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A bare majority of voters in Florida and Ohio, and nearly half in Virginia, support the right of same-sex couples to wed, according to September Washington Post polls showing that the national trend toward accepting such unions has taken hold in these swing states. The growing support is a sharp departure from eight years ago, […]
The National Organization for Marriage (NOM), which has spent tens of millions across the country to prevent gay and lesbian couples from marrying, is ramping up their campaigns in Minnesota and Maine with two new television commercials that make some pretty surprising claims. During elections, 30-second sound bites are designed to prey on people’s
Former NFL player Matt Willig has been retired from football since 2005, having won two NFC Championships and a Super Bowl ring with the St. Louis Rams. Willig is now an actor, and he has also come out for marriage equality. He spoke with OutSports about negotiating his support for LGBT rights with his
The award-winning documentary about two-spirit people in Navajo culture.Inspired by the Coquille and Suquamish Tribes’ recent landmark decisions to recognize same-sex marriage, a cutting-edge legal guide has been developed to help tribal legislators strengthen LGBT equality in their governments and communities. The guide, “Tribal Equity Toolkit: Tribal Resolutions and Codes to Support Two Spirit and
Black clergy members decried President Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage during a news conference on Friday as a betrayal of the black civil rights movement as they admitted limited financial ties to the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage. Rev. William Owens, founder and president of the Coalition of African-American Pastors, held the conference standing along
Reports are coming through that Chick-fil-A is continuing to actively raise money for anti-LGBT organizations like the Marriage and Family Foundation. The Advocate is reporting that Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy Tweeted a photo from an event raising funds for the anti-LGBT group on Tuesday – a day before LGBTweekly reported that the fast food chain
Today, Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill to ensure that women in same-sex relationships and single women can access fertility services on the same terms as women in different-sex relationships. AB 2356, authored by Assemblymember Nancy Skinner and co-sponsored by Equality California and the National Center for Lesbian Rights, allows women using known donors to
Family Fest, Visalia’s Pride event, will be happening on Saturday, September 29th from 11-3:00pm at Mooney Grove Park. This is the fourth year of celebrating our community. We will have vendors, local groups and organizations, entertainment, games, raffles and more! As part of our events this year, and if we can find the participants, we
The Supreme Court on Tuesday omitted challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Prop. 8 case in its first listing of lower court decisions it will review in its new term. The justices still could decide to review the Perry v. Brown case later this year. This means October 1 at 6:30 am our time
Less than 48 hours ago, Eagle Scout Zach Wahls, founder of Scouts for Equality,launched a campaign on Change.org supported by GLAAD and signed by more than 30,000 Americans urging Intel to pull funding from the Boy Scouts of America after an American Independent report revealed that the company gave nearly $700,000 to the Boy Scouts in 2010.
