Thinking Out Loud: Cuba, I’m Proud of You!
It’s happening here, it’s happening there, it’s happening regardless of politics. By: Abby Dees*/Special to TRT— In the information packet for my recent trip to…
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Leading LGBT Advocacy Organizations Respond to Senate Judiciary Committee Failure to Consider UAFA
This statement can be attributed to the National Center for Lesbian Rights, GLAAD, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, United We Dream and Queer Undocumented…
Delaware Senate Approves Marriage Equality (Updated)
State will be 11th state to allow equal marriage for same-sex couples By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— Just minutes before the Delaware Senate was set…
With Rhode Island, 50 Million Americans Will Now Live in Marriage Equality States
Gov. Lincoln Chafee to immediately sign the bill at historic ceremony on steps of State Capitol WASHINGTON – Yesterday the Rhode Island state House passed marriage equality…
Rhode Island Marriage Law Signed; More States Could Vote Next Week (Updated)
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee signed a marriage equality bill into law this evening (May 2), just an hour after the state House gave the measure…
RI Mayors Unite: Announce their Support for Marriage Equality
By: Ashley Mark/TRT Reporter– The freedom to marry for same-sex couples is only recognized in ten states and the District of Columbia. While there is…
Ask Lambda Legal: Marriage and the Supreme Court
By: Jon Davidson, Legal Director, Lambda Legal– Dear Lambda Legal, Q: I was talking with friends about the Supreme Court hearings about Prop 8 in…
Rhode Island Marriage Clears Final Hurdle
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Services– PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island — After a moving speech by a senator who described herself as a devout Catholic but said she…
DOMA on the Ropes: Will the Supreme Court Deliver the Knockout Punch?
By: Bernadette Stark, Esq.*/Special to TRT– The country has been riveted this week as the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases…
Hundreds Expected at Boston City Hall Plaza on Historic Supreme Court Marriage Arguments’ Day
BOSTON, Mass.—Next Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perry, the challenge to California’s Proposition 8, an amendment to that…
American Academy of Pediatrics: Marriage Equality is Good for Children
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the independent and non-partisan American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) announced their support for marriage for gay and lesbian couples for a…
Lawsuit Seeking the Freedom to Marry in New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM—Today, two same-sex couples seeking the freedom to marry filed a lawsuit in Albuquerque’s district court after they applied for and were denied marriage…
Hillary Clinton “Comes Out” In Support of Marriage Equality
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter– Today, former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, did not wait long to get back to work. Clinton openly, via a Human…
Ask Lambda Legal – Religious Exemptions
By: Jenny Pizer, Senior Counsel and Director, Law and Policy Project for Lambda Legal– Q: I live in Illinois and have been eagerly waiting to…
Historic Progress Made for LGBT Equality in Wyoming
CHEYENNE, Wyoming — Historic progress was made this week in the movement for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender equality in Wyoming as two pro-equality bills…
Rahm Emanuel Signs Marriage Petition: Calls Freedom to Marry in Illinois
Chicago, IL — Today Lambda Legal announced that Rahm Emanuel has signed the ILove Marriage Petition. Lambda Legal released the following statement from James L….
Chelsea Clinton vs. Rick Warren on Marriage Equality
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– California evangelist preacher Rick Warren hasn’t changed much in four years and neither, apparently, have the questions he’s asked by…
At Long Last: GLAD Celebrates Maine Marriage Victory
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) is celebrating today’s ballot vote in favor of marriage equality for same-sex couples in Maine , with the passage of…
Rhode Island’s House Speaker, Gordon Fox, Supports Marriage Equality, Again
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter– PROVIDENCE, RI—Speaker of the House, Gordon Fox (D- Rhode Island), has come around marriage equality–again–in the Ocean State, according to statements…
NAACP’s Historic Move: Organization Sanctions Marriage Equality (Update)
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– Saying that the NAACP has “always stood against laws that demean, dehumanize, and discriminate against people,” NAACP Board Chairman Roslyn…
BREAKING: Obama “Comes Out” For Marriage Equality
By Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– President Obama said in a White House-arranged interview Wednesday afternoon that “same-sex couples should be able to get married.” The…
In Historic First, Appellate Court Will Decide Constitutionality of DOMA
Boston, MA — On Wednesday, April 4, seven married same-sex couples and three widowers will go to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First…
Federal Appeals Court Judges Hear Arguments Against DOMA Case
By: Chuck Colbert/Keen News Service– When a panel of three judges on a federal appeals court hears arguments against the federal Defense of Marriage Act,…