EDGE New England

Two new cases of discrimination against LGBT youth in Pennsylvania prompted a change in school policy - only one of which was in favor of the LGBT students.

ACLU is challenging a Utah school district’s decision that restricts elementary school students from accessing a picture book about a lesbian couple raising children.

A judge has ruled that a Missouri school district must replace its Internet filter because it blocks several pro-gay websites but allows students to access anti-gay pages.

An ACLU initiative to gain access to GLBT resources for students denied those sites has met resistance from a Missouri school district that claims web resources geared toward gay youth with fact-based information are "sex sites."

The ACLU has intervened at a California school where students were blocked from accessing sites addressing GLBT issues, while filters continued to allow access to sites that condemned gays or said they could be "cured."

Schools around the country that have web filters in place to block student access to web sites offering information and non-pornographic content have heard from the American Civil Liberties Union and Yale Law School.

The decision by the federal Department of Justice not to pursue part of the Defense of Marriage Act has been widely interpreted by gay and anti-gay activists. James Esseks, director of the ACLU’s LGBT project, explained it for EDGE readers.

Iowa lawmakers have taken exception to an exhibit created by that state’s branch of the American Civil Liberties Union. The exhibit, displayed at State Historical Building, celebrated the organization’s 90-year history of fighting for minority rights, including those of women, gays, and racial minorities.

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the government on behalf of a gay former Air Force sergeant denied full separation pay after he was forced out under the military’s "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts is questioning the propriety of stepped-up security checkpoint procedures at airports in Boston and Las Vegas.