Video: Edie and Thea
Posted on Sep 12, 2009 at 05:50 pm
In The Life - It's About Time
September 2009
After a 42-year courtship, Edie and Thea are finally getting married. This clip discusses the making of the tender documentary that memorializes a life-long romance set against a backdrop of cultural change and the desire for marriage equality. [Link]
September 2009
After a 42-year courtship, Edie and Thea are finally getting married. This clip discusses the making of the tender documentary that memorializes a life-long romance set against a backdrop of cultural change and the desire for marriage equality. [Link]
Couple that kept relationship secret for decades, celebrating 70 years together
Posted on Aug 03, 2009 at 11:33 am
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
July 18, 2009
A party celebrating 70 years together is a big deal for any pair. But a celebration of this couple's love takes on special meaning, considering they had to keep silent about it for decades. [Link]
July 18, 2009
A party celebrating 70 years together is a big deal for any pair. But a celebration of this couple's love takes on special meaning, considering they had to keep silent about it for decades. [Link]
Analysis of Polling Data Finds Growing Support for Marriage Equality
Posted on Jul 29, 2009 at 07:49 am
Columbia University
July 28, 2009
According to a comprehensive new analysis of public opinion surveys conducted over the last 15 years, support for the freedom to marry has grown substantially in the United States. [Link]
July 28, 2009
According to a comprehensive new analysis of public opinion surveys conducted over the last 15 years, support for the freedom to marry has grown substantially in the United States. [Link]
The Coming End of the Culture Wars
Posted on Jul 17, 2009 at 01:46 pm
Center for American Progress
July 15, 2009
The Progressive Studies Program released a new report Wednesday which demonstrates how shifting demographics are rapidly eroding the mass base for culture wars politics. Nowhere is the influence of demographic change clearer than on marriage equality, which Millennials support much more strongly than do older generations. [Link]
July 15, 2009
The Progressive Studies Program released a new report Wednesday which demonstrates how shifting demographics are rapidly eroding the mass base for culture wars politics. Nowhere is the influence of demographic change clearer than on marriage equality, which Millennials support much more strongly than do older generations. [Link]
Gay rights mean different things to different generations of community
Posted on Jun 27, 2009 at 11:03 am
The Seattle Times
June 27, 2009
Forty years after New York's Stonewall Riots launched the gay-rights movement, older gays and younger ones share much the same agenda of equality. But their needs within the movement are also divergent. Young people, who have at times referred to their own post-gay movement, seek the protections of marriage equality as they form relationships and start families, while gays of their grandparents' generation are more concerned about issues of aging — like survivor benefits and long-term care. This weekend, across the country and around the world — including here in Seattle on Sunday — they will join together, young and old, lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgender people to mark the anniversary of Stonewall. [Link]
June 27, 2009
Forty years after New York's Stonewall Riots launched the gay-rights movement, older gays and younger ones share much the same agenda of equality. But their needs within the movement are also divergent. Young people, who have at times referred to their own post-gay movement, seek the protections of marriage equality as they form relationships and start families, while gays of their grandparents' generation are more concerned about issues of aging — like survivor benefits and long-term care. This weekend, across the country and around the world — including here in Seattle on Sunday — they will join together, young and old, lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgender people to mark the anniversary of Stonewall. [Link]
The Gay Generation Gap
Posted on Jun 22, 2009 at 10:47 am
New York Magazine
June 21, 2009
Forty years after Stonewall, the gay movement has never been more united. So why do older gay men and younger ones often seem so far apart? To some extent, a generation gap in any subgroup with a history of struggle is good news, because it’s a sign of arrival. Today, with the tide of history and public opinion finally (albeit fitfully) moving our way, we can afford to step back and exercise the same disrespect for our elders (or our juniors) as heterosexuals do. That’s progress, of a kind. [Link]
June 21, 2009
Forty years after Stonewall, the gay movement has never been more united. So why do older gay men and younger ones often seem so far apart? To some extent, a generation gap in any subgroup with a history of struggle is good news, because it’s a sign of arrival. Today, with the tide of history and public opinion finally (albeit fitfully) moving our way, we can afford to step back and exercise the same disrespect for our elders (or our juniors) as heterosexuals do. That’s progress, of a kind. [Link]
That Other One Has To Go
Posted on Nov 03, 2008 at 10:28 am
Margaret and Helen
October 31, 2008
"The place where Harold and I go to vote is actually an elementary school in the neighborhood. On that particular election day I was appalled to see all the signs that said 'Marriage Should Be Between a Man and Woman Only'. As Harold drove us into the parking lot to vote, I looked out the window at those signs and realized that many parents had driven their kids to school that morning driving past those very signs. I wonder if any of them had the same reaction I did --those signs reminded me of the little signs we used to have back in the day that said 'Whites Only'. " [Link]
October 31, 2008
"The place where Harold and I go to vote is actually an elementary school in the neighborhood. On that particular election day I was appalled to see all the signs that said 'Marriage Should Be Between a Man and Woman Only'. As Harold drove us into the parking lot to vote, I looked out the window at those signs and realized that many parents had driven their kids to school that morning driving past those very signs. I wonder if any of them had the same reaction I did --those signs reminded me of the little signs we used to have back in the day that said 'Whites Only'. " [Link]
Get Your Grandma to Support Gay Marriage
Posted on Oct 28, 2008 at 12:04 pm
The Emory Wheel
October 27, 2008
"Call or visit your family, your friends and your loved ones in California and Florida and tell them why it’s important to you. Tell them your story, your friends' stories, or even the story you saw last week on Lifetime. Make it clear that you don't want to live in a society that goes out of its way to prohibit the equal administration of rights to its citizens. Like Silverman says, if calling your grandparents could change the world, wouldn’t you do it?" [Link]
The freedom to marry matters to young people too.
October 27, 2008
"Call or visit your family, your friends and your loved ones in California and Florida and tell them why it’s important to you. Tell them your story, your friends' stories, or even the story you saw last week on Lifetime. Make it clear that you don't want to live in a society that goes out of its way to prohibit the equal administration of rights to its citizens. Like Silverman says, if calling your grandparents could change the world, wouldn’t you do it?" [Link]
The freedom to marry matters to young people too.
FL: Question asks to restrict marriage
Posted on Oct 01, 2008 at 10:20 am
Palm Beach Post
October 1, 2008
Experts in elder law contend that the so-called Florida Marriage Protection Amendment will harm seniors who live together without getting married to protect their assets, including Social Security benefits and pensions that would be reduced if they were to legally wed. [Link]
October 1, 2008
Experts in elder law contend that the so-called Florida Marriage Protection Amendment will harm seniors who live together without getting married to protect their assets, including Social Security benefits and pensions that would be reduced if they were to legally wed. [Link]
The Avoidable Death of Thomas Disch
Posted on Jul 29, 2008 at 02:28 pm
Advocate
July 29, 2008
On July 4, 2008, the out science fiction writer shot himself in his New York apartment. Renee Perry wonders if marriage equality could have saved him. [Link]
July 29, 2008
On July 4, 2008, the out science fiction writer shot himself in his New York apartment. Renee Perry wonders if marriage equality could have saved him. [Link]