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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 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)

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)

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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Prop 8: Hak-Shing William Tam Exposed – Ban Gay Marriage= Safe from Devil

Prop 8: Hak-Shing William Tam Exposed - Ban Gay Marriage= Safe from Devil

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)

Indiana Marriage Amendment Advances

Indiana Marriage Amendment Advances

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)

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Prop 8 – Emotional, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders – describes his transformation

Prop 8 - Emotional, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders - describes his transformation

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)

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Conservative Embraces Marriage Equality on FOX…

Conservative Embraces Marriage Equality on FOX...

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)

A New Bridge to Cross- Know Your NEW Rights – New California Law SB 54

A New Bridge to Cross- Know Your NEW Rights - New California Law SB 54

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)

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Tweet The Trial Tell Twitter To Trend Prop 8 – Challenge Everyone to Tweet at Two

Tweet The Trial Tell Twitter To Trend Prop 8 - Challenge Everyone to Tweet at Two

  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)

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