Obama to Dept. of Justice: DOMA is Unconstitutional
By Kirsten Palladino President Obama has determined that DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act, is unconstitutional and the Department of Justice should no longer use...
Hawaii Passes Civil Unions
By Katherine Dean The Hawaii legislature passed a bill legalizing same-sex civil unions on Wednesday. According to CNN, the bill greatly expands the relationships rights...
Hawaii Committee Passes Civil Unions Bill
By Katherine Dean The House Judiciary Committee approved Senate Bill 232 yesterday to allow civil unions in the Aloha State. The committee added amendments to...
The Heat is on in Iowa
By Katherine Dean Even after an impassioned speech (watch the video at the end of this article) defending same-sex marriage from Zach Wahls, the son...
Illinois Governor to Sign Historic Civil Unions Legislation
By Karen Hawkins, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A capacity crowd at a historic downtown Chicago venue? No, it isn’t a concert or even the...
More Challenges to DOMA
By Katherine Dean Two new lawsuits challenging the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which restricts federal marriage benefits to heterosexual couples, were filed in...
Straight Couple Wants “Gay” Partnership
By Katherine Dean Katherine Doyle and Tom Freeman, a heterosexual couple from Britain who are seeking to legally recognize gay marriage in their country through...
Talk is Cheap
By Katherine Dean The Obama administration decided Tuesday that it will appeal U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Tauro’s July ruling, which declared the Defense of...
The Road Ahead
By Katherine Dean Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker made history yesterday when he overturned Prop 8. There is no doubt that everyone who believes...
Same-Sex Couples Receive Civil Partnership in Ireland
From the Irish Times: The Civil Partnership Bill, which provides legal recognition for same-sex couples in Ireland for the first time, has today been signed...
Married and Happy—Again
Married and Happy—AgainCouples with at least one transgender partner choose to renew their vows and, in some cases, have no choice By Meghan Russell Michelle...
Thanks, Mr. President
By Katherine Dean With his pledge to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t tell behind him, President Obama continues his steady, albeit slow, fight for same-sex equality....
Prop 8 Repeal Falls Short
By Katherine Dean Gay marriage supporters did not collect the 694,354 signatures needed to add a measure that would repeal California’s ban on same-sex marriage...
A Labor of Love
When my wife, Maria, and I got engaged in a whirlwind of a romantic weekend in New York after four years of courtship and domesticated...
