Fancher: Colin Kaepernick Anthem Protest Recalls Recent Boycott by Young ACLU Client
September 08, 2016
Months before professional football player Colin Kaepernick registered his protest against police violence by refusing to stand for the national anthem, an African American Lincoln Park Middle School...
Glass Half Full? Finding Hope in the Face of Michigan's Assault on LGBT Equality
September 06, 2016
I’m a “glass half full” kind of guy, but it hasn’t been easy these past two months to feel optimistic about prospects for LGBT equality in Michigan.
That’s because we’ve seen a sadly high number of...
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LGBT Rights
Kaplan: Michigan Supreme Court Fails LGBT Families...Again
August 13, 2016
The verdict is in, it seems: LGBT co-parents can have their kids unilaterally taken away from them by their former partner (the legal parent) - and the highest court in Michigan has essentially said...
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LGBT Rights
Fancher: Five Steps the Police Can Take to Reduce Racial Bias Toward Blacks
August 12, 2016
Recent tragic police-related shootings have demonstrated yet again that sudden, violent deaths at the hands of police can capture headlines and public attention. But out of sight and forgotten are...
Hunter: Our Dreams and Our Identities Are Not Mutually Exclusive
August 02, 2016
It isn’t really about bathrooms, is it?
Of course it isn’t.
It’s not really even about transgender people. It’s about people being different. Those of us who are fortunate enough to do civil...
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LGBT Rights
Five Questions for...ACLU Summer Law Intern Rohit Rajan
July 29, 2016
Rohit Rajan is a summer intern at the ACLU's West Michigan office. A rising second-year law student at Harvard Law School, Rohit says his journey into civil-rights activism started in high school...