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LGBT Institute and Georgia State University Launch Research Partnership

LGBT Institute and Georgia State University Launch Research Partnership

The LGBT Institute at the Center for Civil and Human Rights and Georgia State University (GSU) today announced a partnership aimed at connecting academic researchers with LGBT advocates to tell the stories of some of those most marginalized – LGBT Southerners – through data. 

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New Report: Religious Accommodation Cannot Come at the Expense of Others' Rights

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New Report: Religious Accommodation Cannot Come at the Expense of Others' Rights

The Leadership Conference Education Fund has released its report, Striking a Balance: Advancing Civil and Human Rights While Preserving Religious Liberty, documenting the use of religious arguments to oppose the abolition of slavery, women’s suffrage and equality, racial integration, inter-racial marriage, immigration, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the right to collectively bargain. Striking a Balance also examines the current legal and political landscape in which religious exemptions are being used to deny civil and human rights, including LGBT equality.

Civil Rights Advocates to Address Discriminatory Religious Exemption Bills

Civil Rights Advocates to Address Discriminatory Religious Exemption Bills

Join us for a conversation: How do we preserve both religious liberty and the constitutional principle of equal protection under the law? This event will be live streamed.

LGBT Institute featured on "A Closer Look"

LGBT Institute featured on "A Closer Look"

Today, LGBT Institute Executive Director, Ryan Roemerman, sat down with Rose Scott and Martha Dalton to discuss the LGBT Institute as part of a special Martin Luther King Jr. Day edition in partnership with the National Center for Civil and Human Rights.

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Key Constituencies Impacted by HIV Epidemic to Hold Counter Conference During National HIV Prevention Conference

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Key Constituencies Impacted by HIV Epidemic to Hold Counter Conference During National HIV Prevention Conference

Mirroring the need for intersectionality and inclusivity in the fight to end HIV/AIDS, the People’s Mobilization on the National HIV/AIDS Strategy Counter Conference is a community-built space that aims to empower constituencies most impacted by HIV to be in control of the dialogue. The Counter Conference will happen in parallel with the National HIV Prevention Conference (NHPC) as an alternative and accessible space for those who cannot attend the larger NHPC.

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Global-Local Connection for LGBT Rights event stirs up conversation

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Global-Local Connection for LGBT Rights event stirs up conversation

The evening’s conversation covered an array of topics, including but not limited to anti-LGBT laws across the world, bullying, the school-to-prison pipeline, Black Lives Matter, Trans Lives Matter, the role of social media in activism, HIV/AIDS and LGBT elders.

Photo Credit: Patrick Saunders

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LGBT Institute officially launches at Center for Civil and Human Rights

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LGBT Institute officially launches at Center for Civil and Human Rights

"It's the perfect time and the perfect place to shine a spotlight on issues that don't often get a platform."

Atlanta’s National Center for Civil and Human Rights to open LGBT Institute

Atlanta’s National Center for Civil and Human Rights to open LGBT Institute

"One important aspect of the Institute is that it will be housed inside the Center for Civil and Human Right, an organizational reason not without symbolism. It fights back against the notion that LGBT rights aren’t civil rights."