IN PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN TO ENCOURAGE WOMEN OVER THE AGE OF 40 TO RECEIVE MAMMOGRAMS, GILLIBRAND URGES FED TO CLARIFY NEW RECOMMENDATIONS New Guidelines Released This Week Claim Only Women Over 50 Need Routine Mammograms As Part Of Breast Cancer... (Continue reading)
11/07/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire There are dozens of statements about how one should not disparage another, especially when you, yourself, have dirty little secrets. It’s all about being a hypocrite. Ms Carrie Prejean, the former Miss California, found out... (Continue reading)
Melanie Nathan: Considering Maine and Reflecting on California: Does marriage equality and more specifically same-sex marriage hurt traditional marriage? This most confounding question has yet to be answered by anyone, especially those who expound the rhetoric while seeking to ban same-sex... (Continue reading)
11/02/09- by Julie Phineas As residents in Maine gear up for Election Day tommorrow, a new poll shows those who are in favor of overturning marriage equality in the state are winning by a narrow margin of 51% to 47%. LGBT activists... (Continue reading)
The latest TV ad from the Yes on 1 campaign argues that same-sex marriage will be taught in school. If you were a child with same-sex parents, how would you feel watching this ad? How would you feel if your... (Continue reading)
by Melanie Nathan: Some organizations focus on fundraising and remain furtive in their strategy, citing “we know best” while purporting to advance the cause of binationals in their self appointed autocracy. However Out4Immigration remains consistent in its plan – a transparent one- and... (Continue reading)
Every day LGBT people face inequalities that just don’t make sense, from small acts of discrimination to ones with tragic consequences. The hard reality is that you find out what rights you have when you need them the most.... (Continue reading)
8/19/09-by Paula Brooks In the first step to getting the legal fight over same-sex marriage to the U.S. Supreme Court, a federal judge has set Jan. 11 as the trial date for a legal challenge to California’s Proposition 8. Former U.S. Solicitor... (Continue reading)
8/12/09 – Equality California announced today that it has decided to wait until 2012 to push for a ballot initiative to repeal Prop 8, which banned same-sex marriage in the state, only an hour after the Courage Campaign announced that... (Continue reading)
Since we were married last year, my wife and I received a letter in the mail asking us to participate in a study on ‘intimate relationships’. The letter said: Your marriage was a momentous event. There is usually a period of adjustment... (Continue reading)
I’ll wash the dishes when asked nicely. I’ll wash the dishes because you hate to do it. I’ll help make dinner, serve it and clear the table afterwards. I’ll let you order my food, then command me to eat... (Continue reading)
Dating has never been a forte of mine. The lesbian dating scene makes it no easier for me. At a small school where people talk, in a city with a limited open community, and at an age where everyone is... (Continue reading)
Is marriage more of a lesbian than a gay issue? Certainly that seems to be the implication of the demographics that are coming out of Sweden recently. According to the Swedish government, more lesbian couples wed than gay... (Continue reading)
Yesterday ABC News White House reporter Jack Tapper asked Presidential Press Secretary Robert Gibbs about former President Bill Clinton recently saying that he’s basically in support of same-sex marriage and if has President Obama heard these comments? What reaction does Mr.... (Continue reading)
Well, if you can’t get married here, you can get married elsewhere and have it recognized here. That seems to be the new push out of the California legislature at least. SB 54 was introduced by San Francisco... (Continue reading)