Freedom Indiana

For the last three years, LGBTQ youth and allies have gathered at the Statehouse at the beginning of the session for Youth Advocacy Day, an opportunity for them to ensure their voices are heard ...

https://freedomindiana.org/youth-story-collection/

Because Indiana law does not have explicit LGBT-inclusive civil rights protections, LGBT Hoosiers have long had to worry about being discriminated against by employers. Being fired, denied a pro...

https://freedomindiana.org/worker-story-collection/

Hoosiers are well acquainted with public policy purporting to be about “religious freedom” that in reality serves as a smokescreen for anti-LGBT discrimination. The so-called Religious Freedo...

https://freedomindiana.org/faith-story-collection/

Adolescence can be a tough time for anyone, but for LGBT youth, teenage years can be even more trying. Teachers have a critical role to play in combating hostile situations and helping LGBT youth...

https://freedomindiana.org/teachers-story-collection/

No one should face discrimination because of who they are. While the federal Americans with Disabilities Act protects people with disabilities from discrimination, there are no federal or statew...

https://freedomindiana.org/people-with-disabilities-story-collection/

Today, the US Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit will begin hearing oral arguments in the case of eight same-sex Indiana couples who sued the state for the right to have the names of both paren...

https://freedomindiana.org/7th-circuit-court-set-to-hear-oral-arguments-starting-today-in-case-that-could-secure-same-sex-couples-parental-rights/

As Mother’s Day approaches, Freedom Indiana is highlighting the stories of moms for whom the fight to protect all LGBT Hoosiers from discrimination is a very personal one. Hoosier Moms for Fre...

https://freedomindiana.org/for-mothers-day-hoosier-moms-for-freedom-on-how-anti-lgbt-laws-harm-their-families/

President Donald Trump’s signing last week of an executive order that could encourage the use of religion as an excuse for anti-LGBT discrimination has fair-minded Hoosiers speaking out on what...

https://freedomindiana.org/in-the-wake-of-trumps-executive-order-hoosiers-of-faith-speak-out-against-state-sanctioned-discrimination/

LGBT people with disabilities often have, as Elizabeth Longcore says, “two coming outs” associated with both of their identities—for her, that’s as a lesbian woman and someone who identif...

https://freedomindiana.org/lgbt-hoosiers-on-the-dual-discrimination-that-comes-from-also-living-with-disabilities/

To say that coming out to friends and family is a pivotal emotional moment in an LGBT person’s life is almost an understatement. Perhaps no moment is more fraught with conflicting feelings: rel...

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As the national conversation coalesces around transgender non-discrimination policies—and specifically, how those policies impact transgender students—many schools have been making a point to...

https://freedomindiana.org/college-story-collection/

Hoosier Moms for Freedom is diverse coalition of moms who working hard every day to ensure that they and their LGBT sons and daughters can live free from the threat of discrimination. These are ...

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Hoosier hospitality is what our state is known for. But the truth is, without statewide comprehensive civil rights protections, Indiana can feel inhospitable to LGBT people. So much at times, tha...

https://freedomindiana.org/lack-of-lgbt-non-discrimination-protections-drive-workers-to-seek-employment-and-a-better-life-outside-indiana/

The message below was sent on Monday morning from Chris Paulsen, Freedom Indiana’s campaign manager. At 12:53 am on Saturday morning, Indiana lawmakers officially adjourned for the 2017 session...

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Because Indiana law does not have explicit LGBT-inclusive civil rights protections, LGBT Hoosiers have long had to worry about being discriminated against by employers. Being fired, denied a pro...

https://freedomindiana.org/in-recognition-of-this-weeks-historic-seventh-circuit-ruling-were-sharing-the-stories-of-hoosiers-whove-been-impacted-by-employment-discrimination/