OHIO NOW is committed to fighting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in all areas, including employment, housing, public accommodations, health services, child custody and military policies. OHIO NOW is committed to educational efforts that combat the adverse effects of homophobia, promote positive images in the media and ultimately ensure civil rights protection for all. NOW asserts the right of lesbians to live their lives with dignity and security, and marriage equality for all.
We need to continue with critical campaigns in the fight for equality:
- Fighting against RFRAs
- Demanding the NBA move the 2017 All-Star Game out of North Carolina following the passage of HB2
- Asking the NCAA to stop hosting events in North Carolina, where it is scheduled to hold 20 tournament games in the next two years, following the passage of HB2
- Calling on the Federal Trade Commission to ban the dangerous, ineffective and unnecessary practice of conversion therapy that attempts to changes people’s sexual orientation
- Demanding Congress pass the Equality Act, which would extend civil rights protections to all Americans
For More information
There are the two new Ohio Poverty Law Center (OPLC) booklets on The Legal Rights of Unmarried Partners – the self-help manual and the attorney training manual – as well as a one-sheet brochure for the general public. A copy can be found on the OPLC website (where these publications are accessible online). Please feel free to widely disseminate this information and/or publish the manuals and brochure (or links). Visit: http://www.ohiopovertylawcenter.org/publications/
In addition, we can provide hard copies of the manuals free of charge (until we run of our print run of 400 self-help and 200 attorney manuals). In fact, I would like to advertise the availability of free copies of the manuals (upon email request to my assistant Patricia Brown at pbrown@oslsa.org. Take advantage of this offer.
