Opinion At End of SCOTUS Term, Where Are We on LGBTQ+ Rights? The court's ambiguous rulings have induced much head-scratching. James Esseks Jul 07, 2021
Opinion Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws Will Move to States, With Trump Judges to Defend Them A new presidential administration is just a starting point for LGBTQ+ justice. James Esseks Nov 09, 2020
Opinion Five Reasons We're Winning the Bathroom War We've learned a lot since that debacle in Houston last fall. James Esseks May 19, 2016
Opinion Here's the ACLU's 2016 LGBT Agenda The American Civil Liberties Union has a hefty to-do list when it comes to LGBT rights. James Esseks Jan 22, 2016
Opinion Op-ed: The Equality Act Is Necessary for LGBTs — and All Women James Esseks of the ACLU says the proposed Equality Act will usher in sweeping changes for almost all minorities. James Esseks Jul 23, 2015
Opinion Op-ed: Gay People Raising Kids No Longer a Legal Target In less than a decade, our families have gone from a tactic to block marriage equality to one of the best arguments for legal relationship recognition. James Esseks Sep 19, 2014
Opinion A Very Personal Side of Challenging Marriage Laws Some of the people who are making marriage a reality through legal challenges are doing so by sharing their toughest moments with the world. James Esseks Sep 10, 2014
Opinion Op-ed: In the Wake of Windsor A year after Edie Windsor's case helped ring in federal recognition of same-sex relationships, full equality is only becoming more tangible. James Esseks Jun 26, 2014