Overruled!

Lambda Legal, the nations oldest education and legal advocacy group for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and people with HIV, recently premiered a wonderful short documentary on their website. Overruled! documents the Supreme Court Lawrence v. Texas ruling that declared gay sex a basic civil right and acknowledged that gay and lesbian relationships were family relationships deserving of constitutional protection.

It’s a story everyone who ever plans to have sex should hear. The story is told by many members of the legal team and one of the two plantiffs (Lawrence) and it is in their retelling that the film offers its emotional punch. Sadly one of the two plaintiffs, Tyron Garner, passed away in 2006, after the ruling but before this film was made. Overruled! also serves as a powerful reminder of what it means to be granted basic human rights in the eyes of the law, and how many of our citizens are still waiting for that acknowledgment.

Lambda Legal - Watch Overruled! (via Audacia Ray).

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