Posts Tagged ‘Gay Rights Movement’

Larimer County, Colorado couple among first to file for new “beneficiary agreement”

When Arne Andersen and his partner of 24 years, Ron Montoya, went to the Larimer County Courthouse last summer to file a designated beneficiary agreement, it provided an extra sense of security and recognition of their same-sex relationship they had never had before. “We have some legal protection...

March 15th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

Musings: Tolerance vs. Acceptance

I have been thinking, in a random sort of way, about the difference between Tolerance and Acceptance. First the difference – to use a couple of trivial examples: I ACCEPT that Beloved, despite being the ripe old age of 28, still decides to dye his hair colours that would make a hippie gasp, it’s...

March 9th, 2010 | LGBT, Opinion | Read More

WATCH LIVE: First D.C. Marriages Streamed Live via HRC Ustream!

Free live streaming by Ustream Tuesday, March 9th marks the first day that same-sex couples in the District of Columbia will be able to marry. The Human Rights Campaign is hosting three ceremonies at our DC headquarters building and will be broadcast here live. Angelisa Young and Sinjoyla Townsend Officiant:...

March 9th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

Get Active! Join us at the Unite+Fight Midwest Conference

Chicago, IL — Friday evening at 7pm on March 12, 2010 activists from across the Midwest will welcome Chicago artists performing at an opening ceremony and event to kick-off an unprecedented three-day event that aims at uniting many Midwestern organizers and individuals at Chicago’s Columbia...

March 4th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites, Society & Culture | Read More

Blacks play key role in D.C. marriage equality

(AP) — Gay and lesbian couples will soon be able to marry in Washington, but the debate over same-sex marriage has sounded different here, with references to interracial marriage and Martin Luther King Jr. During the past year, both sides have courted the support of Washington’s black community,...

March 2nd, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

We’ll Queer the Census, Will You!?

We know it’s a little clichéd – but here’s what we want to tell the census: We’re here. We’re queer. And we want you to ask us about it. It’s crazy – the U.S. Census Bureau wants an accurate count of everyone in the country – but there’s no question in the...

March 2nd, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites, Society & Culture | Read More

Portugal moves forward with bill legalizing gay marriage

The final wording of a gay marriage bill approved by Portugal’s Parliament received approval on Wednesday, Portugal’s IOL Diario reported. The government’s Committee for Constitutional Affairs unanimously agreed on the bill’s final language. The measure now heads to the desk of...

March 1st, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites, World | Read More

Student activists show support for ENDA and the fight for equality

One of the things we enjoy highlighting are the things our LGBTQIA youth are doing to participate in and forward the movement. We enjoy listening to and working with students who are interested in taking a stand against discrimination, hate, injustice, and inequality. Take a look at what this group...

February 26th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

Florida man demonstrates absurdity of anti-gay marriage laws

Performance artist, Brian Feldman has had enough, and he’s taking a stand. Citing a recently passed Florida law defining marriage as an institution shared only between a man and a woman as “absurd,” he’s decided to demonstrate the law’s absurdity in a the best way he can:...

February 11th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

AP: NH panel recommends against gay marriage repeal

CONCORD, N.H. — A New Hampshire House committee is recommending against repealing the state’s five-week-old gay marriage law. The Judiciary Committee also voted Tuesday to recommend that the House kill a proposed constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between one man and one woman....

February 10th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

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