Watch NYU Honor Edith Windsor, DOMA's Supreme Court Plaintiff
“As the highest court in the land deliberates your case … you, our beloved graduate, are a moving testament to the power and tenacity’s of this nation’s evolving search for justice a…
Posters in Washington State Capitol claim gun laws are just like anti-gay discrimination. Just no.
Anyone else notice the Cascadia flag on the first poster?
Building an Abolitionist Trans & Queer Movement with Everything We’ve Got
from Captive Genders (eds. Stanley and Smith) (2011) by Morgan Bassichis, Alex Lee, and Dean Spade.
Clearly I like all the ideas in category THREE but I think its too easy to say HERE IS THE OBVIOUS ANSWER. What does it even mean to do some of these things? What would this praxis look like?
(via aglitteryfool)
New Poll Shows Virginia May Be Ready To Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Ban
A new poll shows Virginia voters may be ready to support legalizing same-sex marriage after a 2006 vote that ratified a constitutional amendment defining marriage as “between one man and one woman.”
Wash. florist who refused flowers for gay couple’s wedding files suit against state
RICHLAND, Wash. — A florist targeted by two lawsuits for refusing to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding has filed her own lawsuit against Washington state, claiming the state is violating her religious beliefs.
Former Justice John Paul Stevens, Professor Laurence Tribe give their Prop 8 and DOMA predictions
This is similar to most predictions we’ve seen lately: narrow results but still the end of these anti-gay laws. Either way, based at least on the oral arguments, it appears the votes could be closer than expected.
Brazil To Become 15th Country To Offer Same-Sex Marriage Nationwide
Pending the implementation of this ruling, Brazil will become the 15th country to offer nationwide marriage equality, joining Uruguay and France, who passed laws just last month.
How The Silence Of The Mormons Is Making Marriage Equality Possible
Why the about-face? Mencimer cites a number of reasons. For one thing, Mormon leaders were apparently caught off guard by the backlash to their involvement in Prop. 8, including from their own members.
Next stop: the governor’s desk
In first, Rep. Pocan obtains congressional spousal ID for same-sex partner
House Sergeant at Arms made decision last month
LGBTQ* Law and Protection History
The Gif above showcases the LGBT legal changes of same-sex/gender recognized marriages in the United States from 1970-2013.
