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 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)
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)
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)
SAN FRANCISCO. — Melanie Nathan in Marin County tonight – We have previously reported on today’s highly controversial witness, one Hak-Shing William Tam. Tam was called as a Plaintiff (hostile) witness to reveal his connection to the Prop 8 Campaign. Although a... (Continue reading)
1/20/10-by Paula Brooks Despite the fact that lawmakers in neighboring Ohio and Michigan have recently proposed legislation that would repeal their anti-marriage equality amendments, a constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage has won the endorsement of The Indiana Senate Judiciary... (Continue reading)
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Melanie Nathan - SAN FRANCISCO — Today’s testimony was emotional and gratifying to those of us who sometimes feel that a Republican is a Republican and that means a lock-stepper unable to transcend anti gay marriage... (Continue reading)
Melanie Nathan from San Francisco - Just when you think you cannot take any more there is some little glimmer of hope. So maybe it does start with winning hearts and minds? Or does it start with respect for the constitution? ... (Continue reading)
Image via Wikipedia by Melanie Nathan, San Francisco; YOU MAY BE DENIED WHEN YOU REALLY ARE ENTITLED. A MUST READ ARTICLE FOR EVERY LGBT CALIFORNIAN. While Proposition 8 is challenged in the current court action, Perry v Schwarzenegger and every LGBT relationship... (Continue reading)
By Melanie Nathan – 7.50 PM 1/13/10 Asking the Questions – oblogdeeoblogda - Readers of Lezgetreal Unite! This is the “Tweet at Two: Proposition 8 = Church vs. Civil Rights” Tweet twitter ask them to trend the PROP 8 TRIAL- The more who tweet sites... (Continue reading)