| National
Center for Lesbian Rights
What
you should know
If
you are planning to make charitable donations think
about the NCLR. They make a difference!
NCLR
is a progressive, feminist, multicultural legal center
devoted to advancing the rights and safety of lesbians
and their families. They are committed to creating a
world in which all lesbians live freely, without fear
of discrimination. NCLR also recognizes the oppression
and marginalization of other groups in our community
including gay men, bisexuals and transgender individuals.
Through direct litigation and advocacy NCLR works to
change discriminatory laws and to create new laws and
policies benefiting lesbians and other oppressed members
of the queer community.
Since
1977 NCLR has been at the forefront of historic litigation
of lesbian child custody and same-sex adoption cases.
NCLR currently focuses on areas of child custody and
visitation, adoption, alternative insemination, same-gender
marriage, domestic partnership, immigration and asylum,
and youth.
They
have aided and worked on many important cases, one of
which was the historic case, Smith v. Knoller.
They offer free legal advice and counseling,
newsletters and pamphlets and have assisted as co-counsel
for many attorneys representing gay right cases.
Here
are a few cases they are currently working on.
•
Relationship
Recognition
• Parenting
Rights
• Employment
• Sports
• Youth
• Sodomy
Challenges
• Marriage
• Reproductive
Rights
NCLR
is national in scope. With the assistance of our network
of volunteer
attorneys, and the financial support of
members in all fifty states, we serve thousands of clients
every year across the United States.
Attorney
Kate Kendell is the Executive Director of the National
Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR). Kendell claims that,
"The current climate facing lesbians is a dangerous
one. While, we are greater in number than ever before,
so too are those opposed to our equality. Each stride
we make toward securing our civil rights spurs a hostile,
and at times dangerous, response. The best defense against
such well organized and particularly well funded actions
is systematic legal challenges to change such discrimination."
For
more information come visit their website click
here
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