Politics

Good news from South America. Columbia might be the next country to legalize same sex marriage. The country is already steos ahead of neighboring countries in terms of same sex couples rights. Since 2007, the country has provided more than 30 rights to same sex couples including social security pension benefits. The high court has […]

 I called it the Fair and Equal act… Oops, It was, and still is, the FAIR Education act. And it was signed by Governor Jerry Brown, today. Many of us applaud this as a big step towards equality, towards an end of bullying, towards a future where inclusion and not exclusion is the norm. But

Breaking news! Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation today that makes California the first state in the nation to require the inclusion of the contributions of gay, lesbian and transgender Americans in school history lessons and textbooks. Yay! Read the whole story here.

Thanks to Jay Hubbell for finding this video…

Last Friday I mentioned the Fair Education Act, a law that would require the roles and contributions of LGBT people to be added to History and Social studies curriculum. The bill has made it past the state assembly and is now waiting the signature of Governor Jerry Brown. Supporters of the bill, that landed on

Rhode Island is set to put the worst kind of discrimination into law: the kind that masks itself and pretends to be equality. From the HRC website: The Rhode Island Senate is set to vote on and pass a Civil Unions bill (HB 6103) tomorrow, June 29th. The current bill now before the legislature would