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Friday, December 21, 2012  Another Missouri town has amended its anti-discrimination ordinance to include prohibitions against discrimination for sexual orientation and gender identity.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012  The St. Louis County Council has narrowly passed an ordinance that adds gender identity and sexual orientation to its anti-discrimination regulations and hate crimes law.

Thursday, August 30, 2012  Ferguson has become the sixth town in St. Louis County to pass a law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual preference.

Monday, August 27, 2012  The fight for gay rights is playing out in city halls and town squares throughout the nation's heartland, from southwest Missouri to the Kansas plains to Nebraska college towns.

Saturday, February 25, 2012  A prosecutor told jurors that Dharun Ravi, now 19, spied on roommate Tyler Clementi and acted maliciously "to deprive him of his dignity."

Tuesday, February 07, 2012  The Missouri House has endorsed legislation that would change the state's workplace discrimination laws.

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Friday, January 20, 2012  Supreme Court ruling on church discrimination leaves educators at religious schools in limbo

Thursday, December 01, 2011  The AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania filed the lawsuit for the unidentified 13-year-old boy.

Monday, November 28, 2011  Just last week the St. Louis suburb of Clayton passed a law to protect the rights of all residents equally.

Monday, September 19, 2011  "Don't hate me because I'm less adoptable, adopt me because I need you."

Monday, June 20, 2011  Supreme Court blocks huge sex bias lawsuit by women who work at Wal-Mart

Monday, March 28, 2011  At issue in the largest job discrimination lawsuit ever against the nation's largest retailer is not the outcome, but whether the suit can move forward.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011  Obama administration presenting first US call for gay rights at the UN Human Rights Council