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Behavioral Incident Report - Marcus McLaurin, Lafayette, LA (12/01/2003)
This is a Behavioral Incident Report from Ernest Gallet Elementary School, which was sent home with 7-year-old Marcus McLaurin of Lafayette, Louisiana on November 11, 2003 after his school disciplined him for telling another child that his mother is gay. For more information on this, see the ACLU's press release at http://www.aclu.org/LesbianGayRights/LesbianGayRights.cfm?ID=14481&c=104.

Student Behavior Contract - Marcus McLaurin, Lafayette, LA (12/01/2003)
This is the Student Behavior Contract from Ernest Gallet Elementary School, which was sent home with 7-year-old Marcus McLaurin of Lafayette, Louisiana on November 11, 2003 after his school disciplined him for telling another child that his mother is gay. For more information on this, see the ACLU's press release at http://www.aclu.org/LesbianGayRights/LesbianGayRights.cfm?ID=14481&c=104.

Thinking of Getting Married in Massachusetts? (11/25/2003)

Preventing Harassment and Protecting Free Speech in School (06/15/2003)

Thinking of Getting Married in Canada? (06/13/2003)
A Joint Advisory From ACLU Lesbian & Gay Rights Project, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, National Center for Lesbian Rights, and Freedom to Marry

Letter to School Officials Regarding Gay/Straight Alliances (06/11/2003)

Laws Prohibiting Job Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation And/Or Gender Identity (06/09/2003)

Non-Discrimination Laws Protecting Transgendered Employees (06/09/2003)

A Model Policy for Schools (05/01/2003)

Misconceptions and Facts about the Boyd County High School GSA (01/09/2003)
The ACLU's Lesbian and Gay Rights Project has been involved for some time now in a dispute in Kentucky over the formation of a Gay-Straight Alliance at Boyd County High School. Some of the details of the GSA's struggle and the ACLU's work to ensure the students in the GSA are granted their constitutional right to have this club have been grossly misrepresented by some members of the media. This addresses some of those lies and what's really going on in Boyd County.

Activist Handbook: TRY THIS AT HOME! A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Winning Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights (01/09/2003)
An ACLU Guidebook.