Spinoffs Spinoffs of ERA National Center for Lesbian Rights NCLR is the only national legal organization primarily dedicated to equality for lesbians and their families. The organization represents lesbian clients in their quest for justice in such areas as constitutional rights, employment, housing, public accommodations, partner benefits, child custody, adoption, and foster parenting. NCLR's program of litigation, public policy advocacy, free legal advice and counseling, and public education grew out of ERA's Lesbian Rights Project in 1989. In addition, NCLR provides representation and resources to gay men, and bisexual and transgendered individuals on key issues that also significantly advance lesbian rights.
Participants learn about the causes of domestic violence, the symptoms and possible legal remedies.
The women then return to their communities and educate fellow farmworkers to identify domestic violence and find solutions to end the cycle of violence. From 1994 until mid-1997, ERA sponsored Elia Gallardo, an echoing green Foundation Fellow who initiated Lideres and helped turn it into an independent organization.