http://imeq.us/info2 Your Source for imeQ Social News and Binational Networking Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:43:04 -0400 en http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/obama-and-lgbt-rights/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/obama-and-lgbt-rights/ Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:43:04 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/obama-and-lgbt-rights/
But now that almost a third of Obama's first term has gone by, there is growing despair among many of his LGBT supporters over how little the administration has accomplished on gay rights. We have been here before. Eighteen years ago many gay rights advocates celebrated the election of President Clinton, the first presidential candidate to reach out to the LGBT community, only to be disappointed by how clumsy and conflicted the new administration was in handling the gays in the military controversy.


11 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/obama-immigration-reform/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/obama-immigration-reform/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:22:01 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/obama-immigration-reform/
14 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/immigration-activists-call-out-obama/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/immigration-activists-call-out-obama/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:22:01 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/immigration-activists-call-out-obama/
14 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/equality-caucus-not-yet-100-percent-on-immigration-equality/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/equality-caucus-not-yet-100-percent-on-immigration-equality/ Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:34:51 -0500 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/equality-caucus-not-yet-100-percent-on-immigration-equality/
Now we are told we must wait until an amendment is made to the bill (remember when we were told to wait until the end of the year for ENDA?) when it comes before the Judiciary Committee in February of next year, a move supported by Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Polis (D-CO-2).

6 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/gays-stand-up-to-be-counted-in-upcoming-census/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/gays-stand-up-to-be-counted-in-upcoming-census/ Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:55:12 -0500 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/gays-stand-up-to-be-counted-in-upcoming-census/
6 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/thanks-to-a-courageous-couple-love-exiles/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/thanks-to-a-courageous-couple-love-exiles/ Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:25:39 -0500 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/thanks-to-a-courageous-couple-love-exiles/ Most families don't have to turn to the media (video) to share their grief and anger in the hope of remaining in the country they call home.

After four years in the USA, Jenny and Ottie were forced to leave their home in Delaware for exile in the Netherlands, far from Jenny's aging parents and siblings....

10 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/this-wallet-is-now-closed-preparing-our-exile/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/this-wallet-is-now-closed-preparing-our-exile/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:59:16 -0500 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/this-wallet-is-now-closed-preparing-our-exile/
I watched President Obama, the self-described "fierce advocate" for gay rights, very very carefully word a statement that was at best lukewarm in his support for those on the side of equality in Maine. I spoke face to face with my Congressman who looked helpless to me while he explained it would be difficult to pass the Uniting American Families Act. I still have the letter he sent me when I wrote him to ask him to co-sponsor that bill. He claimed to support it, but refused to co-sponsor.

o more will I sit back and accept your promises, your urgings to wait for equality. I'm sick of it. Stand up and get some courage. Be a fierce advocate of equal rights for all Americans. If you will do that, I will happily support you. If you will not, then don't expect my time, my money or my ...

25 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/dems-running-scared-from-dadt/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/dems-running-scared-from-dadt/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:08:52 -0500 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/dems-running-scared-from-dadt/
Among the issues they consider risky? Immigration reform, climate change, and "don't ask, don't tell."

With Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, pushing hard for

12 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/obama-forges-forward-on-gay-issues-ends-hiv-travel-ban-and-reauthorizes-ryan-white-act/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/obama-forges-forward-on-gay-issues-ends-hiv-travel-ban-and-reauthorizes-ryan-white-act/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:08:52 -0500 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/obama-forges-forward-on-gay-issues-ends-hiv-travel-ban-and-reauthorizes-ryan-white-act/
The president signed into law legislation that re-authorizes the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act. The law provides funds for another four years to programs that provide medicine and care for needy people living with HIV/AIDS. An estimated 500,000 individuals rely on the program to maintain their treatment regimens...

19 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/moves-from-obama-could-rattle-key-constituencies-the-rose-garden/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/moves-from-obama-could-rattle-key-constituencies-the-rose-garden/ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:15:10 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/moves-from-obama-could-rattle-key-constituencies-the-rose-garden/
In his first nine months, Obama has followed an agenda that raised concerns among unions, Jews, gays and Latinos - groups that backed him overwhelmingly and without which he cannot be re-elected. The complaints for now are mostly muted, and any damage done can be reversed. But all have high expectations for the president, and a few - particularly labor leaders and gays - view his presidency as the first, and perhaps the last chance for some time, to achieve long-coveted goals....

17 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/obama-under-attack-from-the-left/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/obama-under-attack-from-the-left/ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:15:10 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/obama-under-attack-from-the-left/
But increasingly, noisy factions on the party's most liberal flank - among them gay rights proponents, pro-choice activists and immigration reformers who Obama courted last year - are incensed that their causes have taken a backseat to the White House's all-out push on health care reform. ...

9 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/president-obama-declares-war-on-marriage-and-the-catholic-church/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/president-obama-declares-war-on-marriage-and-the-catholic-church/ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:15:10 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/president-obama-declares-war-on-marriage-and-the-catholic-church/
6 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/gays-icon-in-america-economist/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/gays-icon-in-america-economist/ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:15:10 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/gays-icon-in-america-economist/
20 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/i-am-here-with-you-in-that-fight/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/i-am-here-with-you-in-that-fight/ Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:03:06 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/i-am-here-with-you-in-that-fight/
19 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/obama-to-end-dadt-military-ban/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/obama-to-end-dadt-military-ban/ Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:33:16 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/obama-to-end-dadt-military-ban/
"I will end ‘don't ask, don't tell'; that is my commitment," said Obama, adding that he is also committed to ending the Defense of Marriage Act.Obama, speaking to nearly 3,000 gay and lesbian activists at a dinner-fundraiser hosted by the Human Rights Campaign, addressed the larger effort for equality. "I'm here with you in that fight," he said. The president also said that there were "still laws to change and hearts to open."

Obama's address came amid growing concern in the LGBT community that he's not acting fast enough on campaign pledges to more fully incorporate gays and lesbians into the fabric of American life.

8 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/time-is-right-for-gay-rights-obama-official-says/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/time-is-right-for-gay-rights-obama-official-says/ Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:15:20 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/time-is-right-for-gay-rights-obama-official-says/ "This is the best opportunity we will ever have as a community and shame on us if we don't succeed," openly gay John Berry, director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, said.
Berry made his remarks at the Out & Equal Workplace Advocates conference that ended Friday in Orlando, the AP reported. Michael Guest, the first openly gay ambassador to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and Malcolm Lazin, executive director of Equality Forum, also spoke at the four-day event.
"The clock is against us," Berry said. "If we lose this, it could be years if not a decade before this opportunity comes around."

18 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/congress-makes-a-move/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/congress-makes-a-move/ Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:25:26 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/congress-makes-a-move/
The other thing I like about this bill is that it smooths a little more of the path for the Uniting American Families Act, which is a bill that would try to take care of Americans who go abroad to marry same-sex partners who are not U.S. citizens, but who then must leave the country and become permanent expatriates because the foreign marriage isn't enough to sponsor the spouse for immigration. From my interpretation of the text of this bill, it would allow these couples to move to states where gay marriage is recognized. For the record, this would be: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire, and (for the moment) Maine. Possibly also New York, which does not allow gay marriage itself, but recognizes gay marriages performed out-of-state.

I find it fascinating that the legislators sponsoring this bill are from Minnesota, a state which does not currently allow gay marriage. I've never been to Minnesota, but perhaps this should change at some point in the future....

8 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/in-spite-of-hard-times-in-sacramento-lgbt-rights-advance-in-california/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/in-spite-of-hard-times-in-sacramento-lgbt-rights-advance-in-california/ Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:53:16 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/in-spite-of-hard-times-in-sacramento-lgbt-rights-advance-in-california/
13 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/doma-repeal-bill-could-give-same-sex-couples-equal-protection-under-immigration-laws/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/doma-repeal-bill-could-give-same-sex-couples-equal-protection-under-immigration-laws/ Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:14:07 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/doma-repeal-bill-could-give-same-sex-couples-equal-protection-under-immigration-laws/
6 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/repeal-of-discriminatory-doma-introduced/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/repeal-of-discriminatory-doma-introduced/ Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:14:07 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/repeal-of-discriminatory-doma-introduced/
15 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/respect-for-marriage-act-will-to-repeal-doma/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/respect-for-marriage-act-will-to-repeal-doma/ Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:14:07 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/respect-for-marriage-act-will-to-repeal-doma/
17 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/united-by-love-divided-by-law-week-12/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/united-by-love-divided-by-law-week-12/ Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:09:08 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/united-by-love-divided-by-law-week-12/ grassroots effort. In addition to coordinated e-mails,
faxes, and letters to the members we are focusing on, getting
a large number of people to call specific members on the
same day could help bring us more co-sponsors.

It is also a way for us to ‘circle back' to those members we
had focused on that still have not signed on, to remind them how
important this is to us and that we're not going away.

Note - ALL FIVE of the Representatives listed below were
past co-sponsors of UAFA, but still have yet to sign on.


18 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/babs-siperstein-is-officially-committee-member-of-dnc/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/babs-siperstein-is-officially-committee-member-of-dnc/ Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:08:05 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/babs-siperstein-is-officially-committee-member-of-dnc/
I'm happy to support the Uniting American Families act - the law that specifically relates to LGBT families. I won't go any past that unless and until I see the proponents of broad immigration reform step up to the plate and work toward ...

7 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/same-sex-immigration-benefits-is-an-equality-issue/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/same-sex-immigration-benefits-is-an-equality-issue/ Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:03:38 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/same-sex-immigration-benefits-is-an-equality-issue/
1. The right to fall in love and live with whomever we choose from wherever we choose;
without impacting -
2. Our right to remain in our homes and Country.

On the lips of every Binational I know and I am sure on the lips of those I do not know, is "How can my Country, the United States of America, in all its glory, allow this to happen to its own citizens?" Our country is in effect causing its citizens to go into exile when "in pursuit of happiness" in flagrant disregard of our own constitution and while we are preaching human rights to the rest of the World we are so grossly at fault within.

The fight for equality under the Immigration Law in the United States, is not about the privilege for the foreigner, but rather about the RIGHT denied the American[i] same sex spouse/ partner. It is therefore clearly an Equality issue more than it is an immigration issue per se....

21 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/fierce-urgency-of-now/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/fierce-urgency-of-now/ Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:30:08 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/fierce-urgency-of-now/
8 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/press-release-from-national-equality-march-supporting-uafa/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/press-release-from-national-equality-march-supporting-uafa/ Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:31:05 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/press-release-from-national-equality-march-supporting-uafa/
US Representative, Danny K. Davis, of Chicago, Illinois; Michael Letwin, Co-Convener, New York City Labor Against the War (NYCLAW); and NAACP Board Chairman, Julian Bond, have all recently voiced their support for the NEM. "GLBT rights are civil rights; there are no 'special rights' in America. Everyone has rights - or should have - and I am happy to join in this battle for justice and fairness," explains Bond.

EAA supports the following key pieces of legislation: the Employment Non?Discrimination Act (ENDA), the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), the Repeal of Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and the Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT).

18 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/resolutions-on-key-federal-policies-advance-in-california-legislature/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/resolutions-on-key-federal-policies-advance-in-california-legislature/ Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:39:51 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/resolutions-on-key-federal-policies-advance-in-california-legislature/
"It is important for California, the state with the largest LGBT population, to urge the federal government to repeal discriminatory federal policies that ultimately hurt all people in the United States," said EQCA Executive Director Geoff Kors. "We have more potential now than ever before to make a positive impact at the federal level, and we call on Congress and the President to seize this historic opportunity."

The measure formally requests that the United States Congress pass and President Barack Obama sign the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA). "Thousands of American families and committed same-sex couples are denied basic rights and legal protections, including the ability to petition for a partner to immigrate to the U.S. "They live in legal limbo and are torn apart by outdated immigration policies. In ensuring a true state of equality, Congress must take immediate steps to reunite and protect all families once and for all."

22 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/requesting-support-for-uniting-american-families-act-the-seafront-diaries/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/requesting-support-for-uniting-american-families-act-the-seafront-diaries/ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:38:19 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/requesting-support-for-uniting-american-families-act-the-seafront-diaries/
16 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/they-are-already-planning-for-the-next-war/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/they-are-already-planning-for-the-next-war/ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:38:19 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/they-are-already-planning-for-the-next-war/
However, both of these bills are likely to get steamrolled if a major CIR bill is introduced by Schumer and company. That means that in order to help out the estimated 30 to 40 thousand bi-national LGBT couples in the US--as well as the 15 to 18 thousand of them who have children who are under threat of having their families broken up--then we need to start contacting Chuck Schumer right now to get the UAFA integrated into the new bill....

13 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/professional-associations-back-uafa-and-gay-marriage/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/professional-associations-back-uafa-and-gay-marriage/ Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:26:46 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/professional-associations-back-uafa-and-gay-marriage/
Without naming the legislation, the NEA voiced its support for repeal of DOMA, passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), a bill currently before Congress that would ban employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act, a bill that would extend health-care and retirement benefits to the gay and lesbian spouses of federal employees, and the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), a bill that would allow gay and lesbian Americans to sponsor an immigrant partner for citizenship.

25 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/lgbt-folks-asked-to-meet-congress-members/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/lgbt-folks-asked-to-meet-congress-members/ Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:06:13 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/lgbt-folks-asked-to-meet-congress-members/
--Passing immigration reform that recognizes permanent same-sex couples and ends the painful separation of binational families;

5 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/others-in-the-lgbt-movement-call-for-action-now/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/others-in-the-lgbt-movement-call-for-action-now/ Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:30:25 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/others-in-the-lgbt-movement-call-for-action-now/
In both my previous posts, I stressed the need to act quickly and if we miss this opportunity we have only ourselves to blame.

Yesterday I received an email, it was the day for emails, from the Ohio LGBT Caucus, addressing similar issues and their perception on the urgency of this issue.

7 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/immigration-obstacles-for-same-sex-couples-queery-radio/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/immigration-obstacles-for-same-sex-couples-queery-radio/ Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:26:32 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/immigration-obstacles-for-same-sex-couples-queery-radio/
Kruse said that Wisconsin senators can play a pivotal role in moving the Uniting American Families Act, since both serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senator Russ Feingold has co-sponsored the act, and Kruse asked listeners to contact him to thank him and ask him to become a "champion" of the legislation. Senator Herb Kohl has not co-sponsored the legislation; Kruse asked listeners to call him and ask him to do so....

25 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/congressman-behind-doma-repeal-nixes-federal-rights-for-domestic-partnerships-and-civil-unions-breaking/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/congressman-behind-doma-repeal-nixes-federal-rights-for-domestic-partnerships-and-civil-unions-breaking/ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:11:24 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/congressman-behind-doma-repeal-nixes-federal-rights-for-domestic-partnerships-and-civil-unions-breaking/
Congressman Jerry Nadler (D-New York), in an exclusive interview with the B.A.R. while attending the annual Human Rights Campaign gala in San Francisco Saturday, July 25, ruled out including anything other than legally recognized marriages in the legislation he plans to introduce either this week or once Congress returns from its August recess. He is also the author and original sponsor of the Uniting American Families Act. "We have got to repeal DOMA and have got to make sure it accomplishes for federal purposes allowing the federal government to recognize same-sex marriages ...

23 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/nadler-says-doma-repeal-will-skip-domestic-partnerships-and-civil-unions/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/nadler-says-doma-repeal-will-skip-domestic-partnerships-and-civil-unions/ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:11:00 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/nadler-says-doma-repeal-will-skip-domestic-partnerships-and-civil-unions/
25 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/again-again-and-again-but-are-we-following-the-right-path-oblogdeeoblogda/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/again-again-and-again-but-are-we-following-the-right-path-oblogdeeoblogda/ Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:02:10 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/again-again-and-again-but-are-we-following-the-right-path-oblogdeeoblogda/ I am highlighting the following part of the Report - those in the "know" please comment…. or anyone for that matter!!

"Sadly, Joe and Steve's case is not unique. Immigration Equality, with offices in D.C. and New York, estimates there are 36,000 bi-national same-sex couples in this country either facing separation or who have already been separated by U.S. immigration law. About half of those couples have children. On Capitol Hill, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) has been pushing the Uniting American Families Act for nearly a decade. His bill would allow partners to sponsor their partners of either sex, rather than opposite-sex spouses alone. That effort was recently integrated into broader immigration-reform legislation, the Reuniting Families Act, sponsored by Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.). Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) is leading the effort in the Senate………."

16 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/the-gln-uafa-action-alert/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/the-gln-uafa-action-alert/ Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:40:25 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/the-gln-uafa-action-alert/
Use this tool to find contact information about your representatives and tell them you want DOMA repealed.

16 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/why-gay-is-not-the-new-black/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/why-gay-is-not-the-new-black/ Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:50:42 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/why-gay-is-not-the-new-black/
16 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/the-us-is-a-developing-country-an-lgbt-labor-perspective-3/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/the-us-is-a-developing-country-an-lgbt-labor-perspective-3/ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:55:22 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/the-us-is-a-developing-country-an-lgbt-labor-perspective-3/
Marriage equality is an important step toward LGBT inclusion in the US. But from the LGBT labor perspective, there are two pieces of legislation that in some ways play a greater part in defining Americans' freedom to participate in their society: The Employment Non-Discrimination Act and the Uniting American Families Act....

16 Vote(s) ]]> http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/love-knows-no-boundaries-but-us-immigration-laws/ http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/love-knows-no-boundaries-but-us-immigration-laws/ Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:53:44 -0400 UnitedByLove immigration equality rights http://imeq.us/info2/category/immigration-equality-rights/love-knows-no-boundaries-but-us-immigration-laws/
Early last April when Jim found himself waiting for Christof to come striding into the arrival waiting area long after Christof's plane from Mexico had landed at Chicago O'Hare, Jim knew something was wrong.

The couple had been in a relationship for about a year and a half after meeting in Florida in late 2004 while they were both on vacation. After the two exchanged a few short visits, including a Valentine's Day weekend in Paris, Jim, 47, and Christof, 37, decided to live together in the U.S.

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