Civil Rights Lawyer to Champion Equality for Lgbt Rights/Aids in Midwest

U.S. Newswire › March 22, 2004

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CHICAGO, March 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- An accomplished attorney with more than a decade of experience advocating on behalf of individuals fighting discrimination has joined the American Civil Liberties Union as part of the organization's continuing efforts to advance equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons and people in the HIV-impacted communities.

John A. Knight, formerly a trial attorney for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, begins his position as director of the ACLU of Illinois Lesbian and Gay Rights/AIDS Project on March 22. Knight also will serve as a Midwest regional attorney for the National ACLU's Lesbian and Gay Rights and AIDS Projects. In this unique position, Knight will work with the national office of the ACLU to assist ACLU affiliates across the Midwest region in confronting bias and discrimination in those states.

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Civil Rights Lawyer to Champion Equality for Lgbt Rights/Aids in Midwest

Announcing the appointment, Harvey Grossman, legal director for the ACLU of Illinois, noted: "We are fortunate t...

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