December 6, 2016On November 9, under a grey sky with light rain, I drove to federal court in Springfield, MA, to hear summary arguments in Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) vs. Scott Lively , a civil lawsuit in which...
January 5, 2017Many of us bid 2016 goodbye with a toast of “good riddance” – what with the deaths of cultural icons like David Bowie and Prince, the Pulse massacre, the horror of Aleppo, and of course the rise of...
The climate under President Trump is no ordinary political context, and requires no ordinary activism. Here we gather some resources to help targeted communities protect themselves, and to help us...
Updated: October 14, 2020
CCR joined 15 civil society organizations in sending a letter to members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations concerning the confirmation hearing of Mr. Rex Tillerson as the United States...
Updated: January 10, 2017
November 9, 2016Supporters of an East African advocacy group that has filed a "crimes against humanity" lawsuit against anti-homosexuality evangelist pastor Scott Lively gathered in front of the federal courthouse...
November 9, 2016In a precent-setting case, Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) has accused Massachusetts pastor Scott Lively of crimes against humanity, claiming he convinced lawmakers in Uganda to pass draconian anti-...
"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced." - James Baldwin In 1979, author James Baldwin wrote a 30-page letter outlining a biography of slain civil...
Updated: February 1, 2017
January 30, 2017...There is a small silver lining here. U.S. laws allow foreign citizens to sue Americans in U.S. court, so an LGBT group called Sexual Minorities Uganda filed a lawsuit against Lively for crimes...
An examination of the radical overreach of proposed religious exemptions permitting discrimination on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexuality, and reproductive choices, as well as race,...
Updated: February 16, 2017
Order Would Allow Individuals and Corporations to Discriminate on Virtually Any Basis, Violating U.S. and International Law February 8, 2017, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (...
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