The National Center for Lesbian Rights

Don’t miss the LGBT party of the year. Join us and more than 1,000 others celebrating at our Anniversary Party in San Francisco on May 7th. Tickets are still available at www.NCLRights.org/Party.

Check out these great photos from our annual Dinah Weekend Garden Party--which attracted more than 400 people--in Palm Springs on Saturday.

Check out these great images by U.P.A. | Universal Photo Agency from our Garden Party last night in Palm Springs. More images to come from us soon!

North Carolina and other states are mounting unprecedented attacks on LGBT people and we will not sit idly by. Elected leaders across the country have issued orders banning taxpayer-funded travel to North Carolina in wake of passage of the anti-LGBT HB2. Let's keep momentum going!

We urge each of you to participate in our ‪#‎WeAreAllNC‬ campaign by emailing elected leaders to ask them to issue similar bans. Get your elected leader’s email address and find a sample letter here to email directly: www.NCLRights.org/WeAreAllNC

Today we celebrate Cesar Chavez Day, remembering the life and legacy of a leader who inspires us each day.

Do you have your tickets yet for NCLR’s Palm Springs Garden Party this Saturday? Hurry and reserve your spot before online ticket sales close on Thursday. We can’t wait to celebrate with you!

Wishing You a Happy Easter!

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced late yesterday that he's ending city-funded travel to North Carolina after its governor signed the worst anti-LGBT bill into law.

Like and share if you want other mayors to follow Mayor Lee's lead.

"The North Carolina legislation is the most toxic and dangerous we have ever seen. It targets our entire community for outright attacks and discrimination and its impact will be felt far beyond North Carolina. Every LGBT person, ally and every organization committed to justice can and must respond in every way possible. Blog, tweet, organize, rally, engage, protest, fight back! The voice of every one of us can turn this back! Contact EqualityNC.org for what you can do to beat this back!"--NCLR Executive Director Kate Kendell

BREAKING Today, the world’s largest organization of mental health professionals—representing more than 200,000 people in 118 countries—called for an end to the discredited practice of “conversion therapy,” which is linked to serious harms, including depression, substance abuse, and suicide.

Like if you believe everyone is ‪#‎BornPerfect‬ and you want an end to conversion therapy.

Read more: http://bit.ly/1UG9i1U

Don’t miss Kate Kendell’s interview with Charlotte Robinson of OUTTAKE VOICES about our Palm Springs Garden Party on April 2nd during Dinah Weekend and the road ahead for LGBT equality.

Get your ‪#‎GardenParty‬ tickets at www.NCLRights.org/GardenParty

JUST IN: NCLR and Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center resolved a lawsuit on behalf of a gay widower who sued a San Francisco Bay Area union pension plan for survivor benefits after his husband died.

“Having this case resolved is a great weight off of my shoulders. I can’t thank my attorneys enough for standing by me and fighting for what all spouses deserve.” —NCLR Client Robert Pritchard, pictured left in this photo with his late husband.

Read the more about the case: http://bit.ly/1pezDrj

BREAKING: We just won our second U.S. Supreme Court case in less than nine months. The nation’s highest Court has reversed Alabama’s refusal to recognize our client’s same-sex parent adoption from Georgia. Like to congratulate our client!

Read more: http://bit.ly/1nrnSfh

“We salute Governor Daugaard for meeting with students and listening to the concerns of legal experts and medical professionals about the serious harms caused by denying students equal access to all school programs and activities."--NCLR Transgender Youth Project Attorney Asaf Orr

BREAKING: Today, HRC, NCLR, and SPLC filed a historic federal consumer fraud complaint urging the Federal Trade Commission to protect LGBT people and their families across the country from the deadly – and fraudulent – practices of conversion therapy.

Read more and download the complaint: bit.ly/1LcljsO

This is URGENT! And we need your help. One of the most horrific anti-transgender bills in the country will move before South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard for consideration as early as tomorrow. HB 1008 forces transgender students to show a birth certificate or blood test results confirming their biological sex, prohibiting them from using restrooms consistent with their gender identity. Gov. Daugaard will have five business days to decide and we NEED your help to get him to veto the bill. Call him at 605.773.3212 to tell him to veto ‪#‎HB1008‬ NOW!

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BREAKING! New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo just announced a series of comprehensive regulations to prevent the practice of so-called “conversion therapy” on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer minors.

BRAVO!

Read more: www.nclrights.org/cuomo

BREAKING NEWS: NCLR and Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center (CREEC) just filed a lawsuit on behalf of a gay widower challenging a San Francisco Bay Area union pension plan’s refusal to provide survivor benefits after his husband died

“My husband’s death is the worst thing that has ever happened to me. To be denied his pension benefits while I mourned his loss and tried to heal from the hole that was left when he died wasn’t only demoralizing, it was dehumanizing.” —NCLR Client Robert Pritchard, pictured left in this photo with his late husband

Read the press release: http://www.nclrights.org/?p=14629

Thank you, Mr. President.

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BREAKING Federal court denies FedEx’s attempt to throw out NCLR suit filed on behalf of the widow of a FedEx employee denied pension benefits based on her spouse’s 26 years of service.

Like to show support for Stacey Schuett as her case proceeds.

Read more: www.nclrights.org/?p=14585