Law by Subject

Gay & Lesbian Legal Issues

Internet Resources

• AllLaw.com - Legal Topics - Gay & Lesbian Legal Issues
• GayLawNet
• Gay & Lesbian Resources | Advocate.com
• International Resources
• Sexuality, Gender, and the Law: National and International
  Compiled by Lyonette Louis-Jacques
• Sexual Orientation and the Law: A Research Bibliography of Legal Literatute Discussing Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Bisexual Persons, Their Rights and Their Families
• UGA Gay & Lesbian Legal Network

AIDS/HIV

• AIDS and HIV Law - MegaLaw.com
• AIDS Legal Bibliography
  Compiled by Prof. Arthur Leonard, NY Law School, June 4, 1997
• AIDS Legal Referral Panel: AIDS Law Manual
• AIDSandtheLaw.com
  An AIDS/HIV law and policy resource. This website is intended to enhance understanding of the legal and policy issues posed by the AIDS pandemic
• HIV/AIDS and the Law

Human Rights

• Gay & Lesbian International Lobby
  Founded in 1994, the purpose of the Lobby is to work in international connections to improve the political and social emancipation.
• Human Rights Watch: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Rights
  A report by Human Rights Watch and the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission.
• International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
  The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) was founded in 1990 to fill the gap between the international human rights movement and the gay rights movement, neither of which fully addressed human rights violations against sexual minorities. They combine traditional human rights techniques such as monitoring, documenting, advocating, and public policy development with grassroots organizing and supporting groups in developing countries.

Immigration

• Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force

Marriage

• Partners Task Force for Gay & Lesbian Couples
  A national resource for same-sex couples. Supporting the diverse community of committed gay and lesbian partners through a variety of media. Web site contains 150+ pages of essays, surveys, and legal information.
• Same-Sex Marriage: Pathfinder

Electronic Journals

• GayLawNews
  GayLawNewsTM seeks to provide you with an international digest of reports concerning changes in the law actually decided by a Court or Tribunal or passed by a legislature and selected reports on possible future changes to the law.
• Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
• National Journal of Sexual Orientation Law
  
• Outspoken
  The newsletter of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
• EUROLETTER International Lesbian and Gay Association - European news on the legal status of gays, lesbians, transgenders; ILGA-Europe; homosexuality and the law; see also queerlaw and queerplanet lists on majordomo@abacus.oxy.edu:
  
  You can receive Euro-Letter by e-mail by sending an empty message to euroletter-subscribe@egroups.com http://www.eGroups.com/group/euroletter/)
• GAYLAW The National Journal of Sexual Orientation Law; electronic journal devoted to legal issues affecting lesbians, gay men and bisexuals:
  
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  subscribe gaylaw [your first name] [your last name] (Archives at http://metalab.unc.edu/gaylaw/ and Queer Resources Directory)
• LESBIAN/GAY LAW NOTES Related lists include queerlaw on majordomo@abacus.oxy.edu:
  Archives at http://www.qrd.org/www/usa/legal/lgln/

Organizations

• Human Rights Campaign
• Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD)
• GAY AND LESBIAN ORGANIZATIONS
• LeGaL - Lesbian and Gay Law Association of Greater New York
• National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
• National Lesbian and Gay Law Association
• SpeakOut.com - Gay Rights

Listserv Information

• AMEND2-DISCUSS@cs.colorado.edu Colorado Constitutional Amendment 2 list; discussions of the amendment banning legislation providing civil rights protection for homosexuals - gays, lesbians, and the law:
  
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• ANGLES@lists.stanford.edu American Network of Gay and Lesbian Law Students:
  
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  subscribe angles [your e-mail address] (Related page at Queer Resources Directory)
• ATGL@queer.org.au Australian Transgender List; legal issues related to transgendered people in Australia and neighboring countries; also includes cross dressers/transvestites and transsexuals:
  
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• EGALE-L@islandnet.com Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere; for discussion of gay, lesbian, and bisexual politics and law in Canada:
  
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• FREEDOM@idbsu.idbsu.edu List for organizing against the Idaho Citizens Alliance anti-gay ballot initiative:
  
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• GAYLAW-101@listserv.aol.com Teaching GLBT (Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgendered) Issues in Law Schools:
  
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• GAYNET@queernet.org GayNet mailing list; gay, lesbian, bisexual political action, AIDS education, etc.:
  
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• GLB-NEWS@brownvm.brown.edu Information Repository for News of Interest to GLB Folk; gay, lesbian, bisexual news:
  
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• HIV-legal listserv
  Internet listserv for attorneys and others interested in HIV/AIDS law and policy. Subscription information available at the page linked to
• IGLHRC@igc.apc.org International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission list:
  
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• MARRIAGE@abacus.oxy.edu Equal marriage rights for same-sex couples (gay and lesbian); list for news and information on the status of the Baehr lawsuit in Hawaii; to discuss tactics and strategies to get same-sex marriage laws implemented; not for debate of whether or not "gay marriage" is a good idea:
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• QI@abacus.oxy.edu Queer Immigration; mailing list to facilitate discussion of the effect of immigration policy on gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgendered people and their allies:
  
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• QUEERLAW@abacus.oxy.edu List for discussion, analysis and promulgation of queer legal theory and all other aspects of sexual orientation and the law; for law professors, students, and others interested in how the law affects, and is affected by, sexual minorities - lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgendered folks, etc.:
  
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• QUEERLAW-EDIT@abacus.oxy.edu Moderated version of QUEERLAW list; queer legal theory and all other aspects of sexual orientation and the law; lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgendered folks:
  
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• QUEERPLANET@abacus.oxy.edu List devoted to organizing and networking international lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgendered/etc. communities, including improving nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation worldwide; discussion of immigration, AIDS, etc.; interaction between international queer organizations such as ILGA; includes Rex Wockner's weekly International News:
  
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• STONEWALL-IMMIGRATION@diversity.org.uk United Kingdom gay and lesbian immigration law, policy, and issues list; asylum and refugee law; international law; other lists are stonewall-news, stonewall-campaigns, and stonewall-media; Stonewall is a "national civil rights group working for legal equality and social justice for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals; politics:
  
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• TRANS-ACADEMIC@mailbase.ac.uk Academic discussions of topics related to transgendered persons, transsexuals, including law:
  
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• UK-MOTSS@diversity.org.uk UK-based forum for discussions of political and social issues related to gays, lesbians and bisexuals; was on uk-motss-request@pyra.co.uk or uk-motss-request@dircon.co.uk:
  
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  subscribe uk-motss Your Name (Related pages hosted by the Digital Diversity organization at http://www.stonewall.org.uk/ and Queer Resources Directory)
• ARENAL@mx.gw.com List for Costa Ricans and other Hispanics to discuss in Spanish of the homosexual lifestyle, including discrimination of the basis of sexual orientation; concerned with fighting against homophobia, and for equal rights of gays and lesbians in Latin American countries:
  
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