Gay U.S. citizens seek to claim residency for foreign spouses
Posted on Jul 06, 2010 at 01:45 pm
An immigration reform measure proposed by an Illinois congressman would give the foreign partners of gay U.S. citizens a route to citizenship.
Freedom to Marry’s Summer for Marriage
Posted on Jun 23, 2010 at 02:39 pm
Freedom to Marry is announcing that we will join NOM in embracing this summer as a Summer for Marriage. We will do this by spreading the word across the country about the importance of ending exclusion from marriage.
As part of Freedom to Marry’s Summer for Marriage, we are working with our supporters, as well as local and state partners, to plan rallies and other events wherever NOM is planning to push discrimination and distort the truth about gay couples and their families. In 17 states and the District of Columbia, we will share our stories and demonstrate how the denial of marriage harms same-sex couples and their families, while helping no one.
Worlds apart
Posted on Jun 11, 2010 at 05:10 pm
Federal law gives gay citizens with foreign partners tough choices: Leave the U.S.A. Lose your love. Break the law.
Press Release: LGBT rights groups and allies join outcry against anti-immigrant measure in Arizona
Posted on Jun 07, 2010 at 12:00 pm
More than 20 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality groups and allies today issued a joint statement regarding Arizona's S.B. 1070.
Gay couple get a boost in winning bid to reunite
Posted on Jun 04, 2010 at 01:58 pm
Married couple Tim Coco and Genesio Oliveira were reunited on Wednesday after federal immigration officials granted Oliveira permission to stay in the U.S. for one year on humanitarian grounds.
Presidential proclamation on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender pride month
Posted on Jun 01, 2010 at 09:42 am
As released in a presidential proclamation on Friday by President Obama: "...we must give committed gay couples the same rights and responsibilities afforded to any married couple, and repeal the Defense of Marriage Act."
Listen: Evan Wolfson and David French debate the freedom to marry on Michael Medved radio show
Posted on May 24, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Freedom to Marry Executive Director, Evan Wolfson, and David French of the Alliance Defense Fund debated issues surrounding the freedom to marry on Thursday, May 20th on the Michael Medved radio show.
Gutierrez wants same-sex partner rights in immigration reform bill
Posted on May 21, 2010 at 01:23 pm
Hopes that foreign-born partners of gay and lesbian Americans could follow the same path to citizenship as heterosexual spouses got a boost Thursday when U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Chicago said he would fight to include such a proposal in the campaign for comprehensive immigration reform.
Arizona law bad for gay binational couples
Posted on Apr 30, 2010 at 01:15 pm
Immigration Equality, one of the nation's top organizations lobbying for rights for LGBT families in the realm of immigration, is condemning Arizona's controversial new law.
Immigration plan includes LGBT families
Posted on Apr 29, 2010 at 03:09 pm
An outline of a comprehensive immigration reform package circulating on Capitol Hill includes a provision that would allow U.S. citizens and legal residents to sponsor their same-sex partners for residency.