Turing Program: LGBT SWAT Team

The Online Policy Group tracks incidents of online bias, defamation, and discrimination against individuals and/or communities based on their sexual orientation or gender identity, as well as partnering with other organizations who track and respond to such incidents. Please help by reporting such incidents and responding to them, as well as reviewing media coverage and links to related organizations and publications.

Report Online Incidents of Bias Against LGBT Persons

Please report any incidents of bias, discrimination, or defamation against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning persons that you discover online on the OPG incident report form.

Respond to Online Incidents of Bias Against LGBT Persons

Please respond to the following action alerts regarding online incidents of anti-LGBT bias, defamation, and discrimination.

Recent Alerts

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Media Coverage

	Middle East Website Posts Then Removes LGBT Story
	We must express our extreme disappointment that Al Bawada capitulated to the pressures put upon them by fundamentalist conservative closed minded people that would like us to believe that there are no G.L.B.T. people in the middle east, GayMiddleEast.com (October 4, 2003)

	Studies Probe Web Link to HIV Surge
	Will Doherty, executive director of QueerNet/Online Policy Group, a nonprofit focused on providing wider Internet access, noted that online dates, or hookups, don't of themselves cause STD infection, Gay.com / PlanetOut.com Network (July 29, 2003)

	CIPA Makes Filters the Law of the Land
	The party’s over — for free, public access to the Internet, Philadelphia Gay News (July 4, 2003)

	High Court Backs CIPA
	The Supreme Court majority, led by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, ruled that the interest of protecting children was greater than the First Amendment rights of adult patrons, Philadelphia Gay News (June 26, 2003)

	16 Cities Will Hold Rallies For The Supreme Court Decision On Texas Sodomy Laws
	There are at least 16 cities planning protests or celebrations in response to the upcoming Supreme Court decision on Texas's sodomy law, GayWired (June 13, 2003)

Recent Coverage

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Related Organizations and Publications

	Saudi Arabia Unblocked Entrance to GayMiddleEast.com
	It seems that Saudi Arabia was concerned from the bad publicity blocking the site would bring them at the very same time that they are involved with a multi-million dollar advertising campaign in the United States who's aim is to improve the image of Saudi Arabia, (July 2, 2003)

San Francisco Celebrates Supreme Court LGBTIQQ Rights Ruling A jubilant crowd of people dedicated to human rights for same-sex partners is gathering today to celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking the Texas sodomy statute, Online Policy Group (June 26, 2003)

	San Francisco Reacts to Supreme Court LGBTIQQ Rights Ruling
	A broad coalition of San Francisco community organizations has called an event to protest or celebrate, depending on the outcome of the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Texas sodomy statute, QueerNet Project of Online Policy Group (June 12, 2003)

	Sexual Racism SUX!
	This web page is aimed at confronting racist behaviour and speech in gay men, particularly those of us who use online personal services like gaydar, Sexual Racism Sux (May 1, 2002)

Access Denied, Version 2.0: The Continuing Threat Against Internet Access and Privacy and Its Impact on the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Drawing upon a wide range of contributors from diverse fields and backgrounds, Access Denied Version 2.0 also addresses issues of online privacy and the growing "digital divide" in Internet access along racial, regional and socio-economic lines, GLAAD (December 1, 1999)

Recent Publications

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