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Immigration Reform, Binational Anger Builds – Plea by Reps to include UAFA-

 Immigration Reform, Binational Anger Builds - Plea by Reps to include UAFA-

Image via Wikipedia Melanie Nathan,  2/08/10 .  On the 3rd of February I posted the news that Senator Schumer will not be including our LGBT families in his immigration reform Bill.  Amongst the very many e-mails sent to me as a... (Continue reading)

Iowa House Republicans Seek to Bully Gay Students

Iowa House Republicans Seek to Bully Gay Students

Image via Wikipedia 2/6/10-by Paula Brooks Two Iowa GOP State Representatives, Jason Schultz, and Matt Windschitl, this week, co-sponsored legislation which seeks to remove LGBT students from the 2007 Iowa Safe Schools Law that protects students from harassment and bullying in Iowa’s... (Continue reading)

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Iowa LGBT Group Expects Push For Anti-Marriage Equality Bill Next Week.

Iowa LGBT Group Expects Push For Anti-Marriage Equality Bill Next Week.

Image by Mulad via Flickr 2/5/10- by Paula Brooks After numerous meetings at the Iowa State Capitol Thursday, Brad Clark, campaign director, for Iowa gay rights advocacy group One Iowa, has said he believes Republicans will attempt to pull a bill that... (Continue reading)

‘The Color of my Skin is GAY’ – The Case for an OMNIBUS Bill:Full Equality the only Answer

'The Color of my Skin is GAY' - The Case for an OMNIBUS Bill:Full Equality the only Answer

Ny Melanie Nathan, San Francisco,   Unless there is a dramatic change in how the Gay and Lesbian (plus BTQI) minority perceives itself,   its political representatives, its leadership  and its part in its own fate, its existence will continue to be... (Continue reading)

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Maryland Anti-Same-Sex Marriage Bill Rejected

Maryland Anti-Same-Sex Marriage Bill Rejected

Image by lez get real via Flickr 2/3/10-by Paula Brooks By a 12-8 vote, the Maryland House of Delegates Judiciary Committee has rejected an effort to prohibit that state from recognizing same-sex marriages lawfully performed elsewhere. Del. Emmett C. Burns, a Baltimore County... (Continue reading)

BREAKING: SHOCKING REALITY- Senator Chuck Schumer Is Planning To Exclude Gay And Lesbians From Immigration Reform Bill.

BREAKING: SHOCKING REALITY- Senator Chuck Schumer Is Planning To Exclude Gay And Lesbians From Immigration Reform Bill.

Image via Wikipedia  By Melanie Nathan, San Francisco, February 3, 2010 :  Binationals and activists have been waiting patiently for Senator Chuck Schumer to introduce the enigmatic Immigration reform bill, and the LGBT binational community, whether in exile, living apart or... (Continue reading)

Another Judge Calls Florida Anti-Gay Adoption Law Unconstitutional, Grants Lesbian Couple Baby Boy

Another Judge Calls Florida Anti-Gay Adoption Law Unconstitutional, Grants Lesbian Couple Baby Boy

“There is no rational connection between sexual orientation and what is or is not in the best interest of a child,” says Florida Judge. 1/31/10-by Paula Brooks A judge in Miami has called a third strike on a 1977 Florida law that... (Continue reading)

Pennsylvania Lawmaker Introduces Anti-Same-Sex Marriage Bill

Pennsylvania Lawmaker Introduces Anti-Same-Sex Marriage Bill

Image by lez get real via Flickr 1/30/10-by Paula Brooks Pennsylvania Sen. John Eichelberger (R-30th Dist.) has fulfilled on promise he made earlier this year a to introduce a bill that would institute a ban on same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania’s Constitution. SB 707,... (Continue reading)

Rosie O’Donnell Opens up to LocateTV

Rosie O’Donnell Opens up to LocateTV

Rosie O’Donnell via last.fm 1/29/2010- by Natasia Langfelder Rosie O’Donnell is doing the media rounds as she promotes her new HBO special, “A Family is a Family is a Family: A Rosie O’Donnell Celebration.” She first made headlines, at least during promotions... (Continue reading)

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Obama Expresses Renewed Support For Federal Domestic Benefits Bill

Obama Expresses Renewed Support For Federal Domestic Benefits Bill

Image by lez get real via Flickr 1/29/10-by Paula Brooks Yesterday, when asked about his position on equal rights for same sex couples during a town hall meeting in Tampa, President Obama reiterated his support for legislation moving through the House and... (Continue reading)

Custodial Mom, Janet Jenkins on Nightline -”Suddenly I was a Sinner!”

Custodial Mom, Janet Jenkins on Nightline -

By, Melanie Nathan, January 28, 2010. Janet Jenkins, mother of Isabelle made her first TV appearance on Nightline today, since the abduction of her daughter by the non-custodial mother, Lisa Miller. Lezgetreal’s Bridgette P. LaVictoire has ... (Continue reading)

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Julianne Moore: Rising Lesbian Icon

Julianne Moore: Rising Lesbian Icon

Image via Wikipedia 1/24/2010-by Natasia Langfelder Julianne Moore is straight. She is married to director Bart Freundlich and they have two children together, a boy and a girl. However, Moore has never shied away from taking on unconventional roles, roles that perhaps... (Continue reading)

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Premiere of Rosie’s “A Family is a Family” HBO

Premiere of Rosie's

1/24/10-by Melanie Nathan What is a family? Sometimes it’s a mom and dad and their kids. Or it might be kids with just a mom or dad. Or it could be kids who have more than one mom or dad. While... (Continue reading)

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Washington State Lawmakers Look To Recognize Same-Sex Marriages from Other States

Washington State Lawmakers Look To Recognize Same-Sex Marriages from Other States

Image by tsweden via Flickr 1/22/10-by Paula Brooks This week a bill that would recognize same-sex marriages from other jurisdictions as equivalent to Washington’s state-registered domestic partnerships passed Washington’s House Judiciary Committee and has been forwarded on to that states House Rules... (Continue reading)

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Gay Rights Group Renews Push For Illinois Civil Union Bill

Gay Rights Group Renews Push For Illinois Civil Union Bill

1/22/10-by Paula Brooks The Illinois gay rights advocacy group, Equality Illinois, has renewed its effort to pass Civil Union legislation in the Land of Lincoln. Last year, the same bill, called the Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act, that would have... (Continue reading)

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