2003 Supreme Court decision Lawrence v. Texas. While they were often originally intended to outlaw sex acts between homosexuals, many definitions were broad enough to make certain heterosexual acts illegal as well. Sodomy_laws_in_the_United_States | |
| Cruising for sex Cruising for sex, or cruising is the act of walking or driving about a locality in search of a sex partner, usually of the anonymous, casual, one-time variety. The term is also used when technology is used to find casual sex, such as using an Internet site or a telephone service. Cruising_for_sex | |
| United States Foreign Service United States Foreign Service is the diplomatic service of the United States government, under the aegis of the Department of State. The personnel system was first created under the Foreign Service Act to serve as the principal personnel system under which the United States Secretary of State is authorized to assign diplomats abroad. United_States_Foreign_Service | |
| 2002 in LGBT rights 2002_in_LGBT_rights | |
| LGBT adoption LGBT adoption is the adoption of children by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. LGBT_adoption | |
| SWAdair/Archive2 User_talk:SWAdair/Archive2 | |
| Larry Langford Larry Paul Langford (born March 17, 1948) is the Democratic mayor of the city of Birmingham, Alabama. He previously served on the Jefferson County, Alabama Commission, including a stint as commission president. He also acted as mayor of Fairfield, Alabama and served one term on the Birmingham City Council.Langford is largely responsible and best known for raising money and generating public interest and support for Visionland Theme Park (now known as Alabama Adventure Theme Park), located near Bessemer. Larry_Langford | |
| Defense of marriage amendment Defense of marriage amendment is a term used to describe two different kinds of U.S. state constitutional amendments. The first prevents a state from legalizing same-sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships, while the second kind bans only same-sex marriage. Defense_of_marriage_amendment | |
| Doris Ling-Cohan Doris Ling-Cohan () is a judge on the New York State Supreme Court, to which she was elected in 2002. Ling-Cohan was born in New York's Chinatown, the daughter of Chinese immigrants. Doris_Ling-Cohan | |
| Recognition of same-sex unions in New Jersey Recognition of same-sex unions in New Jersey is legal in the form of civil unions in that state. Legislation has been slow moving, but public opinion suggests majoritarian support for the legalization of same-sex marriage in the state.New Jersey was one of the first states to implement a domestic partnerships scheme, after California, in 2003. Recognition_of_same-sex_unions_in_New_Jersey | |
| Apollomelos/temp User:Apollomelos/temp | |
| Humanscholar/Same-sex marriage in the United States User:Humanscholar/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States | |
| LGBT adoption Talk:LGBT_adoption | |
| Evan Wolfson Evan Wolfson (b. February 4, 1957) is an American civil rights attorney and advocate. He is the founder and executive director of Freedom to Marry, a national non-profit organization that advocates legalization of same-sex marriage. Wolfson authored the book Why Marriage Matters; America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry, which Time Out New York magazine called, "Perhaps the most important gay-marriage primer ever written.. Evan_Wolfson | |
| Boy Scouts of America membership controversies Boy Scouts of America (BSA), the largest youth organization in the United States, has policies which prohibit atheists, agnostics, and "known or avowed" homosexuals from membership in its Scouting program; both youths and adults have had their memberships revoked as a result. The BSA contends that these policies are essential in its mission to instill in young people the values of the Scout Oath and Law. These policies are controversial and are considered by some to be unfair. Boy_Scouts_of_America_membership_controversies |
