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.
Activists: Mormon beliefs factor in LGBT struggles
Posted on Oct 26, 2010 at 01:30 pm
In a faith where the traditional family is deeply woven into theology and where there is seemingly no line between religion and culture, the potential losses for LGBT Mormons who come out can be devastating.
Dear Maggie, stop the bullying
Posted on Oct 25, 2010 at 08:30 am
Cameron Tolle, Freedom to Marry's Online Organizer, discusses how Maggie Gallagher's relentless campaigning against LGBT people has led to a toxic climate that gives others permission to look down on LGBT people and caused real harm in the lives of real American families.
Stand with us and tell Maggie that enough is enough.
Video: Cuomo vows to make marriage equality “a reality” in New York state
Posted on Oct 15, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Democratic Candidate for Governor Andrew Cuomo vowed to make marriage equality in New York "a reality" Thursday night while addressing the Empire State Pride Agenda.
Bishop Gene Robinson: It Gets Better
Posted on Oct 14, 2010 at 11:00 am
Gene Robinson, Bishop of New Hampshire (and a Freedom to Marry Voice for Equality) speaks from a religious perspective in this video which is part of the "It Gets Better" YouTube project started by Dan Savage.
Evan Wolfson: The many faces of antigay prejudice
Posted on Oct 13, 2010 at 04:00 pm
In a New York Times letter to the editor, Freedom to Marry's Evan Wolfson reveals that "government itself is the No. 1 discriminator against gay Americans through its denial of equality under the law."
Evan Wolfson: Seizing the moment
Posted on Oct 11, 2010 at 11:00 am
In the wake of recent suicides by LGBT youths, Freedom to Marry executive director, Evan Wolfson, explains how the denial of marriage equality negatively impacts the LGBT community - especially the youngest who are often most vulnerable:
"Scholarly studies have shown that legal inequality, including marriage discrimination, and the way in which the debate over gay people’s aspirations to equality under the law is conducted, has a profoundly negative impact on gay Americans. This is especially true of young people who are deprived of the dream of marrying the person they love and having a family that is legally and socially accepted."
GOP candidate advice for kids: Gay is not OK
Posted on Oct 11, 2010 at 09:00 am
Campaigning in front of Orthodox Jewish voters in Williamsburg yesterday, Republican nominee for New York governor Carl Paladino launched into an anti-gay tirade, declaring that being gay is not “an equal, valid option.”
Opinion: Maggie Gallagher, Stop the Bullying!
Posted on Oct 05, 2010 at 02:00 pm
The National Organization for Marriage (NOM), run by Maggie Gallagher and her sidekick, Brian Brown, has spent tens of millions of dollars in the past three years to bully and bash lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people and anyone who dares to support their full equality.
Divided by Law: An American Takes On Immigration to Reunite with the Person He Loves
Posted on Sep 08, 2010 at 12:15 pm
Steve Ralls discusses the terrible ordeal faced by Roi Whaley and Aurelio Tolentino: "Roi is now battling terminal cancer. He wants nothing more than to have his partner by his side as he wages a life-and-death battle. But, so far, the U.S. government has said 'no.'"