Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Rights

March for Marriage Equality

Join the ACLU of Nevada at Light the Way to Justice. The last week of March, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments on two historic marriage equality cases, challenging California's Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act. On Monday, March 25 at 7 p.m., we will march from the Reno City Plaza across from City Hall to the Reno Arch in support of marriage equality.

Assembly Passes Marriage Equality Resolution, SJR 13

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 23, 2013

CARSON CITY, NEVADA - Today the Nevada Assembly passed SJR 13, the proposal to amend the Nevada constitution to repeal the limitation on the recognition of marriage by a vote of 27-14, (1 excused). With this vote, Nevada clears the first hurdle to repealing its discriminatory marriage definition before voters will express their will on the ballot in 2016.

ACLU of Nevada Challenges “Infamous Crime Against Nature” Statute

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 2, 2013

LAS VEGAS, NV – Today, April 2, the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada and the National ACLU Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and AIDS Project, filed a lawsuit challenging Nevada’s discriminatory “infamous crime against nature” statute.

I'm Married - but the Government says I'm Single

Submitted by Katrina Ross on March 25, 2013

This week marks a seminal point in our nation’s history of same-sex marriage. Two cases will be heard before the U.S. Supreme Court that directly affects the rights of LGBT persons to marry. Hollingsworth v. Perry will be heard on Tuesday, March 26th, and United States v. Windsor will be heard on Wednesday, March 27th. Each of these cases could have a drastic impact on marriage equality in the United States.

ACLU Advocacy Forces CCSD to Disable Discriminatory Internet Filtering Software

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 13, 2013

LAS VEGAS, NV – Students in the Clark County School District (CCSD) are now able to access websites with positive information about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals on their schools’ computers. The ACLU of Nevada advocated for CCSD officials to stop the censorship of positive, non-pornographic LGBT web content, which had previously been blocked to students.

Equality Days at the Nevada Legislature

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Stand for equality with the ACLU of Nevada at 2013 Equality Days at the Nevada Legislature, organized by Stand OUT For Equality Campaign. We will be joined by other members of the Nevada LGBTQ Leadership Coalition.

National Coming Out Day

Submitted by Phil Hooper on October 12, 2012

This week, members of the LGBTQ community and their allies celebrate National Coming Out Day—an annual observance on October 11th that honors the process of “coming out of the closet” and publicly affirming one’s identity as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or queer.

Nevada's "Infamous Crime Against Nature"

September 20, 2012

The ACLU of Nevada has been contacted by a state public defender to help challenge the constitutionality of Nevada’s Infamous Crimes Against Nature statute. NRS 201.195(2) defines the Infamous Crime Against Nature as any oral or anal sexual penetration between natural persons of the same sex. This includes defining adult consensual homosexual sex as an infamous crime against nature.

ACLU of Nevada Files NERC Complaints for Harassed CCSD Students

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 18, 2012

The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada today filed discrimination complaints with the Nevada Equal Rights Commission (NERC) charging that the Clark County School District violated Nevada’s law prohibiting discrimination in places of public accommodation when it failed to take appropriate action to protect two harassed boys at Greenspun Junior High School.

A Major Advance for Transgender Rights

April 26, 2012

The ACLU of Nevada is very pleased to report that, earlier this week, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled that discrimination based on gender identity is covered under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  This means that transgender individuals nationwide who have suffered employment discrimination can now bring their complaints to the EEOC, a remedy not previously available to them. 

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