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...iage is not in violation of Article 12 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). By four votes to three, it ruled that the non-recognition of same-s ...icipants in long-term cohabiting relationships who have not entered into a civil partnership or marriage.

...as many textile mills and factories were built across the state. The civil rights movement of the mid-20th century helped in ending segregation and legal dis

...fferent understandings of both gender identity and interpretation of civil rights law. ...verreach" that stemmed from a “radical reinterpretation" of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which neither mentions nor defines the status of transgender people."T

* 1 – Civil unions and step-child adoption by same-sex couples become legal in Estonia. * 20 – New York State Division of Human Rights §466.13 prohibiting harassment and discrimination on the basis of gender i

...till highly underrepresented in Nepalese society, and do not have the same rights that men do.

...icular group. In America, the term has long been associated with the Civil Rights movement and is imbued with a semblance of racial context.

...ve been notable figures that have fought for or involved themselves in gay rights, or their right to live their lives as they saw fit. Oscar Wilde is most me ...is right to live and love without the fear of arrest. Author of "The Naked Civil Servant", he has become an icon within the gay community and symbol of gay

...st notably Martin Luther King Jr., were prominent leaders during the civil rights movement. Atlanta was selected as host of the 1996 Summer Olympics, which m

...its first capital, and rejoined the Union in 1868. Following the American Civil War, Alabama would suffer decades of economic hardship, in part due to agri ...Selma to Montgomery march made the state a major focal point of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. During and after World War II, Alabama gre

...nity’s uprising in response to a police raid sparked the modern LGBT civil rights movement in the United States. ...e that U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human rights of LGBT persons.

...apers of the late 1960's, covering such subjects as the anti-war and civil rights movements as well as the social changes advocated by the youth culture," wr

...reate opportunities for straight allies to become active in the LGBT civil rights movement. It embodies a form of activism that is uplifting, rewarding and f

...moderate ideology similar to that espoused by the liberal reformist civil rights organizations that existed for African Americans. ...and the 1970s brought a new generation of activists who felt that the gay rights movement needed to endorse a larger and more radical agenda to address othe

...lation is not equal to heterosexual marriage because couples lack adoption rights. ...iage Act which allows Texas to deny recognition of same-sex marriages or [[civil union]]s entered into in other states.

...e forms of alternative sexual expression. NCSF is primarily focused on the rights of consenting adults in the SM-leather-fetish, swing, and polyamory communi ...ew York SM Activists. The goal was to fight for sexual freedom and privacy rights for all adults who engage in safe, sane and consensual behavior.

...ship bill which would only apply to same-sex couples, providing all of the rights of marriage except adoption and the ability to take the same surname. Regis * 12 - Hawaii [[civil union]]s bill passes the state house on a 33–17 vote.

...Act 2000, for example), along with issues issues like censorship and human rights abuses, both domestically and abroad. It has also started a campaign to rai

...Lifetime Achievement Award. Through both his artistic endeavors and civil rights activism, he remains a seminal figure of Latin-American representation in t === Civil rights activism ===

*'''Rights abuse''': denying the civil and constitutional rights of a person who is old, but not declared by court to be mentally incapacita ...stitutional abuse''' refers to physical or psychological harms, as well as rights violations in settings where care and assistance is provided to dependant o

In North America, civil lawsuits, as well as criminal code changes against strip searches have usua ...are now suing the two teachers and principal who allegedly violated their rights.