Group for LGBT equality laws in 3 Southern states
A national group plans to seek anti-discrimination state laws to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people in Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas.
Group plans LGBT campaign in 3 Deep South states
A national organization is launching a three-year, $8.5 million campaign to promote LGBT equality and push for new legal protections in three Southern states dominated by conservative politics and religion and known for resistance to change: Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi.
Effort to build gay marriage support heads South
Less than two weeks after a federal judge declared Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, a new effort has been launched in the South seeking to build wider acceptance of gay and lesbian couples in the hope of overturning similar bans across the region.
Lesbian sues town for denying gay bar permit
JACKSON — A woman is suing the leaders of a north Mississippi town, accusing them of conspiring to prevent her from opening a gay bar
Judge allows suit over lesbian’s annual photo to proceed
A Mississippi federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit brought by gay teenager Ceara Sturgis over the Copiah County School Districts refusal to include a picture of her in a tuxedo in the high school yearbook’s senior section.
Lesbian teen settles case against Itawamba school district
A teenage lesbian who sued her school district over its ban of same-sex prom dates has accepted an offer to settle the case.
District sued by lesbian teen says it didn’t organize ‘sham’ prom
A rural Mississippi school district has denied accusations it routed a lesbian high school student to a “sham” prom at a country club while her schoolmates partied at another location.
New lesbian prom lawsuit: Itawamba teen seeks monetary damages
The lesbian teenager from Mississippi who challenged her school district’s ban of same-sex prom dates is seeking monetary damages, claiming she suffered from public humiliation.
Lesbian high schooler who sued over prom gets $30,000 scholarship on ‘Ellen’
The lesbian high school student embroiled in a legal flap over her school’s prom policy was presented with a $30,000 scholarship on Friday when she appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”