APA Confirms Support for the Freedom to Marry
Posted on Aug 04, 2011 at 10:11 am
The APA passed a resolution last night reaffirming its support of the freedom to marry and calling for an end to marriage discrimination.
Opinion: Marriage equality is a matter of health as well as rights
Posted on Dec 10, 2010 at 01:30 pm
Dr. Gabriel Garcia of the Stanford School of Medicine discusses the healthcare disparities that result from the LGBT community being denied the freedom to marry.
Evan Wolfson receives APA/AGLP John Fryer Award
Posted on Dec 06, 2010 at 04:00 pm
Evan Wolfson received the John Fryer Award last month at APA's Institute on Psychiatric Services in Boston.
Medicare finalizes rules requiring equal hospital visitation rights for same-sex partners
Posted on Nov 19, 2010 at 03:30 pm
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius: “Basic human rights—such as your ability to choose your own support system in a time of need—must not be checked at the door of America’s hospitals. Today’s rules help give ‘full and equal’ rights to all of us to choose whom we want by our bedside when we are sick, and override any objection by a hospital or staffer who may disagree with us for any non-clinical reason.”
Video: Gay and Gray
Posted on Nov 03, 2010 at 09:45 am
Michael Adams, President of SAGE (Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual and Transgender Elders) offers his views on the benefits of the freedom to marry for the senior LGBT community.
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.
LGBT federal employees can purchase health insurance for their pets, but not their partners
Posted on Oct 15, 2010 at 10:30 am
While federal employees can buy pet insurance “in these challenging economic times,” LGBT workers are still prohibited from purchasing policies for their partners or spouses by the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) — a federal law which denies federal benefits to legally married same sex couples.
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."
Today: Gay-rights activists set to call on Mormon Apostle to correct his statement
Posted on Oct 12, 2010 at 09:00 am
Today (Tuesday, Oct. 12), gay-rights activists will meet in Salt Lake City to ask Elder Boyd K. Packer, president of the Mormon Church’s Quorum of Twelve Apostles, that he correct his inaccurate and dangerous statements calling same-sex attraction “impure and unnatural,” claiming that it can be corrected and characterizing the freedom to marry for same-sex couples as immoral.