Wedding Plans, What About The Ceremony?
Ceremonies Are Just as Important As the Wedding Itself, What to Do Next? By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Faith Columnist— Sanctifying a union is a humbling…
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Gay Couple Shows The World That True Love Stories Can Still Happen
By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— Derrick Young Jr., 25, and Jonathan Allen, 28, have a fairy tale love story that took the internet by storm…
First Annual LGBT Wedding Festival of New England Debuts in Keene
KEENE—On Friday, December 3, more than 30 businesses will participate in the LGBT Wedding Festival of New England at Stonewall Farm in Keene, NH. Spearheaded by…
Puerto Rico’s Same-Sex Mass Weddings
SAN JUAN—In a state of bliss, dozens of gay Puerto Ricans celebrated their union in a same-sex mass wedding yesterday on the island, in what many…
Now What? LGBT Struggles & Changes That Lie Ahead Post Marriage Equality
By: Nicole Lashomb*/TRT Editor-in-Chief— I’ve seen many changes during my editorship at The Rainbow Times. The changes came with the needs of the community, first…
This Side of Marriage Equality & EastSiders
From the Soon-To-Be-Married Stars of TV’s EastSiders By: Mike Bahr*/Special to TRT— Kit Williamson is an actor and filmmaker best known for playing Ed Gifford…
Now We Celebrate Marriage Equality: Tomorrow We Fight for More
By: Keegan O’Brien*/Special to TRT— I still vividly remember how it felt to be spat on and called a “fag&ot” at fourteen, when I went…
Decision Day: A Community Event on SCOTUS Decision
BOSTON, Mass.—Yesterday, hundreds of people gathered at a MassEquality and community event at the front steps of the Massachusetts State House to celebrate the U.S….
Thousands to Celebrate the SCOTUS Decision on Marriage Equality
BOSTON, Mass.—Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that marriage equality for same-sex couples is a constitutional right, thereby making marriage equality the law in every…
Fenway Health Celebrates SCOTUS Decision on National Marriage Equality
Studies Have Shown That Lesbian, Gay And Bisexual People Derive Positive Health Benefits From Same Sex Marriage “Today the U.S. Supreme Court said that same-sex…
Justice Prevails: On Same-Sex Marriage “The Fight is Over”
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— June 26 has been solidified as the historic date for LGBT history in the United States. It is the day in 2003…
SCOTUS Expected to Decide on Nationwide Marriage Equality, Late in June
By: Sara Brown/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has a chance to rule state bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, making…
Business, Religious, Civil Rights, & Government Leaders Urge High Court to Pass Marriage Equality Nationally
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Dozens of friend-of-the-court briefs have been filed with the United States Supreme Court urging the Court to strike down marriage equality bans in Tennessee…
NCLR & ACLU of Alabama Applaud President Obama’s Support For Marriage Equality in Alabama
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, in an interview with BuzzFeed, President Obama stated that he would welcome a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that same-sex couples have…
Mass. Same-Sex Couples Share Their Relationships for Valentine’s Day
By: Clara Lefton/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—In June 2015 the United States Supreme Court will listen to four different cases that dispute the issue of same-sex…
South Dakota Federal Court Rules in Favor of Freedom to Marry for Same-Sex Couples
Today, a federal court ruled in favor of six same-sex couples seeking the freedom to marry in South Dakota. The court stayed its order pending…
Exclusive from Florida: Gay Couples say “I Do!”
By: Viviana Valiente/TRT Florida Correspondent— Miami, Fla.—The legalization of same sex marriages in Florida, many attest, is remarkable. The definition of marriage is no longer…
The Gay Year in Review: 7 Hot Topics That Had Us Talking in 2014
By: Mikey Rox*/Special to TRT— This year the LGBT community laughed together, cried together, and celebrated together as news broke on issues important to us…
Sixth Circuit Upholds Same-Sex Marriage Bans in 4 States, Negates DOMA
By: Clara Lefton/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—The Sixth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals upheld same-sex marriage bans in four states—Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee—in…
Federal Judge Strikes Down Mississippi Marriage Ban
Today U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves ruled in favor of equality, striking down Mississippi’s discriminatory constitutional amendment banning same-sex couples from marrying. Attorney Roberta Kaplan represented two…
Iconic TV Host Ana Maria Polo Joins HRC’s Americans for Marriage Equality Campaign
Yesterday, HRC released two web videos featuring Ana Maria Polo, host of the renowned Telemundo show “Caso Cerrado,” for the organization’s Americans for Marriage Equality campaign. In the…
Judge Rules in Favor of Marriage Equality in Montana
By: Sarah Toce/Editor-in-Chief/The Seattle Lesbian— Referencing family values, the divorce rate and procreation, U.S. District Judge Brian Morris issued a ruling in favor of the freedom to marry…
NCLR Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Tennessee Marriage Equality Case
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Yesterday, the three same-sex couples challenging the State of Tennessee’s laws excluding same-sex couples from marriage and refusing to recognize their out-of-state marriages asked…