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Lawrence v. Texas, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled (6–3) on June 26, 2003, that a Texas state law criminalizing certain intimate sexual conduct between two consenting adults of the same sex was unconstitutional. The sodomy laws in a dozen other states were thereby invalidated.
Lawrence v. Texas - LGBT Rights, Privacy, Equality: Both supporters and opponents of gay rights reacted vocally to the decision, because both sides considered the maintenance or defeat of sodomy laws as central, at least symbolically, to their causes.
Gay rights movement, civil rights movement that advocates equal rights for LGBTQ persons—that is, for lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender persons, and queer persons—and calls for an end to discrimination against LGBTQ persons in employment, credit, housing, public accommodations, and other areas of life.
For Better or For Worse comic strip featured a gay character, Lawrence, in a 1993 storyline. The strip's creator, Lynn Johnston, handled the controversy by offering alternate strips for newspapers that declined the original storyline.
Lawrence Gay, a wheelchair user with a disability, alleges that on multiple occasions, he encountered access barriers at a restaurant named "Adalberto's Mexican Food" located in Los Angeles County. These barriers, including the lack of ADA-compliant seating, prevented him from fully accessing the business, leading to discomfort and embarrassment.
We are a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and everyone living with HIV.
UPK’s upcoming Liberating Lawrence looks at early LGBTQ activism in the Midwest. The book features almost seventy interviews with activists from the time. Additionally, it follows the Lawrence Gay Liberation Front (LGLF), formed by University of Kansas student David Stout in 1970.
