We often hear the argument that LGBT couples don't need full marriage equality, because they can pay to get almost all the legal protections of marriage through other documents. Tell that to Clay Green. Clay was 77, and in good health when his partner of 20 years, Harold (88), fell down the stairs, and was taken to the hospital. You would think ( Read more... )

West Virginia is not a place we left-coast urban liberals think of as a place to find activists effectively working for peace, love, and tolerance. It's also not the place you expect to see the stereotypical redneck spitting tobacco juice and bible versus standing with the guy waving a big gay pride flag. WBC works miracles, however, and wherever ( Read more... )

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How can you tell that people who oppose marriage equality are not playing with a full deck? When they are so intent on banning gay marriage that they accidentally ban straight marriages too. A number of people think that's just what the Sate of Texas did when they voted on November 8, 2005 to change part of the Texas Constitution to read:Art. 1 ( Read more... )

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"I love that [National Organization for Marriage] ad. It's like watching The 700 Club and The Weather Channel at the same time."
---Stephen Colber

I really think that Mark Fiore's latest animation puts it all into perspective. Truly, it was most fitting that we celebrated Dr. King the day before the inauguration. On the down side, it does make me feel old to see how much the world has changed in my life. At least this was a change we can believe in, and take hope from.

Now I'm pissed off. Looks like one of our local companies (TangoWire) has a bisexual dating site, bisexualdatingnow.com, and they do not allow transgendered people to join. For some reason, they insist that they can not serve someone who is transgendered. Now, I could understand this if it was an exclusively heterosexual dating site, but I can ( Read more... )

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Norway Legalizes Same Gender Marriage