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Flashback: What If You Had to Ask Permission to Get Married?
Sometimes empathy is the most powerful way of moving civil rights forward, which is why this PSA from 2005 is so effective. It depicts what it must feel like for gay people who are barred from legally marrying by showing a man walking from house to house asking strangers if can have his girlfriend's hand in marriage. Wow.
Say What? Republican Has Two Mommies
"When you grow up with Lesbian mothers, you can't get your ears pierced to rebel. I became a Republican."
— Jesse Levey, a 29-year-old management consultant and Republican activist who believes in family values, small government, and the right of lesbians, like his mothers, to marry.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Save or Scrap?
Victor Fehrenbach, an F-15 fighter pilot in the US Air Force, has been serving his country with honor for 18 years. In that time, he's flown 88 combat missions, logged 1,500 fighter hours, and received nine air medals. He's gotten word, though, that his record doesn't matter as much as the fact that he is gay.
What If You Were Barred From a Loved One's Deathbed?
That's exactly what happened to Janice Langbehn and her children when her partner of 18 years, Lisa Pond, suddenly collapsed from an aneurysm during a family vacation and was rushed to a Miami hospital. Langbehn and her adopted children with Pond waited for hours before being informed of her condition, and when it became clear it was serious, they were barred from seeing her.
Langbehn claimed that a hospital social worker told her she was in an "anti-gay city and state" and would need health proxies — living wills, advanced directives and power-of-attorney documents — in order to see Pond.
Cynthia Nixon Announces Engagement
Cynthia Nixon announced her engagement to girlfriend of five years, Christine Marinoni, at a rally in support of same-sex marriage in New York City yesterday. "It's time already," she said, expressing a wish to marry Christine in New York if/when it becomes legal there.
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Don't Ask, Do Investigate: Stewart Blasts Army For Firing Gays
I always thought the Army's don't-ask-don't-tell policy was really a turn-your-head policy. But no! It's more: let's investigate any rumors of gayness infiltrating the ranks.
Gender, Law, and Marriage: We've Got a Ways to Go
"How do we define legal gender? By chromosomes? By genitalia?
Matthew Shepard's Mom: Hate Crimes Bill Is Necessary
"I hear that argument all the time: special rights for special people. It's not even the point. What this does is bring us up to a level of equality in prosecution .
Say What?
"The hate crimes bill that’s called the Matthew Shepard Bill is named after a very unfortunate incident that happened where a young man was killed, but we know that the young man was killed in the commitment of a robbery. It wasn’t because he was gay. The bill was named for him .
Say What? Carrie Prejean on Same-Sex and Opposite Marriages
"I think it's great that Americans are able to choose one or the other. We live in a land that you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage . .
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