Immigration Official: “The Hold Is Over”
Posted on Mar 30, 2011 at 03:26 pm
After putting a hold on cases of married same-sex couples applying for green cards, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced it will continue enforcing the so-called Defense of Marriage Act
House Panel Votes to Defend DOMA as Deportations Continue
Posted on Mar 10, 2011 at 11:33 am
On a party-line vote, the GOP House leadership is moving to take over defending DOMA in court from the Obama administration.
Still treated as second-class citizens in civil marriage law
Posted on Dec 29, 2010 at 10:00 am
The good news is that gay Americans can now openly fight and die for their country in the military.
The bad news is we are still treated as second-class citizens when it comes to the civil marriage law.
A rude shock at Christmas
Posted on Dec 23, 2010 at 05:00 pm
A NJ civil union provided no protection for Peruvian man abruptly deported.
Thanksgiving Apart: LGBT families face separation and exile
Posted on Nov 29, 2010 at 04:00 pm
Thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens in relationships with partners from abroad will be forced to spend Thanksgiving alone... or packing their bags so they can keep their families together.
EU-wide recognition of marriages, civil partnerships of same-sex couples a step closer
Posted on Nov 24, 2010 at 05:00 pm
Gay couples with civil marriages or civil partnerships must retain their rights in all European Union countries, the European Parliament reaffirmed this morning.
Currently, same-sex couples are not guaranteed to retain the rights given by their existing marriage or civil partnership when traveling in the European Union.
Gay Brazilian married in US may face deportation
Posted on Nov 09, 2010 at 04:20 pm
A Brazilian man who was recently reunited with his Massachusetts husband when federal officials temporarily allowed him into the U.S. said he could face deportation because the attorney general won't reverse the immigration ruling that initially separated the couple.
An American marriage
Posted on Nov 08, 2010 at 02:30 pm
Passage of the Uniting American Families Act would be a chance for the U.S. to show the world the freedoms that exist here.
Uniting American Love
Posted on Oct 29, 2010 at 08:00 am
Prospects for reforming immigration law to allow foreign same-sex spouses to stay in the US on the same terms as those from different-sex couples are uncertain — irretrievably enmeshed in the broader, culturally explosive debate.
Don’t Deport Henry: Repeal DOMA Now
Posted on Oct 27, 2010 at 04:02 pm
On August 29, Henry Velandia and Josh Vandiver were married in Montville, Connecticut. But now because of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, Henry-- who was born in Venezuela and moved to the U.S. in 2002-- may soon face deportation. Sign our petition calling on President Obama to stop tearing apart loving and committed couples like Henry and Josh by fulfilling his pledge to repeal DOMA