Editorial: A stand for same-sex marriage
...is just not acceptable. Across the nation, a gay rights agenda must be representative of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Latinos and the deeper inequities they confront. The gap between the struggle for LGBT rights and the struggles for economic...
Source: New America Media
Gay rights group plans push for same-sex marriage in region
...legalization of same-sex marriage in all of the region's states by the year 2012. The Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders organization, a leading legal rights organization for same-sex couples, announced Tuesday that it would use its legal and lobbying...
Source: Rutland Herald
Same-sex marriage advocates protest in Detroit
...organizing coordinator Bashar Makhay of Ferndale-based Affirmations, a nonprofit dedicated to gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender rights. One of the ways we can achieve equality is through visibility, Makhay said. In Michigan, we are a progressive state...
Source: Detroit Free Press
Abby L. Ferber: Prejudice Alive and Well in the 2008 Elections
...gay couples from adopting children. Taken as a whole, these measures seek to further exclude lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people from our definitions of family. Yet a focus on facts has been sorely missing from the arguments against gay and...
Source: Huffington Post
Proposition 8 protestors rally for rights
...passage of California Proposition 8 - a state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage - the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community led massive nationwide protests to signify disappointment with the proposition and solidarity moving forward. \"Proposition...
Source: The Politico
Marriage equality supporters, opponents hold dueling forums on Goodridge; Trans group on Cape
...gender issues was an important step forward in the group’s mission of providing support to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities. \"We just thought that we should be taking a proactive stance on [these issues] so we started the gender meetings,...
Source: EDGE Boston
Theatre Rhino Secedes from California (GLAAD Company to Hold Ceremony Today)
...decision following the November 4 election to overturn a previous verdict to recognize same-sex marriages, America's longest-running queer theatre company, Theatre Rhinoceros in San Francisco, has decided to secede its main stage from the state of California....
Source: Democratic Underground
Theatre Rhino Secedes From California
...in San Francisco, has decided to secede its main stage from the state of California. The 2008 Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) award-winning company (and a producer of generally great, or at least frequently interesting, work) has decided...
Source: ArtsJournal
\"Join the Impact\" Launches Nationwide Homosexual Protests against True Marriage
...homosexual movement whose mission, according to the website, is \"to encourage the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, queer) community not to look towards the past and place blame\" but to achieve \"full equality for ALL.\" The group encouraged rally...
Source: LifeSite.net
Same-Sex Marriage Licenses Now Issued in Connecticut
...of their relationships by receiving civil marriage licenses. And it's a historic day for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people all over the nation, who may have suffered a setback last Tuesday, but know that our fight for equality goes on.\" ...
Source: Ms. Magazine
Local gay rights supporters join national protest
...about it, that we'd stand out here on day like today,\" Quinn Gibson, of Fairborn, said. The LGBT (lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender) community saw several setbacks at the polls this month. Arkansas voters made it illegal for unmarried but cohabiting...
Source: Dayton Daily News
Nepal SC approves same-sex marriage
...recognize same-sex marriages in European countries, ending all types of discriminations against gays and lesbians,\" Panta said. The ruling caps last year's defining verdict where the court had decided to recognise gay identity and granted them citizenship....
Source: Hindustan Times
Vermonters Protest California's Same Sex Marriage Ban
...That legislation throws into question the legality of more than 18,000 marriages of gay and lesbian couples. \"It's shameful. It's un-American,\" said one Burlington protester. \"This is a very frightening development for all of us,\" added another. A steady...
Source: WCAX
Same-sex marriage backers to rally Saturday
...to all, including its gay citizens,\" said Ray Vahey, president of Center Advocates, a Wisconsin lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights organization. The organization believes Wisconsin lawmakers could, for example, offer limited rights to domestic partners...
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Obama taps seven out gays for transition team
...Act; opposition to any attempt to reintroduce an amendment to the Constitution to ban same-sex marriage, support for inclusive adoption rights; and an expanded war on HIV/AIDS. The program is identical to Obama's positions during the campaign and LGBT rights...
Source: Pam's House Blend
Huckabee: Prop. 8 Did Not ‘Prohibit’ Same-Sex Marriage
...Huckabee’s claim that “the very people that voted for Barack Obama” also voted to ban same-sex marriage is false. UpdateThe AP reports this evening that the California Supreme Court has \"agreed to hear legal challenges to a new ban on gay marriage, but is...
Source: Think Progress
MediaDailyNews: Ad Council To Teens: Anti-Gay Language Isn't Cool
...based on research from the 2007 National School Climate Survey, which found that nearly nine in 10 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender teenagers say they have been verbally harassed in school because of their sexual orientation. Almost half report being...
Source: MediaPost.com
The Insane Rage of the Same-Sex Marriage Mob
...free speech. Corporate honchos, church leaders and small donors alike are in the same-sex marriage mob’s crosshairs, all unfairly demonized as hate-filled bigots by bona fide hate-filled bigots who have abandoned decency in pursuit of “equal rights.” One...
Source: CNSNews.com
VDARE.com: 11/18/08 - The Insane Rage of the Same-Sex
Marriage Mob
...political free speech. Corporate honchos, church leaders and small donors alike are in the same-sex marriage mob's crosshairs, all unfairly demonized as hate-filled bigots by bona fide hate-filled bigots who have abandoned decency in pursuit of \"equal...
Source: V Dare
Protesters Call To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
...the protest, as did Iowa's only openly gay state senator, Matt McCoy. Protesters said gay and lesbian couples only want the same rights as straight couples. \"They work, they pay their bills, they maintain their households, they raise their kids, and yet, they...
Source: KCCI Des Moines
Emotion swells at Prop. 8 protest
...the Bay Area and the country organized to fight for civil liberties and to celebrate diversity. Many gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender couples, families and their supporters spoke at the rally and shared personal stories about how they were affected by...
Source: Inside Bay Area
Change can't be silenced; same-sex marriage will be legal
...Erin said. \"This could be an important point in history, and we'd be part of it.\" Preventing same-sex couples from marrying is often compared to laws against interracial marriage. Of course interracial marriage was not central to the struggles for rights that...
Source: The Seattle Times
Five years on, mostly smooth sailing for marriage equality
...program receives some support or funding from the federal government, which does not recognize same-sex marriage. In the former category is the state’s use of birth certificates that have slots for \"mother\" and \"father,\" with no option for married same-sex...
Source: EDGE Boston
Same-Sex Marriage Ban Protest
...Protestors say Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriages in California, has a harmful effect on gays and lesbians nationwide, including Cameron Tolle, who is a Xavier student and an activist. \"I think it was a slap in the face to realize that even though we...
Source: WKRC
There's nothing like having Bat Boy in our corner
...line,so the rest of your life is not wasted. \"Pam is a 'twisted lesbian sister' and an 'embittered lesbian' of the 'self-imposed gutteral experiences of the gay ghetto.'\" -- 9/5/2008 All across the country, citizens united in protest of California's Proposition...
Source: Pam's House Blend
