LGBT Civil Liberties in America: A Fight for Freedom to Be Human

by Kristi Barnette
Reposted here by permission of the author. Original link here: http://www.adameve.com/t-ae-lgbt-resource-guide.aspx

When talking about American civil rights, most folks recall political activities that deal with the liberties of minorities or women. Hardly ever do people recognize that the struggle for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBTQ) constitutional freedoms also enters the pursuit for equal rights realm, which influences the lives many homosexual bisexual and transgender men and women around the nation.