On May 18, the ACLU of Nevada learned that the Nevada DMV will make changes that allow transgender people to obtain gender marker changes with a standardized form completed by their doctor. This change rightly puts the determination of whether someone’s gender has changed in the hands of medical professionals rather than individual DMV employees.

Readers, we have a very special post for you this week from our friend and colleague, Jane Heenan. We're working closely with Jane and others in the LGBT community to fight for more protections for transgender people in Nevada. The surest way to be successful? Public education. Read on, and share these insights with everyone you know.

On March 4, 2010, the ACLU of Nevada sent a letter to the board of the Nevada Taxicab Authority urging that they take immediate steps to stop the circulation of an old policy that classifies homosexual individuals in the same "high-risk" group for communicable disease as intravenous-drug users and prostitutes.

The ACLU of Nevada and the ACLU's national LGBT-AIDS Project designed a resource to answer some of the Frequently Asked Questions about domestic partnerships in Nevada. The FAQ is now available on our website and the national Get Busy, Get Equal site. 

Happy International Women’s Day!

Today we celebrate the strides women have made in the ongoing struggle for equality here in the United States and around the world, but it’s also a time to make note of the many battles yet to be won.

In 2009, the Nevada legislature passed Senate Bill 283 which establishes a domestic partnership registry that allows same-sex and opposite-sex couples the opportunity to register their domestic partnership with the Secretary of State’s Office.

Join us at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada to learn about the rights and responsibilities associated with the new Domestic Partnership law that takes effect on October 1st. 

Location: Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada, 953 E. Sahara Ave, Suite B31, Las Vegas, NV 89104

Join us at the Gay and Lesbian Center of Las Vegas to learn about the rights and responsibilities associated with the new Domestic Partnership law that takes effect on October 1st. 

 Location: Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada, 953 E. Sahara, Suite B31, Las Vegas, NV 89104

On Wednesday, the Reno City Council voted unanimously to approve extending health insurance benefits to the registered domestic partners of City employees. The ACLU of Nevada applauds the Council's vote and hopes that other cities in Nevada will do the same.

"The principal issue of human dignity, human relations, we simply don’t put a precise price tag on those things," said Lee Rowland, Northern Coordinator for the ACLU of Nevada. "Now, any couple can share their life together."

The Secretary of State’s Office recently announced that couples wishing to register as domestic partners may pre-file their declaration starting August 24. The domestic partnership law will go into effect on October 1. Couples who pre-register will receive their domestic partnership certificate on October 1.