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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
“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)
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 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)