Mr. Lawrence helped brg about the Supreme Court’s cisn Lawrence v. Texas, which stck down a Texas law that ma gay sex a crime and swept away sodomy laws a dozen other stat.
Contents:
- TWENTY YEARS AFTER A BREAKTHROUGH TEXAS SE LNCHED A NEW ERA OF GAY RIGHTS, TRANS PEOPLE ARE STILL THE FIGHT
- ACLU HISTORY: LAWRENCE V. TEXAS: A WATERSHED FOR GAY RIGHTS
- JOHN LAWRENCE, PLATIFF GAY RIGHTS CASE, DI AT 68
TWENTY YEARS AFTER A BREAKTHROUGH TEXAS SE LNCHED A NEW ERA OF GAY RIGHTS, TRANS PEOPLE ARE STILL THE FIGHT
Jt days earlier, the two quiet men wh workg-class roots fed their nam to a pivotal moment Ameri’s gay rights movement. Supreme Court overturned Texas’ ban on sodomy, lg that stat uld not crimalize homosexualy.
From left: John Lawrence, attorney Mchell Kate and Tyron Garner celebrate the landmark Supreme Court lg on a Texas anti-sodomy law durg a gay Pri para Hoton on June 28, 2003. A ban on gay sex remas on the Texas books today. Notably, transgenr people still face discrimatn and vlence at higher rat than their lbian, gay and bisexual peers.
ACLU HISTORY: LAWRENCE V. TEXAS: A WATERSHED FOR GAY RIGHTS
“They were jt good, average guys jt tryg to get through life wh the hand that was alt ’em, ” said Lane Lewis, a longtime gay rights activist Hoton who intified their se as an opportuny to challenge the state’s sodomy ban.
In 1991, a 27-year-old Hoton rint named Pl Brosard was murred a gay-bashg cint.
JOHN LAWRENCE, PLATIFF GAY RIGHTS CASE, DI AT 68
In rponse, the Hoton Police Department anized an unrver operatn Montrose to tch gay-bashers, but the effort was quickly disntued bee of safety risks to officers.