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Nelsan Ellis is an award-winning American film and television actor and playwright, best known as Lafayette Reynolds on HBO's "True Blood". Other film and television appearances have included: "The Express", "The Soloist", "Talent", "The Inside", "Veronica Mars" and "Without A Trace". In a July 2010 "Vibe" interview, Nelsan Ellis of "Trueblood" expressed his support for the freedom to marry: "The beautiful thing about this country is that I can be a Christian and feel free to do so. Or somebody cannot be a Christian and do whatever that entails. Or somebody can be a Christian and still be gay and I support it. Let gay people get married."
Read MoreA provision in New York's spending bill that sought to allow married gay and lesbian couples to file joint state tax returns was dropped Tuesday after Senator Ruben Diaz Sr. objected to its inclusion and threatened to vote against the measure.
Read MoreMembers of a coalition of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender groups delivered to Gov. Linda Lingle's office yesterday an Equality Hawaii 2009 poll favorable to the civil unions movement, as well as an estimated 7,500 letters, postcards and petition signatures.
Read MoreIreland's Civil Partnership Bill will give lesbian and gay couples access to a range of protections in fields such as property, social welfare, pensions, power of attorney, pensions, and taxes.
Read MoreJulianne Moore is an American actress. She began her acting career in 1983 in minor roles, before joining the cast of the soap opera "As the World Turns", for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1988. She began to appear in supporting roles in films during the early 1990s, achieving recognition in several independent films before her performance in "Boogie Nights" (1997) brought her widespread attention and nominations for several major acting awards. Her success continued with films such as "The End of the Affair" (1999) and "Magnolia" (1999). She was acclaimed for her portrayal of a betrayed wife in "Far from Heaven" (2002), winning several critic awards as best actress of the year, in addition to several other nominations, including the Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award. The same year she was also nominated for several awards as best supporting actress for her work in "The Hours". In 2009, she was nominated for a Golden Globe for "A Single Man". In July of 2010, Ms. Moore called upon U.S. legislators to legalize the freedom to marry, insisting people of all sexual orientations should have the same rights.
Read MoreOn Thursday, Google began covering a cost that gay and lesbian employees must pay when their partners receive domestic partner health benefits, largely to compensate them for an extra tax that heterosexual married couples do not pay. The increase is retroactive to the beginning of the year.
Read MoreAttorney General Andrew Cuomo said that, if elected governor this fall, he would push to legalize marriage equality in New York during his first year in office.
Read MoreA decade after Vermont's first civil unions, it and four other states—Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Iowa, as well as the District of Columbia—have instituted full marriage for same-sex couples, and a Burlington couple say many people view their relationship as "ho-hum."
Read MoreSupreme Court nominee Elena Kagan answered questions about marriage during her confirmation hearing.
Read MoreThe New York state Senate passed a bill on Monday that would extend funeral and bereavement protections to lesbian and gay couples in the state. The bill, which passed the state Assembly earlier this month, goes to Gov. David Paterson for consideration.
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