I held off on posting this until Governor Andrew Cuomo signed this into law, but, as of eleven minutes ago (according to Google), it's official.

New York State has legalized gay marriage.

GO NEW YORK!

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From an open group called Protest UN's Removal of LGBTs from an Anti-Execution ResolutionThe United Nations General Assembly has voted to remove sexual orientation from a key resolution that calls on member countries to investigate extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions that are motivated by prejudice ( Read more... )

In the wake of the Tyler Clementi tragedy--what the hell IS it with cyberbullies harassing college kids this September?--my friend Ani_bester points out that you can make a difference by doing any, some or all of these things ( Read more... )

Judge Vaughn Walker Hands Victory to Proposition 8 OpponentsOf course, before the ruling was released, lawyers for the opposing side filed a motion to stay his ruling pending an appeal to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. But that was going to happen whichever side won. And whichever side wins in the 9th Circuit, the case will get appealed to the ( Read more... )

From Slap Upside the Head:

Matt Windschitl and Jason Schultz, two Iowa lawmakers, have proposed a bill to explicitly remove gay and lesbian students from anti-bullying policies in state schools.

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Me being me, I decided to look a bit and see if anything had happened since the story was originally reported. Well, yes, it has. Here is House Bill ( Read more... )

I got a nice early birthday present from the Department of Social Services--the following message:

Congratulations! You ConnPACE enrollment has been approved for another year for the period of 10/01/09 to 09/30/10.

YAY. I will be able to afford my prescriptions for another year!

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Tuesday night I went out to dinner at Kashimir with tikvah and her ( Read more... )

New Hampshire Governor Says He Will Sign Same-Sex Marriage Into Law

Six down, forty-four to go.

This is the letter that a friend of mine wrote:

An Open Letter to the National Organization for MarriageGo thou and read it. It is fantastic, and it points out the illogic of their position flawlessly. Because seriously, saying that people's marriages are preventing freedom of speech is just not on. It's a lie, and a stupid lie ( Read more... )

Well, I just took a telephone survey and screwed with a conservative organization in the process ( Read more... )

A lot of the people on my friends-list have been writing about Prop 8. Some of you, like penknife, who wrote about three attitudes that are serious obstacles to same-sex marriage, have been dispassionate. Others are hurt but putting their hopes on legal challenges...which, in fact, are already starting. The San Francisco City Attorney's office says he ( Read more... )